Mini Countryman

[Welly]

image source: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mini/countryman


A family friend* has just changed jobs, he's a Sales Executive who does really important* things all day and gets paid a cocking fortune

Anyhoo he rocks up at ours in a new Mini Countryman but I unfortunately* missed the grand unavailing and new car smugness demonstration but my Daughter said it was "one of those big Mini's".

Now I don't know about you but I think these things are daft (what is a "crossover" vehicle all about ) and mainly driven by egotistical attention-seekers, mostly Mumsy Women who want to appear to be "doing well" in fact I think it's a Woman's car full stop. I couldn't give a flying f*ck about what people come to my house in, you couldn't pay me to drive a modern car like that and I'd certainly want a convincing disguise before I drove any kind of Mini.

What do you think when you see one of these on the road?

[highlander]

What do you think when you see one of these on the road?

3 things:

1 -
2 - "Mini"? It's f*cking massive!
3 - Owner must be a


I just about tripped over an original Fiat 500 at the end of November, one lunchtime, as I was walking from work to the shops. It was parked between two vans, just a bit out from the kerb - turned to walk between the two vans and so I didn't see it til I was about to introduce it to my kneecap. You wouldn't have that issue with one of the new Fiat 500 - especially not the 500L (fugly crap-heap).

I like old cars, I like retro / nostalgia stuff as much as the next guy. But this crap is not the same thing.

The whole charm of the Mini was that it was very small. Dammit, that's where it got its name. But you could practically fit one of them in the back seat of a BMW Mini.

[rwb]

What do you think when you see one of these on the road?

3 things:

1 -
2 - "Mini"? It's f*cking massive!
3 - Owner must be a

This.

[Welly]

Oh good, I'm glad its not just me then.

To be honest I'm rather let down buy this guy's car choice, surprised even, I thought better of him or at least I thought I knew him better now his card is marked and he's just one more f*ck up from being filled in the NO CONTACT drawer and I can go back to having no friends, easier for me.

Except you lot of virtual friends of course, you're all f*cking ace

[Doggy]

Couldn't agree with you more, Welton

[rwb]

...he's a Sales Executive who does really important* things...

I'm imagining he sells beauty products.

[FarmerPug]

I seen one of these visual horrors outside my dads work, it belongs to someone at his work, he said it's good that you don't need to bend down to get in (good for a bad back) but agreed that it looked ridiculous.

One massive problem with these new retro cars and crossovers is that the visibility out of them is terrible because of their massive windscreen pillars

[jasper5]

Saw one of these cars in rally prep stage at ProDrive when I visited......


All the ones I've seen on the road have been driven by middle aged women

[GingerMagic]

Is a mess.... Although I like the axle stands, I would rather look at them than that carbuncle....

Its not affordable, compact, cheap to run or revolutionary in any way - and its sold in BMW forecourts.

The only good thing about the new Bini is the fact its made in England.

[steve_earwig]

made in England.

That's one thing going for them, anything else?

I just wonder how much power they could generate if they hooked up Issigonis to a generator as he steadily rotates in his grave...

[OllieNZ]

The only good thing about the new Bini is the fact its made in England.

Only because John Cooper refused to put his name on them if they weren't....

I live just out of Oxford (home of the factory) and have to drive past a mini dealership on my way to work. Orrible bloomin things those countryman are.

[lozz]

Oxford (home of the factory)

is it still there?

iused to like watching them roll out the factory..nowt better to do a'spose when your stuck in the traffic

last time iwent past..there was nothing coming out,

[D4B]

Me I dislike all cars after 1992.

My 2002 406 estate is not bad tho.

[FarmerPug]

I mind when driving through Southampton bringing the 305 home there was a lot of minis heading towards the port, all the 2 door coupe thing they do I wouldn't really want one
but there were some really nice motors there as well; new range rovers, and f type jags the noise they make is fantastic.

[Welly]

The only good thing about the new Bini is the fact its made in England....

.....by Foreigners