Oops ... I got my MINI!
I've been having far too much fun to post anything other than a news article. I got my MINI on July 12th, about a week and a half ahead of schedule. As you can see from today's date, I have had the extreme pleasure of driving it for the past two weeks.
I really don't know how to describe how this car just seems to know what you want and eagerly executes your commands. The only reason I even slow down to turn corners is so that I don't look like a complete jerk (or scare people who think any car going that fast will lose control). I really don't have to slow down, thanks to the absolute lack of body roll, stiff suspension and tight steering. But I do anyway. For the most part.
I'm still breaking the engine in within the first 2000km (1200mi), so I can't go over 4500RPM or 150km/h. The more I drive the car, the harder it is to do. Every one of the 6 forward moving gears has a good power band. And oh, what beautiful music the supercharger's whine makes.
Now that I'm no longer driving a SUV, I find that people aren't scared into respecting my space on the road. I think that the smashing appearance of the car does that instead. ;-) I have found that people are too busy picking their jaws up from the floor of their car to do things like cut me off or not let me merge when a lane is ending in heavy traffic.
Things are so different now. I do little things like refill my washer fluid or get some gas, and people start talking to me. At work, half of the people are on strike. It's pretty tense with security guards at the building 24x7, etc. Somehow though, the picketers come over to the car to tell me how much they love it. One of the security guards too. He tells me that he'll probably get fired for checking out the car every day, but he doesn't care. Little kids pull their parents over by the arm so that they can see the MINI. Other MINI drivers wave to each other on the road ... Man this is strange.
P.S. I just finished waxing the car about an hour ago. It looks as good as it did in the showroom, but my digital camera is terrible. I can't even show anyone the fruits of my labour! I'll see what I can do. If it gets dirty before I take a picture, I'll just have to wax it again. And again and again!
I really don't know how to describe how this car just seems to know what you want and eagerly executes your commands. The only reason I even slow down to turn corners is so that I don't look like a complete jerk (or scare people who think any car going that fast will lose control). I really don't have to slow down, thanks to the absolute lack of body roll, stiff suspension and tight steering. But I do anyway. For the most part.
I'm still breaking the engine in within the first 2000km (1200mi), so I can't go over 4500RPM or 150km/h. The more I drive the car, the harder it is to do. Every one of the 6 forward moving gears has a good power band. And oh, what beautiful music the supercharger's whine makes.
Now that I'm no longer driving a SUV, I find that people aren't scared into respecting my space on the road. I think that the smashing appearance of the car does that instead. ;-) I have found that people are too busy picking their jaws up from the floor of their car to do things like cut me off or not let me merge when a lane is ending in heavy traffic.
Things are so different now. I do little things like refill my washer fluid or get some gas, and people start talking to me. At work, half of the people are on strike. It's pretty tense with security guards at the building 24x7, etc. Somehow though, the picketers come over to the car to tell me how much they love it. One of the security guards too. He tells me that he'll probably get fired for checking out the car every day, but he doesn't care. Little kids pull their parents over by the arm so that they can see the MINI. Other MINI drivers wave to each other on the road ... Man this is strange.
P.S. I just finished waxing the car about an hour ago. It looks as good as it did in the showroom, but my digital camera is terrible. I can't even show anyone the fruits of my labour! I'll see what I can do. If it gets dirty before I take a picture, I'll just have to wax it again. And again and again!
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