Everyone I've heard talk about their MINI has been gushing about how their car has personality. Like a little puppy, always happy to see you and ready to play. I think I may have gotten the MINI that came off the line with 'The Omen' music playing.

Been seeing a girl for a little over 2 months now and we joke that the MINI is my first love and I'm seeing her on the side. A couple weeks ago I couldn't get the passenger side door to unlock from the outside when i went to pick her up. The dealership said they'd never seen that before in a new car, 1 in a million thing. I bought a GPS and set it up to use the english womans voice, and honestly its creepy now that the car has a 'voice'. Every time we try to talk in the car, this English voice interupts in a insistent bossy voice.

Me: "Are those boots new you look so se.."
MINI: "BEAR LEFT!"
Me: "It was nice to meet your par..."
MINI: "IN 5KM CHANGE LANES!"
Me: "Its still early, want to come in for coffe.."
MINI: "I HATE YOU!"

The first time I drove to visit her parents MINI gave me this convoluted route where I passed 2 cemetries. I'm not sure if that was a vieled threat towards me or her. In march in Detroit they have the blessing of the low-riders, but I don't know if I can wait that long to have some holy water thrown on the car.

I don't think I'm gettting rid of either of them. She told me she was buying MINI a christmas present to try to win her over.

No point to this thread, its just been a very weird vibe the car has thrown off.

 

lol. i dont tend to look at cars that way, but i guess some do. its more of a peice of art IMO... no emotions from it but rather towards it.

Granted Ive been caught a few times talking to my cars, which i do name, like when im fighting to get up an icy hill or whatnot...

 

Funny.

 

If your GPS is routing you wierdly, make sure you have the settings correct in the GPS. You should have some settings that allow you to specify what types of roads you want to be routed on, what types of roads to avoid. Also, when you put in the address it may prompt you whether you want the fastest route or shortest. Sometimes the shortest can route you through strange places.

My parents couldn't figure out why on their 450 mile trip to my house (which is almost all interstate) why it kept prompting them to turn off at every exit when they were about 30 miles from my house. Turns out that their GPS was set to avoid highways.

 

Completely unrelated to the vindictive MINI, but My roommate and I had a TV that would turn on by itself and switch channels, that was creepy. we hung a cross off of it to no avail and finally through it out of our window

perhaps you should sweet talk it and tell it that no matter what it won't be replaced.

 

Your gf sounds cool. As for your MINI, if you treat it as a pet it will get the idea eventually. It just needs a little training.

 

your gps says "i hate you?"

if that is a joke than

i wouldnt know cuz i dont have the gps

 

My girlfriend says the same to me about the relationship with my MINI. She event said that she thinks I drive all the way to see her just for the drive. THats not the case considering that its all highway. I hate straight long roads. I love curvy gas/brake kinda roads. Thankfully though my car knows its the car, although it seems pretty happy and peppy when it gets driven.

 

You said it!!! Ain't it great??

 

wrongguy, is your car's name 'Christine?'

 

at "I hate you."

 

 

Be careful, or else this might happen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X1QmRyhHok ;P (sorry, the audio seems a bit unsynced, but you get the picture)