What a cute little car. I'm about ready to fight/throw up on the next person who stops to tell me that my MINI is 'soooo cute'. I had a bad feeling when the first person I showed it to, my cousing whose husband wants one too, told me 5 times in 3 minutes how it was 'sooooo cute'. It's so cute! Then my neighbors walking by while I'm washing it, 'what a cute car'. then the big hairy manly man machanic at the smog shop, 'cute car'. The ladies at the DMV, 'it's so cute'.

Now I know why people save the money and just get the regular cooper. If it is just going to be considered really really really cute then why bother with the supercharger and DSC and 17" wheels etc. :evil:

 

>Now I know why people save the money and just get the regular cooper. If it is just going to be >considered really really really cute then why bother with the supercharger and DSC and 17" >wheels etc.

Because the extra toys are sooooo fun!!

 

For performance reasons I got the S, DSC and kept with the 16" wheels!


and take it as a compliment!
What Honda Element owner can say they've ever heard their car is cute??

 

I love the fact that after a year people look at my MCS and say it’s cute. The same people don’t think it’s so cute when I fly by them though, now they're thinking Holy SH*T.

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Hummm. Are you sure you don't want to drive a Hummer instead? I understand that with those giant tires, rhino bars, running boards, etc. NO ONE ever thinks they're "cute".

 

I have to agree that cute is the closest thing to what the MINI is in automotive styling terms. Try to think of other terms which would do. The big-eyed, short nose puppy look is MINI, like it or don't. When you get into things like a Ford Focus, you certaily won't hear cute. Butt-ugly comes to mind. A WRX looks a bit more muscular, and would never get a 'cute' label. The more refined look of a Boxer or S2000 comes at a pretty high price, and neither turns heads as quickly as our little rides do. I can live w/ cute. When my JCW MCS gets here next year, "cute" will take on a whole new meaninig.

 

From Merriam-Webster...

cute: attractive or pretty especially in a dainty or delicate way.

Alright...now I'M offended :evil:

 

<<<Now I know why people save the money and just get the regular cooper. If it is just going to be considered really really really cute then why bother with the supercharger and DSC and 17" wheels etc.>>>


Confusion: Did you buy this car because YOU liked it, or because you wanted everyone else to know what a hot hunk of engineering studliness you were?



The car IS cute. And I'd argue that the dictionary definition including "dainty" actually translates into "diminutive" in the real world of descriptive adults.

When you looked at the car prior to purchase you said what to yourself: "gee...heh heh... that car looks ROUGH! That thing looks like a real man-eater! Heh heh..."

 

There are worse things to live with. I try to smile politely when people tell me my Mini is cute. People then add on things like, "I hear they drive well" or "doesn't BSW make those" often enough that I think my eyes betray me. It bugs me but it is always meant well and I've decided to try not to get hung up about it. Maybe I will just begin responding with "Have a nice day!", since that expression is also one that bugs many espcially when said by checkers etc. who you know could care less.

Smile, it doesn't hurt!! :smile: :smile: :smile: (yuck)

 

What would you like them to say?? It's sooo ugly??

 

How bout

'nice car" and a thumbs up.

or

"can i drive it?"

or

"YOU'RE the basturd who cut me off on I-84!" and a bird in flight.

 

As long as it's not just chicks saying it's cute...then you are ok.

 

I've gotten the "it's so cute" comment quite alot. But the other day on my way into work the security guard checking my ID said "Oh that's such a sexy car". That was definitely a first.

 

While the females might call my MINI cute the males tend to call it "trick" (once they go for a ride or see the goodies).
That's cool by me.

 

 

My Cooper gets a lot of people saying it is cute, then they say something like: those are some big wheels on that little car (even with 16's). They look at the tach on the steering wheel, like a dragster Chevelle and say: that car must go!

When I drove my wifes VW, the boys at the truck stop would say: "What are you doing with your wifes car" and leave it at that.

10-4

 

Saturday I went to a local car show. The parking lot next to all the show cars was empty and I parked rather close to the event. After walking through the exhibit I returned to find 15 to 20 people around my MCS. Some knew of the MINI, but no one had ever seen one up close. Not one person said or used the word cute as we talked about my MCS, but if they had I would have agreed. By the time I left there was more attention to the MINI than any of the cars on show.

Cute – I think it’s what you want to see in it.


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One of my partners, a guy in his forties, smirked when I told him the black MCS in the parking garage was mine. "Cute," he said.

The other day we had to go from our office in St. Louis to a meeting in Jefferson City, and I offered to drive. Instead of the interstate, we took the scenic route, which involves some excellent driving roads with interesting turns and lots of elevation changes.

I was wringing it out pretty well when he asked me what gear we were in. "Third," I told him. "That means we have three more gears left, and there are about a thousand revs left in third before we have to shift."

He said, "Damn, this car is pretty fast."

"I thought you said it was 'cute.'"

"Oh, it's cute. But it's pretty freaking fast."

 

>>Now I know why people save the money and just get the regular cooper. If it is just going to be considered really really really cute then why bother with the supercharger and DSC and 17" wheels etc.

Really? 'Cause that's not what I know. Who deemed the Cooper any less of a car than the S? I paid more for my "regular" cooper than some MCS' cost. And so what that my car doesn't sport a supercharger. It's still pretty fast. Finally, get over the cute thing. The MINI in general is cute--whether in an aggressive way or not. It's there. I just don't get (infact I hate) your comment listed above. Both cars are essentially the same. You make me feel like I have "less" of a car, and I do not. Geez...

 

When someone says my mini is cute, I am pleased. I never was told this about my jeep cherokee!

 

"Cute car..." to which I reply totally deadpan, "Yup, and it goes like a bat outta hell...It's supercharged" Usually their eyes bug out a wee bit

 

get over it.IT IS CUTE. As long as you are comfortable with your sexuality why do you care? But seriously these cars just get that kind of response from everyone.It'll go away as soon as there are more of them around.On the other hand I have a super rare, jacked up,custom toyota fj40 and hardly ever get a thumbs up, or questioned at the gas station,toll booth,etc.I get them all the time in my cooper s.And I live in rural NH where there are more suv's and pickup trucks than anything.

 

Here's a comparison. Plenty of knock out cute women hate hearing that the first time someone meets them. That's because they want other attributes than just looks to be acknowledged. So, this may be similar to guys (me included) who get tired of the first thing people say about our Minis is that they are cute. Hey, don't you appreciate that this is a well-engineered fun car? We've just got to admit that our cars are cute and lots of people don't understand what else they are.

Now that I've talked like a sensitive new age guy, I think what makes my baby cute is the big doe-like eyes, the nice curves of the bonnet, the small little rear and the overall petite body. Yup, kinda cute but with brains and power too. Nothing wrong with that.

 

a wolf in sheeps clothing kind of cute is a good thing. That way when you smoke the "fast and furious" guy with the airplane tail attached to his trunk you can laugh and make him feel stupid at the same time.

 

Minis are cute, the girls like cute cars. I like the girls.........

What is the problem?