Rex's new friend! Although I don't think I'd challenge him to a race

Beeee-utiful car! I find it crazy how massive the MINI looks next to the GT

 

Both beautiful works of art. GT play nice? Future play dates planned?

 

You should see how massive the MINI looks next to a Mini!

Cool GT! Although I wonder what the old GT40 folks think of it. :D Hmm...now where have we heard that before?

 

Very nice car... and those two look like they belong together .

Congrats!

 

Sadly, I feel there is a little rift in the community we live in between the "old" and "new" MINI's. I personally appreciate and love them both when I went the the local Mini/MINI club the first thing I heard was , " oh, that's not a REAL mini" ... sad *sniff*.

(aside - I'm starting my OWN club! ...mini and MINI owners welcome! )

thomkelly - I wish you could congratulate me but alas, not my GT. I think I'd have to go Porsche if I had that kind of D'oh!

 

But the Porche is twice as tall and won't make the MINI look so big. Wait were you thinking 911 AWD Turbo or Carrera GT? Anyway its real nice and rare to see such beauties playing together.

And if you want proof of driving a "real" MINI consult the CAT, battery box and a few under the bonnet type parts lots more MINI logos than BMW logos.

 

The new MINI is a nice car. We owned an '02 MCS for a while. It's just...so ... BIG!

JCWGurl - Unfortunately I agree with you. There's a rift. :( I do like the new MINI, and there are many out there that own both a classic and new MINI. Unfortunately there are also those that feel that BMW somehow "stole their car". It's kinda sad, really. While there were something like 5.3 million Minis made from 1959 to 2000 the truth is that it was 1950s technology just freshened up through the ages. That being said though, there are certain feelings in the old car that you just can't get in the new one. Safety standards and emissions requirements being what they are though you'd never see a car like the original Mini produced today.

I say hey - to each his own. I just don't understand why people can't let everyone decide for themselves. I've got enough going on in my life to be able to be bitter at a car! Hahahahaha

 

I LOVE the Ford FT. My favorite part is the hood. I saw one at my local ford dealer, and was drooling all over the sales persons shoes.