>>I had a guy in an X5 (BMW SUV) pull up next to me at yesterday's HB MINI meet drive from the beach to BJ's. He asked how much my car cost, so I told him they start from $16k to $20k. He scoffed and said that was way too much. This coming from someone who paid between $37k & $67k base for an SUV that will never see dirt or be 1/10th as much fun as the MINI.

 

LOL !!!!!
I love the answers. I'll have to remember that.
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Thanks for all the help! I'm LMAO as I read! I had someone ask me last night if it was around $30-$40K...that definitely made me feel good! If I think the person is interested in buying one, I have no problem telling them. If I think they are being a nebby-nose, then I think I'll stick to a smart alec comment!

 

RE: just asked how he could justify driving a land barge.


TOO FUNNY! :smile:

You could also counter-ask, "How do you justify for all the gas THAT THING uses?"

 

A lot of the people who've asked me have all thought it was at least $30k... my wife's co-workers were wondering what kind of salary I pull down, or when she got the huge raise... Not that i'm complaining...

Rocketboy_X

 

What bugs me even more is when people don't know what it is. I am an auto/motorcycle FREAK so I always think people (especially men) should know what's out and about.

Hey, is ist just me, or is the MINI a 4-wheeled bike? I ride a Beemer, and am soon going to be Driving a MINI... I may as well tellpeople that I made them both myself! HAH!

 

i used to get asked this question with my old car alot... my responce was usually another rude question in return... how much do you make a year? Is that your wife?
how much did your house cost?
or id lie to them and say something really rediculous like $5 or $1 000 000


as for the huge SUV driveing men my friend and I have a proven theory... men with big cars have little penises ... men with little cars have big....
women with huge cars have boyfriends with little penises women with little cars are well pleased

 

>>i used to get asked this question with my old car alot... my responce was usually another rude question in return... how much do you make a year? Is that your wife?
>>how much did your house cost?
>>or id lie to them and say something really rediculous like $5 or $1 000 000
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>>as for the huge SUV driveing men my friend and I have a proven theory... men with big cars have little penises ... men with little cars have big....
>>women with huge cars have boyfriends with little penises women with little cars are well pleased
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Ahhhh HAHAHAHAHAH!

That is awesome.....and I actually told someone the other day that my Mini cost me $180K....they looked at me like I was nuts.

 

For a variation on the rude question ... we were at a baseball game, and Roadshow MINI had several MCs and MCSs sitting outside the park to drum up interest. I'd already put down my deposit on my Cooper, but who can resist checking out more cars? I was happily noseprinting a nicely equipped MCS when my mother-in-law said "For $23,000, couldn't you get a real car?" In the interest of family peace, I said "Maybe, but I want this one." What I really wanted to say was something like "If by 'real' you mean 'able to maintain resale value,' I think it's a lot more real than your 2002 Oldsmobile," or "I suppose, but I've always dreamed of having a car that runs on jellybeans."

 

>>For a variation on the rude question ... we were at a baseball game, and Roadshow MINI had several MCs and MCSs sitting outside the park to drum up interest. I'd already put down my deposit on my Cooper, but who can resist checking out more cars? I was happily noseprinting a nicely equipped MCS when my mother-in-law said "For $23,000, couldn't you get a real car?" In the interest of family peace, I said "Maybe, but I want this one." What I really wanted to say was something like "If by 'real' you mean 'able to maintain resale value,' I think it's a lot more real than your 2002 Oldsmobile," or "I suppose, but I've always dreamed of having a car that runs on jellybeans."


I would have told her to get porked!!!!