+1 after owning one for a week. Car guys pretty much give it props, non-car guys talk about the "Italian Job" and my wife glares at me every time a girl wants to talk to me about it ("oh, its SOOO cute...", etc...). Its a lot like owning a Harley except it doesn't leak oil. lol

Regards, ...Scott

 

It only gets better with time

 

I get both. They can laugh, but they're jealous. Few days later, they say either how it's growing on them, or how its actually a pretty cool car.

I was offered a jump start if I ever needed from a fellow soldier. She said she'd just get out her ipod.

 

I'm still waiting on my 2010 Cooper S, but I can't wait to challenge them to an autocross.

 

I think every guy gets it at least once, whether seriously or jokingly. I didn't get it much when I lived out in Southern California, but then I moved to Savannah, Georgia, so, pretty much entirely opposite. A good deal of the people in this city, seriously, have never heard of or seen a cooper s before, so they get pretty confused. Those here that do know what they are, for the most part, are soldiers, who obviously don't see enough likeness to their mustangs and gto's, and dismiss them as 'crappy imports' and what not. But one green light usually changes that...
And, apparantly, after 3 years of living here and routinely terrorizing the main strip, I seem to have succeeded in 'updating' everyone's opinion around here. Now, I get a lot of "badass mini" comments, and I often get the pleasure of watching some ricer's bewildered facial expression. So at this point, it pretty much just works well all around. Guys know its a badass car and don't say anything, and Girls instinctively are drawn to it like to puppies and kittens and then everybody wins.

 

Never argue with a fool,people might not recognize the difference. If they go for a ride I don't tease them about having to change their underwear.

 

 

A friend jumped in my car last night for the first time, saw the speedo, and said "That's the coolest F'in thing I've ever seen," with a blank stare.

 

Almost everyone (guys or gals) who see my car tell me how nice it is. I have gotten a few snide comments but I retort with facts including 0-60 time, horsepower, handling, etc. That generally shuts everyone up. Every once in a while I get a skeptic that I have to scare the poop out of on a nice winding back road before they're a believer

 

I hang with autocrosser and open trackers. I'm not getting any grief for getting an MCS. They are ususally excited to find out.

The Mustang guys I hang with... well for the most part they say, 'You're buying a crappy chick car."

One Mustang guy (with a 2007 721hp Matte Black Mustang) went with me to a Mini event here. He drove'em with me and was astonished how well they handled and how much fun they were.

 

you need new friends.

 

x2 and QFT!!!!

 

it is a chick's car... chicks love getting comfortable in the mini .

 

+1

 

My co-workers have an escalade, a denali and a Nissan land yacht (I think an Armada) and they said they have scratches on their cars larger than my car. Then I graciously butt in with, "my car averages 37 MPG and is faster than your 9 million pound beasts.....................That's what I thought!" and I get no responses. I love it.

 

I work in construction and some co-workers allude to my sexuality
as being confused.....?
I just tell them "pinks for autocross" and they usually pipe down.
boxcars

 

I dont get crap from my friends but theres really no good way of putting a spin on it when a girl asks "so what do you drive?"

 

It is my wife's car after all... so maybe it is a chick's car.
Before the time of purchase, I would've preferred a Lancer Evolution X or an Audi 2.0T.
She adamantly wanted the MCS... or a NC MX-5 Miata.
A lot of the mods, like blacked out and CF stuff I put on the MCS, I justified it to my wife by saying that I was "de-gaying" the car.
I get crap all the time for driving a MCS.
Then again, some of the people I know drive F360s, DB9s, NSXs, and Skyline GT-Rs.
After driving it for a while, it's a great car for what it is, but I still haven't been able to "love" the car yet... especially since she doesn't want me modding it anymore. I think modding is one of the joys of car ownership. I put in $32K in mods on the M3. Maybe that's why I still love the car.

 

Upon meeting my girlfriends parents, her dad teased me a little about my MINI. Using a "gay" voice he said "everyone to the MINI" and laughed. She's worth a little good natured teasing.

 

That's great! Have you "de-Jewed" it too? Or "de-blacked" it or "de-beanered" it? How about "de-gooking" it or "de-camel-jockeying" it? Since BMW is a part of it, have you "de-krauted" it? Or "de-frogged" it's French engine?

 

Wow sounds like someone's getting bitter up there...

 

Are you talking about my post? My reply to bigoted ignorance hardly makes me bitter.

 

Whoa... calm down. You getting all bitter is just gonna ruin your day and it's not going to change the way I feel. So what's the point?

 

It was just a joke, jeeeesh.

 

I'm with minicooperwill. Homophobes should not drive gay cars.