R56 Sacrilege
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Sacrilege
I can hold back no longer. This is directed toward all those who drive Minis desecrated with artsy-fartsy, cutesy-poopsy doodads such as wind-up keys,"inflate me" rings and smiley faces. Have you no shame? The Mini is a legendary performance car. It is now part of the "ultimate driving machine" family. Need I explain to you why you don't see such abominations on other BMWs, WRXs, Evos or Porsches? Have a clue people! The Mini is the king of the small car segment, treat it with the respect it deserves! If you want cute and funky, you should be driving a Beetle. If you are among the guilty, go watch the original and remake of the Italian Job back to back to set your thinking strait, and then hope for forgiveness for your sacrilege from real Mini enthusiasts.
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I can hold back no longer. This is directed toward all those who drive Minis desecrated with artsy-fartsy, cutesy-poopsy doodads such as wind-up keys,"inflate me" rings and smiley faces. Have you no shame? The Mini is a legendary performance car. It is now part of the "ultimate driving machine" family. Need I explain to you why you don't see such abominations on other BMWs, WRXs, Evos or Porsches? Have a clue people! The Mini is the king of the small car segment, treat it with the respect it deserves! If you want cute and funky, you should be driving a Beetle. If you are among the guilty, go watch the original and remake of the Italian Job back to back to set your thinking strait, and then hope for forgiveness for your sacrilege from real Mini enthusiasts.
All the help in the world with deciding what color to paint your keyring or to provide moral support while your car floats aimlessly across the atlantic ocean though.
#4
true. what the mini grows into is owner dependent whether or not you agree. i just wanted a commuter for the city and now my just-a-cooper has grown comfortably more geek than performance, but that's me.
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Dude, if you don't like the funny stuff, stick to the modder threads exclusively and leave the rest of us crazies alone. How do you think the Minis got to be so very popular??? Us crazies helped. Most of us fully acknowledge the power and utility of the Mini -- you're preaching to the choir on that one -- but we also have to have our own ways of bringing the quirk out, and we like to make it our own. I'm personally not enough of a gear-head, nor do I have much spare time for racing like I'd want to....so the best I can do is make my MINI obvious. Welcome to the MINIverse; we're here to stay.
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I can hold back no longer. This is directed toward all those who drive Minis desecrated with artsy-fartsy, cutesy-poopsy doodads such as wind-up keys,"inflate me" rings and smiley faces. Have you no shame? The Mini is a legendary performance car. It is now part of the "ultimate driving machine" family. Need I explain to you why you don't see such abominations on other BMWs, WRXs, Evos or Porsches? Have a clue people! The Mini is the king of the small car segment, treat it with the respect it deserves! If you want cute and funky, you should be driving a Beetle. If you are among the guilty, go watch the original and remake of the Italian Job back to back to set your thinking strait, and then hope for forgiveness for your sacrilege from real Mini enthusiasts.
However, there are plenty of performance oriented gear heads like us, so all the artsy, cute stuff you are talking about doesn't really bother me. I just stick to my modding and performance oriented stuff and they can buy cute stickers for their car if they want.
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That said, I also think everyone has the right to present their MINI in any way they wish. I choose to think of mine more as the performance car (even though it is justaMINI). But that's me. Others see the car differently. And I take some comfort in knowing that somewhere, sometime, someone in a "real car" is getting his doors blown off by a clown car.
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I think the wind-up key is hilarious. I doubt i would put in on mine but I salute thsoe who would. MINI's are more than just a peformance car, A lot of the ownership experience is whimsical. So if you want to mod it up with CF wings and slammed suspension and buzzy exhasut systems like a "Fast and Furious" atrocity [which look more ridiculous than any fun thing like a "Pull to Inflate" or wind-up key IMO], go for it. Enjoy it! But leave the enjoyment and fun for those who do enjoy it. Not all of us are 20 year old street racers.
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i'd have to agree with everyone else...
i dont have anything "cute"...but its THEIR car...they're paying the bill. who is anyone to tell them they should be ashamed?
if it makes them happy, they can do whatever the heck they want. doesnt bother me. its one more person i get to drive by on the street- that has a smile on their face
"crazy" MINI people are some of the nicest people i know
i dont have anything "cute"...but its THEIR car...they're paying the bill. who is anyone to tell them they should be ashamed?
if it makes them happy, they can do whatever the heck they want. doesnt bother me. its one more person i get to drive by on the street- that has a smile on their face
"crazy" MINI people are some of the nicest people i know
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I can hold back no longer. This is directed toward all those who drive Minis desecrated with artsy-fartsy, cutesy-poopsy doodads such as wind-up keys,"inflate me" rings and smiley faces. Have you no shame? The Mini is a legendary performance car. It is now part of the "ultimate driving machine" family. Need I explain to you why you don't see such abominations on other BMWs, WRXs, Evos or Porsches? Have a clue people! The Mini is the king of the small car segment, treat it with the respect it deserves! If you want cute and funky, you should be driving a Beetle. If you are among the guilty, go watch the original and remake of the Italian Job back to back to set your thinking strait, and then hope for forgiveness for your sacrilege from real Mini enthusiasts.
come join 'your kind' over at the CAMM forum. No silly stickers please.
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My first thought is a comparison to a VW bug, which was my first car. There were racing bugs, hippie bugs, dune buggie bags and just about every permutation in between. I always thought of them as extensions of the individuals who drove them. From owning a MINI I see the same sort of individualism. Better get used to it!
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Just for that, I'm going to put a wind up key, pull to inflate tow hook, AND buy a MINI Bulldog for every seat to maximize the cute factor when my MINI is sitting around.
And I'll even get a mod for the horn so it makes a cartoonish "AOOOOOOGAH!" sound.
And I'll follow you around, honking every so often, and making people think that we hang out ALL the time.
You just wait.
And I'll even get a mod for the horn so it makes a cartoonish "AOOOOOOGAH!" sound.
And I'll follow you around, honking every so often, and making people think that we hang out ALL the time.
You just wait.
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Ditto that. There's nothing wrong with the "actual size" decals and "pull to inflate" gizmo. The windup key idea is going a bit too far though IMO. There are plenty of Minis that are lowered/blacked out/striped/alt. wheeled, etc. To each his own.