Your reply:

"And you should clean your glass eye... both of 'em."

 

I am forever getting the "I am going to pick your car up and turn it around in the parking spot" line.

And of course "That is such a chick car!"

Oh and "How nice your wife let you drive her car!" The irony here is that my wife has a Dodge Ram 1500 sport that she is in love with and has been for the past 5 years. We looked into getting her a new car and after a month of looking at BMWs, Mini, and Volvo she had her seat re-upholstered. I don't get it but she is happy with her truck so I am not going to force the issue.

 

The garage security guard where my wife works told her that the MINI was another model of the "PT Cruiser" and that it was made by Chrysler and sold for about $7K.

The wife said nothing. Let the ignorant be ignorant.

 

Nothing better than the "well informed" public masses!

 

excpet maybe the "less informed public masses" they make life even funnier

 

I was asked "whats the mileage on that thing?" at a stoplight, so I said 12k and got a weird look back as they drove off. I know someone who drives a 1990 F-150, so I got the I can fit your car in the back of my truck, I said yeah but my car actually drives. Also slightly off-topic I have been known to leave passengers in the car who can't figure out how to open the doors.

 

Some guy at a BCD show last summer wanted to DQ me for trying to enter a BMW and not a "real" Mini. He wasn't happy with the officials after they clued him, either.

 

I had some middle aged lady in a giant SUV pull up next to me at the gas pump and say "What a cute car! It must get 40 mpg." To which I replied, not exactly, it all depends on how you drive it. I tend to get about 25 mpg but much higher smiles per miles

She just had this blank look on her face that it wasn't just an econo box.

 

Putting the jokes and anecdotes aside for a moment...

The thing I tell people when they ask about my mileage is that even though it looks like an economy car, it's actually a sports car. I tell 'em about the supercharger and the horsepower. Then when I tell them I get 23-24 mpg, they seem impressed.

Just tell 'em it's a sports car, not an economy car.

 

The most stupidest thing ever said to me about my mini was " Did you know your car is made by Mercedes" I just sat there with a blank look on my face and smiled. Should I attempt to enlighten the ignorant????Nah. Then she tried to push the door open that said "pull".......I rest my case!!!!!!

 

Thats the funniest thing I have heard all day

 

I guess all German car companies look alike to her.

Rainbow: We need to get you a cool signature.

 

I knew one girl who was driving and a light on the dash turn on saying wash, Low window washer fluid, so the girl took the car to the car was had it cleaned and the light was still on, puzzeled she had to ask her father what was wrong with the car. She had "only" been in seven accidents within two years of having her license, five were with staionary objects.

 

"Is that a real car? Is it street legal???" - old lady.. i laughed and said "No, it's remote control"

 

several mini5280 club members and i were waiting to escort another member and his new bride to their reception when an older man in the group waiting outsied the church turned to his wife after looking over our cars and said, "those are mini coopers, british death traps". believe it or not, not everybody likes mini's.

 

I've been asked "How many clowns can you get in that?"
I replied "All of them."

 

I get this one as well...
"That is such a chick car!"

Yeah your right ... THE CHICKS GET IN MY CAR

I also get "That car is GAY"

YES and I have an uncontrolable urge, instead of going around you when passing to go RIGHT UP YOUR TAILPIPE !

 

I’m serious when I tell you I have had three different people ask me if it was a real MINI or one of those counterfeits!!

To which I replied - you do realize those commercials are jokes, right?!?!

 

I spent some time listening to someone bemoan that my MINI's value would seriously depreciate due to this problem. I tried to argue, but you know how that goes.

 

I live in the Rocky Mountains and a friend's mom asked me, "Does that car have any problems making it up the hills?"

 

I got this one at work the other day... I responded, "When my wife comes with me... 2"

 

What? You paid MORE than 7 grand?








J/K

 

I had my uncles drive it over the weekend. One was talking about this Porsche Boxster he once drove, yada yada yada.. I'm like "I guarantee you this car handles better than that boxster." he didnt believe me. I let him drive it. after taking an exit ramp without hitting the brakes, he suddenly goes from to and proclaims: "whoaaa this things a pisser to drive eh?"

an STi owner before driving: "doesn't matter if it has a supercharger, the things slow as *****."

same STi owner after the drive: "ok, that was a bad call on my part."

another friend has asked me how my golf cart is doing. i tell him "still hauling more hot chicks than your 3 series."

 

 

Maximus and I were at a stop light under an over pass this past summer with the windows down and a v6 mustang convertable pulled up next us and an occupant said, "get a real car" and revved his engine. I looked at Maximus and we both smiled and then he revved it and got a burble and the look on the mustangs occupants face was that as if they had just crapped themselves! Maximus' car is twincharged with a 3'' exhaust and quite loud!