... you accidentally turn into the wrong driveway at work and consider the extra trip around the parking lot a "parade lap".

 

...you were 1/2 mile from home late at night when you realized that you were only 50 miles from getting out of the break-in period! A little over an hour later, you were home and fully broken in...


mb

 

.... you go around the traffic circles at least 3 times.

 

... when you take the long winding road home instead of the direct route.

 

...when you say, " I'm going to blow thru the warranty too quickly because I'm racking up too many miles...I gotta stay outta that car!"

 

..........you don't stop to ask for directions even if you know where you are !

 

...you fill up your tank, turn off your GPS and intentionally get lost!

 

...when people ask you if your 45 minute commute in central/northern jersey bothers you, you just say no and point to your car.

mb

 

......you go for a "wake up" drive in the morning, leave for school a half hour eairly for a "get ready for class" drive and go for a hour long "after class cool down" drive. Oh yeah, I should probally mention that I usually have three classes a day and that is just monday though thursday, I didn't even start on the "evening" drive ,the "getting ready for bed" drive, and all the other drives that happen when I acually have free time friday through sunday . This is how you get 20,000 miles on your car in four and a half months.

 

your other car has spiderwebs and a layer of dust on it.



H

 

I test drive my road designs (civil engineering) after they are built to see if I can triple the design speed.

 

when you pull your husband's Silverado out of the driveway, park it on the street, so you can get your MINI out and drive it 2 blocks to the market.

You're gone a total of 20 minutes, 10 of which were spent dealing with the Silverado in the way!

I don't care if it's a 1500 mile ride or a 2 mile ride, I'm going in my MINI!

 

YES! That is awesome! I wanna play too! I'm not a civil engineer, but I can pretend; oh, and I know one.

mb

 

When you skip your exit on the highway, then another, then another...

 

Easy there. We are suppose to be "civil" engineers.

 

You get tired of your wife borrowing your car and buy her a MINI of her own!

 

you go out to put a quarter in the parking meter and decide to take the MINI for a quick spin instead.

 

you go for an intended short drive on Sunday and go for an extra 500 miles

 

or you get to work but decide to call in sick.

 

Oooh now that's ballsy, and from a Chicagoan too! I have SO contemplated calling in sick from the parking lot! (on the "work" cell phone, of course) Good 1 Kenchan.

There are lots of great posts in this thread, due I bet to "new blood" in the NAM 'hood. I mean, there have been past threads about "you know you're in a MINI when..." and stuff, (and they've been good reads too). I just mean to say "good thread"!

For my contribution, I took the LONG way to work this AM to take family to O'Hare airport (MCS in "demo" mode, on the curvy ramps to I294 and I190), starting out EARLY so there would be time for letting afore-mentioned family DRIVE my zippy MCS on the way (they did great), and THEN leaving work in the middle of the day to RETURN to the airport to pickup same family, when their flight was cancelled... Instead of saying "sorry for the inconvenience" (and believe me THEY had way more inconvenience than me, due to cancelled plane) they said "...guess we gave you another chance to drive your car today huh" (I love these guys )..

Guess we're making another trip to the airport tomorrow AM, and you know what I can't wait.

a few Other MINI symptoms, just for fun:

1) detailing and other supplies now are an official household budget item.
2) you have said "oh yeah hon, that's just more MINI post-sale marketing stuff" one or more times.
3) good or bad, you have a "relationship" with your MA and/or SA.
4) you scan for scratches, nicks, scuffs, spills (damn cupholder) at any/every stoplight...
5) when you spot any of those you either rub it with your spit-moistened thumb, or grab the microfiber towel from behind the seat and take care of it.

happy Halloween,
Tatt

 

It gets worse, like getting up at 2 AM so you can look out a bedroom window down on your roof!

....

When you already have a new set of tires bought to replace the current ones

 

LOL you are SO right! Speaking of roofs, I almost edited my post to include "stroking velvet-smooth, Zaino'd roof paint through your open window, at stop lights .

Someone in Detailing 101 forum told me that there are Support Groups for that,
Tatt

 

Wife here - Remember this quote when the MCS JCW comes in and YOU want to drive it all the time

 

When all your vacations revolve around Mini events and when you dream about going down to Zaino the car again, and again, and again.............

 

LMAO you guys go right on! . Have to do "alternating days" or something.... Darn that JCW!