R56 Disrespecting the MINI: He finds the MINI "annoying"
#76
08-17-2008, 04:47 AM
4th Gear
Reads like more the one Mini almost took him out.
As a cyclist, it's very easy to get riled up when someone almost takes you out on a bike. I don't blame him, he's probably just venting. Some jackass kid in a honda civic almost took me out with his side view mirror. If he had been one or two inches closer, my elbow would have been shattered I'm sure. If I had caught him at the light, he would have had a nice shoe print on his door, that's how mad I was.
As for us Mini owners, if you're driving, DRIVE. If you NEED to talk on the phone, install a hands free Parrot. If you're texting, or emailing, you're an ***. Stop it before you kill someone.It's easy for this brand to get stereotyped, its so easy to recognize.
As a cyclist, it's very easy to get riled up when someone almost takes you out on a bike. I don't blame him, he's probably just venting. Some jackass kid in a honda civic almost took me out with his side view mirror. If he had been one or two inches closer, my elbow would have been shattered I'm sure. If I had caught him at the light, he would have had a nice shoe print on his door, that's how mad I was.
As for us Mini owners, if you're driving, DRIVE. If you NEED to talk on the phone, install a hands free Parrot. If you're texting, or emailing, you're an ***. Stop it before you kill someone.It's easy for this brand to get stereotyped, its so easy to recognize.
And on texting, this goes back a few posts, I don't text either. Nor get email on my Palm Pilot phone. Nor have it connected to the internet. Why would I? I can be Motoring instead! WhooHOO!
#77
08-17-2008, 05:13 AM
Im 18. In my generation its almost compulsary to be able to text without looking at the phone 
But yeah with fuel prices these days its very tempting to get a bike to commute with that. Save the mini for the weekend.
Going off on a tangent here, does anyone watch robot chicken? They did a skit where a guy was sitting in traffic and to get a laugh opens his car door just as a motorbike goes past. Luckily it was all stop animation.
But yeah with fuel prices these days its very tempting to get a bike to commute with that. Save the mini for the weekend.
Going off on a tangent here, does anyone watch robot chicken? They did a skit where a guy was sitting in traffic and to get a laugh opens his car door just as a motorbike goes past.
Luckily it was all stop animation.
#78
08-18-2008, 09:26 AM
I don't think so. If a Mini had almost taken him out he would have said so and describe the argument with the driver that would have surely followed (and possibly been quoted in the NYT). At least that's what happened when a large SUV with New Jersey plates "almost killed" him. Of course there is probably nothing someone like BikeSnobNYC likes to hate more than someone from New Jersey driving a large SUV.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
marendt428
MINIs & Minis for Sale
0
08-08-2015 04:44 AM