R56 R53 Looks Emaciated
As long as they have the optional driving lights, the bloated R56 can indeed signal airplanes, or light up Coit Tower on a midnight run.
Last edited by Eric_Rowland; Oct 19, 2007 at 10:20 AM.
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I parked next to an R53 yesterday and it looked emaciated compared to my R56, sort of like the car had been on a vegan diet and it's bones were showing through. It seems like MINI should compensate the owners of these older cars for the suffering they caused with the new model. Geez, the old one uses more gas, it's smaller inside and out and it whines about not having a turbo. To top it off, it's slower and has a smaller speedometer and brakes to prove it. One guy I saw was so depressed that he started putting black electrical tape all over the shiny parts of his car and turned it into a low rider without a back seat. Now he has more aftermarket parts on it than oem and has a $50mm wanabee mushrooming botox job. He sits at the computer all day trying to figure out what to do next. Can anyone help?
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I parked next to an R53 yesterday and it looked emaciated compared to my R56, sort of like the car had been on a vegan diet and it's bones were showing through. It seems like MINI should compensate the owners of these older cars for the suffering they caused with the new model. Geez, the old one uses more gas, it's smaller inside and out and it whines about not having a turbo. To top it off, it's slower and has a smaller speedometer and brakes to prove it. One guy I saw was so depressed that he started putting black electrical tape all over the shiny parts of his car and turned it into a low rider without a back seat. Now he has more aftermarket parts on it than oem and has a $50mm wanabee mushrooming botox job. He sits at the computer all day trying to figure out what to do next. Can anyone help?
(just a joke....i find some postings very amusing and reflect the personalities of the writers more than anything to do with the cars)
(just a joke....i find some postings very amusing and reflect the personalities of the writers more than anything to do with the cars)
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I have always thought my R53 was curvy with a nice set of headlights - kinda like her momma. 
The R56 looks bulbous to me...
I will say that the classic Minis have a bubble butt that is closer to the R56 than the R53.
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The R56 looks bulbous to me...
I will say that the classic Minis have a bubble butt that is closer to the R56 than the R53.
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CRIKEY!!! That is some scary stuff there!!!! I see something different when I look at my MINIs headlights, it ain't that thing pictured above!!!
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The upper grille stays in place with the headlights... so no lights pointed skyward
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If you were used to all the press photos for the '02 MINI (they were all about R50) then R53 did not look emaciated because of that big bulge on the bonnet. I never cared for it, and many preferred the Cooper bonnet, although really most tended to overlook such things in favor of that supercharger in there.
R56 (bonnet-wise) actually looks like it's slimmed down a tad bit considering the bulge on the R53 bonnet.
R56 (bonnet-wise) actually looks like it's slimmed down a tad bit considering the bulge on the R53 bonnet.