Help, want a MINI! Husband is not sold.......
#26
One of my favorite quotes from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding":
Toula Portokalos: Ma, Dad is so stubborn. What he says goes. "Ah, the man is the head of the house!"
Maria Portokalos: Let me tell you something, Toula. The man is the head, but the woman is the neck. And she can turn the head any way she wants.
Toula Portokalos: Ma, Dad is so stubborn. What he says goes. "Ah, the man is the head of the house!"
Maria Portokalos: Let me tell you something, Toula. The man is the head, but the woman is the neck. And she can turn the head any way she wants.
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One of my favorite quotes from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding":
Toula Portokalos: Ma, Dad is so stubborn. What he says goes. "Ah, the man is the head of the house!"
Maria Portokalos: Let me tell you something, Toula. The man is the head, but the woman is the neck. And she can turn the head any way she wants.
Toula Portokalos: Ma, Dad is so stubborn. What he says goes. "Ah, the man is the head of the house!"
Maria Portokalos: Let me tell you something, Toula. The man is the head, but the woman is the neck. And she can turn the head any way she wants.
Dying to know how all this shakes out.
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That's the problem no real reason just, I'm paying for it oh and it's too small. He makes much more then me. We hardly ever take my car anywhere. 2000 Suzuki Esteem. Before that I had a Plymouth Horizon the I won as used car. They wanted you to use it as a trade in on new. I said thanks for new car and gave up the 78 Dodge Aspen. Paid $500 for had it 8 years drove it almost 7 years sold it for $500.
Time for what I want not what I find or falls into my lap so to speak.
ETA: In other words I have spent $9000 purchase price in 22 years for cars.
Last edited by a Dash of Red; 04-01-2012 at 03:39 PM.
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That's the problem no real reason just, I'm paying for it oh and it's too small. He makes much more then me. We hardly ever take my car anywhere. 2000 Suzuki Esteem. Before that I had a Plymouth Horizon the I won as used car. They wanted you to use it as a trade in on new. I said thanks for new car and gave up the 78 Dodge Aspen. Paid $500 for had it 8 years drove it almost 7 years sold it for $500.
Time for what I want not what I find or falls into my lap so to speak.
ETA: In other words I have spent $9000 purchase price in 22 years for cars.
Time for what I want not what I find or falls into my lap so to speak.
ETA: In other words I have spent $9000 purchase price in 22 years for cars.
#36
I wanted one forever also...and finally my husband agreed to 'look'...well...after our first test drive and the look of joy on my face...being the wonderful man he is, he said...ok! I had my heart set on a grey, convertable, stick and ended up finding my little jem! My budget didnt allow me to ge a new one...but I could not be happier with my 'previously loved' MINI...I did put it away over the winter and boy did I miss it. His previous owner did lots of great mods to it and I havent done much too it as far as changing anything. Our belief is...you live once..enjoy it!!! We have been on some great trips already in it and this summer we are making a trek out to the East coast (from IL) and I cant wait! Go for it!!!
#37
Our Story is very similar to the others, we were both driving "Gas Hogs", Hubby sacrificed his 1999 Chevy Blazer that I happened to spy on a used Car Lot, it was fully loaded and we paid $9000 Ben Franklins for it!! When Molly came home, he started to drive my 2001 Dodge Durango, also loaded, I bought that to replace my 1996 Chevy Pickup that I inherited from my Mom, more like gifted, but you get the idea. I absolutely had to have a Black Durango, I was lucky to find it when I did, but at 15mpg it was time to find something a little more economical since we both were filling up weekly. We began to test drive and after creating wants/must haves on each it came down to the MINI "Hands Down", based on options and Budget. We also put a large amount down to keep my Payments down. It was my car after all and yes Hubby makes more than I do too, but I was comfortable I could make the payments. We each have bills that we pay out of our own accounts, it works really well for us. Not sure if this would be an option for you, but at least it might give you some ideas on how to make your MINI Dream come true!!
#38
That is like 22 years of car hell.
Who cares who makes the money.... we have always been a one income family. Crimany the MINI is my wife's and she is a home maker - should I make he walk!?
I have had 2 new cars in our 30 years together, one I didn't keep. The other I drive now, a 2007.5 GMC Sierra 2500 crew-cab diesel.
All the other cars she drove new (7 of them), and if we kept them I drove the hand-me-downs. We always bought her the family sedans for her's and the children's safety. Cavalier, Nissan wagon, Astron van, Caravan, Camry. Then as the kids grew and had their own cars her first fun new car was a 2004 PT Cruiser HO turbo - we traded a very new Camry for it that kept having auto tranny troubles. They replaced the whole tranny in the end, but by then she was soured on the Camry. The MINI replaced the PT Cruiser.
