Really had a blast last night re-watching The Italian Job ('03) with my 16 yr old son, who has only been in the MCS a couple of times. I've probably seen the movie 3 times, and enjoy it each time.

Now that I'm a Mini owner, sure, I think about that a bit more while watching it.

BUT the real question is: on the day following your watching the movie, did you drive differently? I sure did today.

 

drive different?... thats how i always drive

Great movie too

 

I tend to be a bit more pugnacious at the wheel after watching either version. That only lasts a few days. Although, whenever I motor in Manhattan, I channel the movie, no matter how long ago I watched either flick.

CROC 411

 

if your asking if we drive down stairs, the answer is no.

You know what really makes me drive differently is after I've been racing go-karts at the track (these are karts that go 40mph+).

 

Sure...I drive like that ONLY when I had tons of gold in the trunk :-)

 

The gold slows me down, so I don't take it along

 

just watched it last night and drove with the sport button on all day getting up and over the speed limit as fast as possible i love that movie!

 

Great movie. It pushed me over the edge to buy a MINI. But my dealer forgot to put the gold in.

 

I have a MINI Clubman on order and literally just watched that movie last night! Made me yearn for the day when I can finally get my hands on the steering wheel.

 

yeah, me too.

 

I now drive with a trunk full of Gold.

 

I did a bit when the film first came out but I decided that was inappropriate so I stopped. Now I drive normal...it is a Mini after all.

 

I just bought a copy of The Italian Job from Amazon for $6.99 (with free shipping 'cause I got some audio CDs too)........ the DVD has lots of other interesting stuff on it including clips of the actors spending 3 weeks in driving school (they did most of their own driving), another clip about the 32 special built MINIs -- they wrecked some, cut up some for special shots, and converted 3 of them into electric because they weren't allowed to film combustion engined cars in the tunnels. Verrrrrrrrrry interesting, and sure worth the $7.

 

I drove differently because of my MINI .

 

So funny. I watched it last night too. I didnt drive any different today. With the exception of driving down a flight of stairs.

 

Yeah, I didn't get no stinking gold either. What's up with that?

 

Yeah, I decided just to let Charlize drive me around!

 

i watched the older italian job with michael caine when my car was on order... oh man.. even that movie put a nice big fat smile on your face.

im almost afraid to now. i dont want to get speeding ticket

 

as much as I like the newer one, the first one is my favorite of the 2.

 

First one is definitely the better movie.

 

I don't drive any differently; however, my wife certainly styles herself as Stella Bridger after watching it....

B

 

Be glad she styles herself after Stella. Mine styles herself after Micheal Caine

 

Both of them are in my Netflix queue and the Clubman is on order, so I'll have to report back -- but looking forward to receiving all three!

 

Me Three. I'd love to try the stairs thing! I'd agree that the extra bonus features on the '03 version DVD are REALLY cool...once the un-MINI-believing husband saw those, he started to understand the mania a little better. LITTLE better, not great...Y*E*T.

 

Oh, now, that's just plain wrong...