In sofar as owning my MCS, being a borderline Metrosexual, I've heard the following notable reactions. I'm interested in other reactions/names to your
MC or MCS :smile:

"CHICK CAR"- friend who owns a Mustang GT
"It's so cute"- I think I've had 10 girls say this
"Is is safe?"- Cops asked me when I filed my police report for a hit n'run
"How fast"- Civic with HRE 19"s
"Ginsu car, for slicing and dicing around Civics!"- M5 owner
"It's the Italian Job car!"- varioius
"F#ck yeah"- some 50 year old woman at a light on woodward driving
a Blazer???
"Mr. Bean car"- friends parents

The best, and most interesting quote, is from a girl I met in South Africa
whom I've been talking with for some time... and plans to visit next year.
"I think that may be the car my future husband drives" :smile:
Don't think I'll forget that quote :smile:

 

"ooooo!!" (in a good way) by a Honda guy
"kawaiiiii!!!" by my wife (means cute in Japanese)
"wat'd you do your car? (asking for mods...) mine is stock with factory options.
"duddde, that is so awwesome!" by a midwestern surf-dude?

Some fat lady said my car looked cute. I told her she can't fit.

 

I've gotten:

"Cool car...do you like it?"
"Is it fast?"

and I this one:

Stranger: "How many horses is that thing?"
Me: "About 115"
Stranger: "Really? nah, it's so small...I think some of your horses ran away..."

and this one:

"Hey buddy, someone stole half your car!!"

and "Hey, where'd the other half of your car go?"

I dunno...seems that Jersey people seem to like the "where's the rest of your car?" joke a little too much...must be all the freakin' SUVs they drive around these parts...they're just jealous anyway...

Rock On,

-Joe

 

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>>The best, and most interesting quote, is from a girl I met in South Africa

I think an Afrikaans accent is almost as cute as a MINI! You lucky dog!

 

"Looks like a clown car" - A 5 or 6 year old girl to her friend.

 

I most often get asked who makes it. Seems like no one has ever heard of it before. If they have they don't ever ask me if I like it. They ask me if I love it.


YES!!!

 

Oh joy, some of my favorites...

"mmh, such a cute car" - numerous occassions, mostly people who work in my office building

"oh cool, how do you like your new mini pt cruiser" - dumbo working the Jack in the Box drive thru

"look at that ****** in the mini car" - some ghetto public high school kid at a restaurant I pulled up to with a girl sitting next to me

and my favorite: "momma momma, look at du mini" - little kid in his stroller passing by my buddy's place as I was washing it. As soon as I heard him I walked up and gave him a dollar I had on me.

 

Most original I've had:

"Love your Miini - looks like pet."

I respond, "Watch out, it bites."

 

"Daddy, daddy why is that car so small?"

6 or 7 year old kid asking the question to his indifferent dad, after parking his late model Chevy Malibu.

 

(lots of threads on this topic...although none recently)

My favorite is "Is it electric?" This is usually asked (twice to me personally) by some mental pygmy while I'm parked at a gas pump, filling up the tank.

 

I have been hit with a lot of "can I fit in it" just recently. I just run the seat all the way back on the rails and the so called big guys cannot touch the pedals.

Who makes it has been the most popular question by far.

 

"It's S-O-O-O cute!" from my sister and my brother's girlfriend.
"What is it?"; "Who makes it?" and "What's it cost?" from most people.
Is that your "wittel bitty car?" from one of the secretaries here.

 

I get alot of thumbs up from other motorists passing by. A few peeps @ work keep asking if I still own it as I have it stored over the winter. They say, "Where's da MINI :smile: " I think when they see it they'll know winter is over.

The most exiciting thing that has happened to me & my mini was when (last year) I was stuck behind a semi in the far left hand lane on the breezeway. I thought, "Why is this ***** trucker in MY lane?" So I pressed the accel to the floor and slingshoted around that rig. And just to let him know I wasn't amused at his lane hogging Wrong way copper!

Anyway, that cop and that trucker were probably calling ME alot of names !

 

Most of the comments I've gotten when I get out of the car. I'm 6'2" and they look at me weird and ask, can you really fit in that car???? Yep. Do you like it? I Love it! Can I sit in it? Sure! They get in, look around. Whoa this is so cool! Is that tach factory? Yep. Wow that is neat. Probably the tach question I've been asked the most. Oh yeah, I had some a**hole look at it while it was sitting in a parking lot, says to a friend. It's not even an S! After he walks from the front to the back. Must not know about the big snout on the S. I asked him if he wanted to race. He said are you kidding me, I drive a civic. I said no problem. He just kept walking into the store without saying another word.

 

good stuff zxfr! especially the comment from your friend about the future husband

"i used to own a classic" - this one is pretty common really. get this a lot

 

A teenage school girl who I have seen several times when I park repeats, "I love your car," 3 or 4 times very emphatically while grinning.

 

>>"It's so cute"- I think I've had 10 girls say this


I find this is a good thing . :smile: :smile:

Did you ever think she may not be referring to you when she said it.


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Had a guy tell me he liked the look of the MINI but said he didn't think his GUN RACK would fit in the car. I do hope he was just kidding about the gun rack.

 

The comment I get the most now is :

"Is it fast?"

 

Just today while filling up I heard "What kind o car is that ?" (me) A MINI. (Guy at gas station) " A MINI what? "

 

One of my favorite stories has to be...
So I'm in my High School parking lot the summer after I just graduated and the band, yea that's right, the BAND instructor walks by and asks, " Hey, MINI Cooper, isn't that a granny car?" Then he got in his PT Cruiser. My best friend was with me and we both just looked at each other astounded at this man's stupidity.
Hansum Rob (my MCS's name) has also been compared to a Nike shoe...didn't really see that connection, but whatever. Plus there are countless "aww... cute" and " d'ya like your lil' MINI?"

 

a couple responses...

Man you left me at that light....

I guess there is no ***** extention there....

What is it?(typical)........

(from officer) I didnt realize that thing was so fast...( i got clocked above 140..... (also helped i knew him and some of his "buddies&quot

 

Also..

Got any money....(my reply yes yours in a sec.....)

Sweet....

most of the others have been already mentioned..........

 

I had a cop ask me if he could put it in the trunk of his patrol car. Luckily I was only parked next to him at the gas station

Lois

 

By far the most annoying is "How much did that cost?" Then I go into the whole price shpiel... Well the Cooper starts at... and the S starts at...

"I heard they were 50 grand" (Canadian - which is alot, the "s" starts at 29 here)

"Will it grow?" asked by some pickup truck rednecks.

"Your the coolest dad ever!" My 12 year old son upon picking him up last summer from school with the new mini, where ALLLL his friends & peers could see it.

"Which one is faster?" said to me & my friend who also has an MCS.
"Whichever one I'm driving," was my reply. :smile:

"Everytime I see one of those, it's passing me on the highway."

"Is it fast?"

Various thumbs up, waves, honks, open mouthed gapes, rubber necks, watching oncoming traffic see it, point and mouth "Mini" to the driver/passenger"

"Got a ticket yet?" (no by the grace of God)

"This is a ticket machine," said my good friend upon letting him drive, once he shifted into 3rd.

"you are not allowed to take girls for a ride in that car, no matter what" - my wife, after hearing how the girls at the office are begging for a ride.