R56 "It's not my fault, the mini made me do it"

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Feb 9, 2011 | 04:21 PM

#26

Rixter

5th Gear

iTrader: (18)

Joined: Jan 2009

Posts: 828

Likes: 1

From: North of the 49th

For Mother's Day, get her a track day gift card. That was a funny story!

Feb 9, 2011 | 05:03 PM

#27

DooBahDoo

6th Gear

Joined: Sep 2008

Posts: 1,403

Likes: 0

From: Brentwood, TN

Now THAT is worthy of a Superbowl commercial! Talk to those "Cram it in the boot" guys, save MINI some money and put a good ad up for XLVI!

Feb 9, 2011 | 05:47 PM

#28

orangecrush

Thread Starter

6th Gear

iTrader: (37)

Joined: Mar 2008

Posts: 4,782

Likes: 1

From: Charlotte, NC.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DooBahDoo

Now THAT is worthy of a Superbowl commercial! Talk to those "Cram it in the boot" guys, save MINI some money and put a good ad up for XLVI!

It’s funny you say that... I told mom the same thing. I need to make a commercial... it’ll show people of all ages like minis.

Mark

Feb 9, 2011 | 06:37 PM

#29

shnool

1st Gear

Joined: Aug 2010

Posts: 43

Likes: 0

From: Bear Creek, PA

I am there with you.

She was the first one besides me to "test drive" my mini JCW. She popped the clutch and stomped, barked the wheels through 2 gears., and rowed through 3 and 4, then came to a turn and barked them down. Giggling the whole way.

Mom's cool, she has a sweet spot for manual tranny convertibles apparently. Glad to see mine isn't the only one!

Feb 9, 2011 | 08:08 PM

#30

robinj

3rd Gear

Joined: Mar 2010

Posts: 260

Likes: 0

From: Boston, South Shore

Quote:

Originally Posted by CFRM

I took my mom on vacation, which involved a 200 mile drive. (Let me point out that down here the speed limit is much less "restrictive"...). Any way, we where driving along fine, as she was contemplating the MINI's speedo design, she suddenly yelled: "YOU ARE TAKING THIS CURVE AT 100 mi.... oh wait, it isn't that bad!". We ended up having a nice conversation about the car's quality and how my dad has turned her into a nervous wreck. Thought that was funny.

Sounds like the drive home I gave my mom one day, except the speed wasn't that high and it was a narrow, winding 2 lane road up a hill.

Feb 9, 2011 | 08:16 PM

#31

CFRM

2nd Gear

Joined: Jun 2010

Posts: 146

Likes: 0

Quote:

Originally Posted by robinj

Sounds like the drive home I gave my mom one day, except the speed wasn't that high and it was a narrow, winding 2 lane road up a hill.

Just to clarify, I could see the enf of the curve and there was no one in sight. Also the curve wans't very sharp. Having totaled a car 10 years ago I never ever risk anyone else. Be safe!

Cheers!