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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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the Foxtons MINI is dead

Yes, the Foxtons MINI is dead. I saw it on the side of the Belt Pkwy yesterday morning with its front end caved in. That guy always seemed to be on the phone whenever I saw him driving it, anyway.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 03:00 PM
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People who drive and talk on the phone basically deserve that crunching IMO. Even a MINI person, sad to say.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveTinNY
People who drive and talk on the phone basically deserve that crunching IMO. Even a MINI person, sad to say.
thats sad!
 
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveTinNY
People who drive and talk on the phone basically deserve that crunching IMO. Even a MINI person, sad to say.
Sure, phone yaky yaks deserve some ill fate but nobody deserves a crunching as you describe. That's just a wrong take. Sorry, its just wrong.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 04:10 PM
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Small question: what or who are the Foxtons?
 
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Gromit801
Small question: what or who are the Foxtons?
It's a discount Realtor here around NY. They have one-or-more(?) Mini's all done up vinyl advertisements.

And by the way, I think I always see a girl driving one?
 
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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they give their workers a free car to drive, but it has the vinyl... also redbull has some mini's with a big big can out the back where the boot used to be!!
 
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 06:28 PM
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I have seen MANY different Foxtons MINIs around the NYC Metro area - mainly in my part of NJ (Mercer and Monmouth counties). At first glimpse, you think it is a tricked out race MINI - but then you realize that it is nothing but a real estate advertisement...

Still, no ad can ruin that great MINI profile.....

Bill
 
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveTinNY
People who drive and talk on the phone basically deserve that crunching IMO. Even a MINI person, sad to say.

I'm a pretty cold bastard, but even I won't go that far. No one deserves this. Except maybe my boss.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 06:46 PM
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^^^
Bastard!
 
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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 02:02 AM
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I'm a pretty cold bastard, but even I won't go that far. No one deserves this. Except maybe my boss.
Bosses...OK
 
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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 02:27 AM
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There should be a law against that.
Oh yeah, there is....
 
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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 03:59 AM
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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 06:05 AM
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There isn't just one there are several of them. For a few months straight I would see one everyday (in different spots on the road). I thought they were stalking me.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 07:55 AM
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When mini's first came out in the UK Foxton had loads of them, they were all over London, the joke was that they were being held hostages by estate agents.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Jersey_Bill
I have seen MANY different Foxtons MINIs around the NYC Metro area -
Bill
Yes, I know there are a bunch of them. I was just being dramatic.
 
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