Just wondering if you guys have bonded to your Mini? How long did it take and what cemented that bond?

 

Hard one to answer, I just picked mine up today! But I think it just felt "right" as soon as I sat in the drivers seat.

 

I think it takes about a month for the full effect to take hold.

 

may stages of the BOND,,,, FIRST IS THE DRIVING,,,,,, Cruising vs pressing on it on BIG END plus watching for the law,,,,, takes time;;;;;; parking again a few tries..... KNOWING all the switches hummmmmmmmmmm reading and playing but a long time for sure,,,, so the new baby it takes lots of time,,,,,

 

ide have to say the second day of ownership when i took a friend out on a very deserted road here in phoenix.
I really did some aggressive driving. hit about 130, followed by Drifting through some turns,both into and out of. I knew after that ride that this little car with the oversized sewing machine motor was a special car indeed!

 

First time: alone with my new MINI from afternoon until night, switching on the lights, playing with the ambient lighting. . .

Second time: along Ortega Hwy twisties. . . fun!

Third time: first autoX where the princess and I got some scuffs and a ton of boot dirt/brake dust and had a blast!

Let the good times continue!

 

Within a week I knew that this was the car I had been waiting for all my life. I think in terms of we, not "me and the car." Driving fast, taking turns more quickly than I ever had, doing the doughnut, or just sitting in the cockpit playing with the toggles. Yeah, we've bonded. It's my mistress.

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I had a 90 mile drive home from the dealer when I picked my Mini up. By the time I got home was all it took.

 

I guess I have bonded because every time I either sit or drive another car I hate it. I feel cramped in any other car now including large cars. I think just sitting in the mini is such a unique feel. The way the windshield is so far away, the way I need to actually lean forward to adjust the day/night control for the rear view mirror. The way all of the controls work, I think it's just perfect.

There is one bonus to driving another car though, when you get back in the mini you love it and have a blast driving it.

 

A man's relationship with his mini is his own business.

 

Good one.

I don't have my MINI Cooper S yet, but my fetus of a MINI (On-Order Stage) is sending me telepathic thoughts informing me how much fun he/she (doctor doesn't know yet) is going to be. I can't wait!

 

It's just a piece of metal. I think Mini owners take it too far! Not! I can't believe I love an inanimate so much!

 

Today I dropped my 06 MCS off to the dealership as a pretrade for my 09 JCW that will be here on monday. Did not realize just how much I was bonded with my car until I drove off.

I felt like I was leaving my dog at the pound, it was the wierdest thing. I felt guilty as hell. My wife even asked me if I was sure I wanted to buy the new car and get rid of him. She fell in love with him when I brought him home. And she hated Pepper White.

 

I actually almost traded in my Mini for a G37 today. As I sat there looking out the window at the Infiniti dealership staring at PJ I felt guilty. Then as I drove by in the test car I looked at my PJ again and felt bad. Drove by again in three different cars, didn't like the G37, it felt to sterile and isolated, it is a luxury coupe after all but as we sat there talking numbers with PJ in the background I just wanted to get up and leave, I wasn't even listening to the BS from the salesman at that point. I Finally got up and told him I wanted to test drive a 350Z before I made my decision. Went through another 15 minutes of BS but I was anxious to get out and get in PJ I just wanted to leave! I finally escaped and when I drove off I felt like I was in heaven, PJ was perfect, a little rattle here, a little torque steer there, it was my Mini. Took a nice long drive home over the mountains and alongside the ocean; enjoyed every minute of it. I think I bonded with my car...

 

Mods + Driving = LOVE!

 

Got my MINI today and it took about 30 minutes! As we were driving the 2 hours from the dealerhip she almost got run down by a Van switiching lanes that didn't even see her beautiful body! Although at the time I almost had a heart attack thinking I almost recked my brand new car, we laughed about it later tonight as I learned how to use my new paddle shifters which will hopefully prevent this from happening ever again... due to her incredible speed!!

 

After being on the wait list for my Clubman for 2 years the wait was surreal until the night I actually got to order him. Dec. 7th was the day he became real and he was born at the Oxford plant on Jan. 10th. Waiting for the two years gave me an opportunity to search out and absorb every niggling bit of information on the car's development, so I felt I knew him all along.
Finally taking delivery and getting to drive my dream car was just consummation of the love affair.
I protect him more than any car I've owned and right now he sits in the garage waiting for the monsoons here to pass. I won't take him out if there's a chance he'll get hailed on. But I go out to see him every day and say hello and promise him he'll be on the road again soon. Driving the truck to my shop is torture, but it will make the rides with Otto so sweet once we get to go out again.
It was an instant bond. There has not been one problem with him and since the break in period passed I am amazed at how he handles even better. I never expected he could outdo his initial performance.

 

The first time I remembered there was a "sport" button.

 

Many hours spent repairing damage from last September's collision made the bond stronger.

 

4,000 miles in 2 weeks.
Never a dull moment.
Bonded.

 

We are one.

All it took was a roadtrip about 2weeks after I took Piper home - and this was within the break-in period, so no spirited driving on that trip.

 

I'm afraid I'm totally addicted. I"ve been a MINIAC since the first few days of owning my first ('04) MCS.

It never told me it's name or gender, but I thought my heart was going to break when I sold my '04, even though my new one (an identical '07 MCS) was sitting in my driveway. And I couldn't sell it to just ANYONE...it had to be someone either just as addicted as I, or someone who had that potential.

My '07 has at least told me it's name (after being together for a year), and I smile every time I think about the car. My husband doesn't understand the addiction, poor guy. He's just grateful it's not a worse addiction (like drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc.)

Yep - Mints and I are definitely "we," not just me & the car...

 

For me it was my hijacking that really cemented the bond. When Moskow decided he wasnt going to start for the hijackers I thought well I guess we are stuck with each other. Im wondering if he wants to be called Jack now or maybe Moskow Jack. Hmmm time will tell.

 

I think Moskow Jack is a great name! Kudos to Moskow for his fortitude.

 

lol.......and i keep getting told i am weird.. LOVE the comment