Wow. When I started this thread I felt all "warm and fuzzy" now I feel a little..:impatient .

But that is what 'community' is about. One person's motoring is another person's driving.

I think the MINI marketing is brilliant too (as an ex-marketing/advertising guy AND a consumer AND a MINI enthusiast).

BUT, when 'they' strike a nerve/chord that resonates across a spectrum of people, cultures, etc. I think is really, really awesome.

But what I feel really, really happy about is finding my MINI and all that goes with it (be it motoring, modding, or blogging on NAM).

M'kay, I feel all 'warm and fuzzy' again.

 

Oh, we're just funnin' here. We agree, we disagree, we ***** and we moan. Bottom line, we all love MINI's (and most of us own one or two).
Back on topic. I like to Motor. MINIUSA may have used the term as part of an ad campaign but its a convenient or apropos way to describe the feeling we get or the phenomena we experience with our MINI's. What's wrong with that?

As far as Chow's wounds, don't worry, he's got his shin guards on all the time and his POINTED steel toes can be seen flashing around on occasion. He can take it and he can give it!

 

All I know is I drive our Corvette and Isuzu, but I motor in my MINI. Motoring feels exhilarating, fun, and cheers me up, no matter what. It's a very unique and special thing to motor. Thanks for the thread.

 

chows, i just read that the Rav4 beat out X3 and even FX
in sporty SUV's. X3 wasn't even recommended??!

wayda go, chows!


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Toyota Rav4 outranks luxury SUVs costing as much as $13,000 more in a new round-up of mid-sized crossover SUVs by the magazine Consumer Reports.

The Rav4, which was redesigned for the 2006 model year, earned a Top Pick.

The BMW X3 was the second-place finisher in terms of overall road-test scores, but it didn't earn a recommendation because of its poor predicted reliability.

The magazine also tested the Nissan Murano, Acura RDX, Infiniti FX35 and the Mazda CX-7.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/12/06/...uvs/index.html

 

Dude, I didn't need no stinking CNN to tell you that. You could have just asked Heck ... that thing is so much fun to drive, I just put down the back seats, added some counterfeit VIper stripes (imitating a VIPER) ... and smoke anything in my way (not)

BTW, not only is "motoring" good MINI Marketing, but I give them credit for:

• Youification (oh yeah, that one is unique)
• Bonnet strips (lets "imitate real racing stripes")
• Bonnet
• Boot
• Silencer
• Dampers
• and all those other Brit terms no American would be caught dead using except .... for one of the BEST marketing/advertising agencies around

I truly give MINI Marketing A+ for hiring whoever their current advertising firm is.

 

chows- ic.

btw, where did you see the term "silencer" ? i remember seeing
the other terms.

 

Oh yeah, silencer ... muffler. Brit word.

 

Even though mine's a Mini, it has a Hood, a Trunk (or "hatch"), a Muffler... the only Boot is the one in the back that covers my foot when it's cold!

It is fun to use the Brit terms though, and "boot" is better than "hatch", I must admit.

I've even been toying around with repainting the MiniSupportVehicle (Honda Odyssey) with a white roof, but my wife is saying "no" to the hood stripes - didn't want 'em on the mini either for that matter. We definitely "motor" in that vehicle too, but we also "drive", and "slog", and "go".

 

Saying "boot'' makes me feel soooo superior to those who say simply..."hatch".

 

Being introduced Top Gear sealed the deal on that for me, just glad I also happend to drive a British car so I don't folks looking at me too crazy


What does itmean to "motor" unfortunately what it means to "motor" is something so unique so pure that you can describe it with words but you know it when you find it. Now I can't tell you what it means, however I can take you for a ride through the twisties, wave to fellow motorers as we pass them, stop off at a club meet share a meal with instant friends, hit some more twisties, pick up some groceries, answer some questions for the crowd that has gathered around your MINI (note I didn't say car), take the long way home and wave to the kids in the nighborhood that all stop playing and run out to wave as they hear you burble in. Maybe then you'll understand the differance.

Some poeple get it some people don't. For some there is a little more to it, others a little less. It is NOT just a marketing scheme. It is not something that can be acurately verbalized. Its also something personally I take seriously, there is a reason I have Motor On atop all my posts and proudly displayed as a badge of honor on my bumper. For those that don't get it, I'm sorry, you're missing out on something special, for those that do get it well....

Motor On

 

'tis so, old chap, 'tis so... shall we adjourn for a pint? (LOL)

 

To the OP, what you said was very true.

 

OP?

I think I know but it's better if someone 'in the know' tells me. Thanks!

Motor On - Exactly!!!

 

Original Poster

 

Ahhh...that's what I thought.

AND...that would be me! Thanks in the flesh!

 

motoring - - - - - - - - BRILLIANT!