wow, I would have laughed so hard, are you serious, a Honda? lol

 

I was told "a MINI Cooper Is a b*tch car!" what ignorance.

 

I am not an oaf. However, I have been a troll on several occasions.

Kevin

 

Wow...that was a perfect example of why I refuse to watch Jersey Shore. I refuse to be insulted by someone who cannot be bothered to proofread a blog they are publishing with the expectation of it being read by the general public. Unless they did proofread and didn't catch any of the errors...now there's a scary thought...

 

I had a friend laugh at me when I said that sometimes drive in sport mode on my Mini Countryman. I guess sport and mini should not be used in the same sentence. Oh well. I could not be bothered to explain to her as I am not technical and she is not into cars.

 

The above pictured MINI's would like a word with your friend.

 

A bit puzzling until I read these definitions of a Jersey Girl. Ignorance must be bliss...

 

MomMini- it may not be that your friend was laughing about being sporty in a MINI-- it's the idea that there is a button called "Sport". If you think about it, it is sort of like having a low gear button called "Mountain" or a rain button called "Drizzle". It's like saying "Push the Sport button and we will transform into something Sporty". I admit that when I first heard of it, I thought it was a bit absurd and silly. Then I pressed it. LOL!

 

 

Haha!! Hot Mini! Friend drives a mini van so she would never understand.

 

Well, I had taken SJ on a road trip to FL the other month to visit some family and my 5 year old nephew looked at her and said, "You drive a girlie car!!" to which I replied, "No, it takes a real man to drive a car with puppy paws on it!" (got to look at the stripes). Of course this was lost on him but the adults got it!

 

The most annoying is definitely the "Oh, a MINI Cooper... who makes that?"

My favorite story came from when my husband and I came out of the grocery to his Countryman, where a Cooper HT hard parked next to us. A family was walking by admiring the cars, and the father said to us "A Mini? That's more like a MAXI!"

 

Took this photo on a run at MINIs on the Dragon.



At three different times in the past someone has asked me if my car is a PT Cruiser or said it is one/looks like one, etc. I took this picture to show that it is NOT a PT Cruiser and does NOT look anything like it.

 

Ive heard this too!!! NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!!

We probably crossed paths at The Dragon, John! My first and cant wait for next year!! Im the one who used to live in Flemington, btw.

 

I didn't forget about you, don't worry

I actually did see your clubby but it was parked. If you were in it I would have said hello!

It was my first Dragon as well. If my school schedule works out next year, I would like to go back down again.

 

This^

 

Awesome! Book as soon as you know you can go! It was a BLAST!!
Did you get into the Panoramic pic?

 

Yes I did! Last row in the back on the far right.

 

Cool, We got second row, dead center, behind a guy poking up through his sunroof. Hubs and I are standing on either side of her and there is a small stuffed kitten on her roof. Can't wait to get it! BTW, LOVE your grill lights....I think we just hijacked this thread..we bad.

I want grill lights sooo bad!

 

A coworker said,"you better have somebody look at that rear suspension".

 

Scene: this past weekend at the STL European Car Show. Near the MINIs, a vendor pavilion selling/promoting various track equipment (I think). On display: a purposeful looking, modern black Ferrari, giant yellow calipers.

Two yokel-class, yearling rednecks are eyeballing the interior.

"Lookit that. S'got a fire-extinguisher right there by the seat. (Chuckles to one another). Must be afraid it's gonna catch fire!" (More chuckles).

Seriously?

 

You mean this one?





I admit I did find it a bit funny the extinguisher was wrapped in leather
Beautiful car though.
And I saw your MINI I believe. Very nice color. Love the checkerboard!

 

To be fair, it is a Ferrari.

 

The most ignorant thing I've heard about the Mini is that only gay guys drive Minis. They have it all wrong. That's the Miata! Just kidding.

 

Yes, that very one...was near the MINIs. Leather wrapped? One (a Ferrari?) over near Ferrari row had a fire extinguisher done up as a bottle of fine Bordeaux, Chateau whomever label and all. Pretty clever. Was near the DeLorean with the "working" flux capacitor.

Thanks, too! I really fell for the Ice Blue once I saw it, and the first Mini I ever saw in person (back in the day) had the checkerboard, so I had to have it also.