Mini Cooper D Clubman....

[Rhythm Thief]

User482 tip: never trust someone with a Mini, shiny cheap suit, premier league footballer's tie knot (which must be the width of your neck) and a tendency to mis-use reflexive pronouns.

Very wise.

 

[GilesM]

User482 tip: never trust someone with a Mini, shiny cheap suit, premier league footballer's tie knot (which must be the width of your neck) and a tendency to mis-use reflexive pronouns.

I'm not really sure if that is really very sound advice, most of these are qualities that I would be happy for others to see in myself.

 

[Over The Hill]

There is nothing to link the original Mini to the present MINI apart from some styling and some dips into the past names.
The original was a very small basic car. The present is a much larger luxury car.

To bung on all the required electric windows, aircon, low emissions, airbags, safety cage to ncap rating, ICE, abs, safety seats etc on a car today you have to make it completely differntly to how they did 50 years ago with the original car.

If the new MINI is being knocked for being slow then that would seem to be the only thing it has in common with the original from what I remember. The 850 I had was great to corner or pull away but it had nothing in it beyond 50mph.

 

[Mr Pig]

The 850 I had was great to corner or pull away but it had nothing in it beyond 50mph.

How fast do you need to go around town? The point was that they could go around corners like they were not there. I've always felt that a sports car is defined by its handling and the way it makes the driver feel rather than its top speed.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

How fast do you need to go around town? The point was that they could go around corners like they were not there. I've always felt that a sports car is defined by its handling and the way it makes the driver feel rather than its top speed.

... unless you're American.

 

[GilesM]

How fast do you need to go around town? The point was that they could go around corners like they were not there. I've always felt that a sports car is defined by its handling and the way it makes the driver feel rather than its top speed.

I'd almost agree, but you do have to have that bit of go otherwise you just get stuck behind cars that go slowly around bends and accelerate away on the straights, that's just no fun.

 

[Mr Pig]

... unless you're American.

True, but they don't know how to build sports cars. Or roads for that matter.

Or drive...