Year 2014
Make MINI
Model Clubman
Color Hyde Park Edition
History
Some years ago the only way I could manage a sportscar as a daily driver was if we also had a vehicle to haul around Vito. (Big bullmastiffs don't fit in two-seater cars, at least not comfortably . . . and . . . it's very hard to drive with a tail in your face.) So was born the Vitomobile.
Actually, the first generation was known as the "Don Vito-mobile", because people thought he looked like a Mafia Don being chauffeured in his crimson Cadillac. The upkeep on the Don's limo being G-d-awful, in '05 it gave way to a little orange 4-door Chevy, in which Vito took the entire back seat. Over the years, this became our goto car for shopping, driving in the snow, parking at the train station, etc.
So here is our new Vitomobile, a Mini Clubman, which is a little "sedan delivery" vehicle, like the Chevy Nomads of the '50s. Vito has been gone a few years, but I can tell you that regardless, Rashmika and I feel his spirit whenever we drive the Vitomobile.
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