When trying to decide between a Clubman and hardtop... she sat in a hardtop in the show room looked up and smiled and said this is what I want. I knew that's what she really wanted and discouraged buying the Clubman. We are almost empty nesters and really don't need the Clubman, and have the beast of a truck when more passenger space is needed. She ordered the MINI to her specs it was all her choices.
We take the MINI everywhere and I usually drive when it's the 2 of us. It saw 10,000 miles the first year, even though the PT only averaged 6,000 a year. That tells you how much we like it.
Seriously, get the MINI or get a dif husband.
Last edited by MCS Fever; 04-02-2012 at 08:01 AM.
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I wanted one forever also...and finally my husband agreed to 'look'...well...after our first test drive and the look of joy on my face...being the wonderful man he is, he said...ok! I had my heart set on a grey, convertable, stick and ended up finding my little jem! My budget didnt allow me to ge a new one...but I could not be happier with my 'previously loved' MINI...I did put it away over the winter and boy did I miss it. His previous owner did lots of great mods to it and I havent done much too it as far as changing anything. Our belief is...you live once..enjoy it!!! We have been on some great trips already in it and this summer we are making a trek out to the East coast (from IL) and I cant wait! Go for it!!!
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Good luck Firedragon. My wife doesn't understand the MINI but she supported my decision to get one.
I tried to get her to buy a new mini-van but she said that hers worked fine and she didn't need a new one. We have had it almost 9 years and it has never failed her. So I got a MINI when I gave my old car to my daughter.
Seriously Firedragon's husband test drive a MINI on the highway and curves. It is fun. If the power of the TDI has you try the S. I am happy with the base hardtop. Oh, Lightning Blue is the best color
I tried to get her to buy a new mini-van but she said that hers worked fine and she didn't need a new one. We have had it almost 9 years and it has never failed her. So I got a MINI when I gave my old car to my daughter.
Seriously Firedragon's husband test drive a MINI on the highway and curves. It is fun. If the power of the TDI has you try the S. I am happy with the base hardtop. Oh, Lightning Blue is the best color
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FireDragon,
So for many years wanting a Mini this was me with this same problem. My Hubby's words and I quote "I will NEVER own a BMW!" I of course tried the whole Weeeellllll it's not totally BMW?!?! <high pitched obviously grasping at straws voice>
Long story short I researched the snot out of it and came up with all the pro's and con's. I told him that "I just wanted to LOOK at one" so we went to the dealer and thoroughly went through the car. This gave him time to take the whole thing in, not just a quick test drive. We have big beasts that we haul around so we needed a bigger car so we looked at a clubman and it was too small so we ended up looking at the Countryman (the even let us bring the dogs to make sure they'd fit). I of course fell in love with it! He still wasn't sold, but after my list of pro's being so much more than the con's and the Countryman being big enough to fit us all, he agreed. Now it's still not his baby like his Tundra is, but I am IN LOVE WITH MY RUPERT! So it may not be a matter of him falling in love with it. If you are in Love with it and he can tolerate it it still may work. We were driving around the other day and he did admit it had a lot more room than he thought and I even got him to entertain the idea of getting a little Justa or MCS gas saver as a second drive around car. He really is surprised how much attention we get in Rupert and even has fun using some of the features. So there is hope for the non believers! The car definitely has a personality and fits me well... And you know what they say?! Happy wife, happy life... Hahah
Good luck!!
So for many years wanting a Mini this was me with this same problem. My Hubby's words and I quote "I will NEVER own a BMW!" I of course tried the whole Weeeellllll it's not totally BMW?!?! <high pitched obviously grasping at straws voice>
Long story short I researched the snot out of it and came up with all the pro's and con's. I told him that "I just wanted to LOOK at one" so we went to the dealer and thoroughly went through the car. This gave him time to take the whole thing in, not just a quick test drive. We have big beasts that we haul around so we needed a bigger car so we looked at a clubman and it was too small so we ended up looking at the Countryman (the even let us bring the dogs to make sure they'd fit). I of course fell in love with it! He still wasn't sold, but after my list of pro's being so much more than the con's and the Countryman being big enough to fit us all, he agreed. Now it's still not his baby like his Tundra is, but I am IN LOVE WITH MY RUPERT! So it may not be a matter of him falling in love with it. If you are in Love with it and he can tolerate it it still may work. We were driving around the other day and he did admit it had a lot more room than he thought and I even got him to entertain the idea of getting a little Justa or MCS gas saver as a second drive around car. He really is surprised how much attention we get in Rupert and even has fun using some of the features. So there is hope for the non believers! The car definitely has a personality and fits me well... And you know what they say?! Happy wife, happy life... Hahah
Good luck!!
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The other contender was a GMC Terrain and is still on the radar especially with the Denali version just being released, but no plans to ever sell the MINI.
It sounds like the price is strong with this relunctant husband. And a MINI is not cheap in all forms, certainly not as a Countryman.