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Old 07-02-2006, 08:38 AM
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((I'm laughing so hard at how ALL of these things are true about us))
Me too! Man, do I love my MINI!
 
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47. It's ok to have a closet full of MINI shirts.

48. It's ok to speed up for curves while everyone else is slowing down.

49....

I think the numbers are right?
49. And OK to slow down approaching the curve just so there is enough room to perform #48.

49...
 
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49. It's okay to name your MINI.

For those who have multiple Minis, it's how they keep them straight.
 
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49. It's okay to name your MINI.

For those who have multiple Minis, it's how they keep them straight.

minichik is now thinking that perhaps your MINI's were once gey.
 
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50. It's okay to turn on the DSC right before you come to a turn to take it faster!

-Cody
 
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50. It's okay to turn on the DSC right before you come to a turn to take it faster!

-Cody
Guilty your honor!!
 
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Originally Posted by kenchan
minichik is now thinking that perhaps your MINI's were once gey.
Oops! Getting a bit PI here...
What I meant was 'keep track of' sort of thing. The organizer of Mini Meet West had several of his cars here. When it came time to shuttle them back to the hotel, it went like this: Joe take Blondie, Jane take Curley (not Joe take the purple '69). These people knew each other and the car's names!
Sorry to be a wet blanket minichik!
 
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51. It's okay for people to think your drunk when your just having fun driving & dodging "every" rough spot in the road!

52.
 
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52. It's ok to be more concerned about your MINI than anything else in anticipation of a hurricane, tornado and/or earthquake.

53. It's ok to have a favorite motoring outfit to complement your MINI. In addition, you hang on to your favorite MINI t-shirt like a child's teddy bear, even though it is tattered and torn.

54....
 
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Old 07-07-2006, 03:23 PM
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54. It's ok to ALWAYS take the road less traveled.

55. It's ok to have a drawer full of maps so you can plot the winding roads from A to B.
 
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56. It's ok to try and find twisty roads on purpose.

-Cody
 
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57. While it is ok to have tons of maps, it is better to have a GPS based navigation system to help you find the twisties no mater where ever you are!
 
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I like that one!

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58. It's perfectly normal to buy and wear clothes that match your MINI. (Yesterday I picked up a pair of rhinestone hoops that were the perfect shade of Electric Blue. And just in time for Mad Dogs and Englishmen!)

59. As already mentioned, it is okay to name your MINI. I'll go a step further and say it is perfectly normal to refer to the car by its name in regular conversation like any other person. As in, "Giles and I ran up to Meijers then Barnes and Noble."

60. It is totally acceptable to insist that some of your wedding pictures are taken with your MINI. (I'm getting married at the end of August and I'm already warning everyone that I want at least one good shot of us with the MINI!).
 
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61. It's ok to feel a little sad when you finally have to get out of the car!

Wow, now I know that I am normal after reading this! I'll sit for minutes at a time trying to find an excuse to go drive somewhere. Ecspecially at night! If I am in a restaurant and I can't see it from where I am sitting, I feel anxious!

Originally Posted by Cooper(non-s)
48. It's ok to speed up for curves while everyone else is slowing down.
I do this too! I feel like everyone must be looking at me like I'm an ***, but I don't care!!
 

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Originally Posted by KarenTKD
...(I'm getting married at the end of August and I'm already warning everyone that I want at least one good shot of us with the MINI!).
If there are other MINIs, park nose to nose with the bonnets up, for you to walk through!
 
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If there are other MINIs, park nose to nose with the bonnets up, for you to walk through!
That would be amazing!

-Cody
 
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If there are other MINIs, park nose to nose with the bonnets up, for you to walk through!
OR have them drive down the Church stairs circa 1969 Italian Job

BTW Congrats on the Wedding
 
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im so glad im not the only one who does at least half of the things mentioned in this forum
 
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62. It's ok to pull over and let a gap develop between you and 'others' when you are on a good twisty road. (motorhomes, pickups moving couches etc.):impatient
 
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63. It's okay to send flowers and a card to a friend when their MINI was in an accident or totalled.

64. It's okay to drive 10 hours to a place you've never been before (The Dragon) just to be with other MINI's and their owner's whom you've never met just for the thrill of it.
 
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60. It is totally acceptable to insist that some of your wedding pictures are taken with your MINI. (I'm getting married at the end of August and I'm already warning everyone that I want at least one good shot of us with the MINI!).
Our wedding was before we had our MINI. Luckily our local rental place had this one for us!
 
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65. It is acceptable (gotta be PC here, peeps, ehe) to use your tachometer to judge your speed.

66. It is acceptable to use the door pockets to hold cans of Red Bull.

67...
 
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Originally Posted by Monk Edsel
61. It's ok to feel a little sad when you finally have to get out of the car!

Wow, now I know that I am normal after reading this! I'll sit for minutes at a time trying to find an excuse to go drive somewhere. Ecspecially at night! If I am in a restaurant and I can't see it from where I am sitting, I feel anxious!



I do this too! I feel like everyone must be looking at me like I'm an ***, but I don't care!!
Oh my God! I thought I was a nutcase for wanting to see my mini framed in the restaurant window where I can keep an eyeball on her. No...now I realize...I'm just a normal MINI owner! Anxious, nervous, suspious, paranoid...I just KNOW someone is going to touch my baby...And then, I'll have to hurt them.
 
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67. It's okay to take up 2 parking spaces in order to protect your Mini.
(what gives that joker in the suv the right to park next to your precious?)
68. It's okay to smirk at people who are obviously drooling over your Mini.
69. It's okay to tell your husband he looks totally like a loser driving the Mini just so you get to take over the wheel.
 


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