New car

Test drove a Mini Clubman today. Loved it.
Not a single squeak or rattle in the hour, big enough boot to get a bike in without taking a wheel off.
Very impressed.
Going to go for a silver Cooper with black roof, alloys and stripes.
Not a single squeak or rattle in the hour, big enough boot to get a bike in without taking a wheel off.
Very impressed.
Going to go for a silver Cooper with black roof, alloys and stripes.

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Aye. It's an EU owned company...but let's not go there.
That's a Countryman you've pictured there.
And if all cars are getting bigger, why are Toblerones getting smaller?
I must be going senile though, as I've started to have a mild craving to own one recently. It could even happen!
Not a clubman though! They're like a fe*kin' Transit van! :shock:
Got a proper Mini now that the boy's driving, still eye wateringly expensive to insure. But he loves it and he can learn how to fix stuff as he goes. Great fun to drive, can't help but smile. Drove it up to Brackley hen he had his work experience, that was hard on the bladder with that suspension.
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I remember four of us going up the M5 in one, and the two of us in the back discovered that if we moved left & right in unison we could make the whole Mini wiggle quite noticeably.
Yeah, that's what I've secretly known all along. :oops:
Ha ha, I've had average to censored cars ever since, but that mini was something a bit special (to me, perhaps not so much the neighbours at the time!) God, I would genuinely love to have it now, as impractical as it was.
I think I'm filling up a bit here.
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Very very nice indeed, interior is pure lux, and yet it still drives like a go cart, albeit a very smooth one. Notchy little short-shift gears (6) and 3 modes, Eco, Normal and Sport.
Very impressive indeed.
It's also got a lighting mode that lights up dashboard and doors in a range of colours depending on your mood. Ha!
https://youtu.be/URK5X1J1_0Y
The big centre instrument lights up too.
What's more the keyless entry as well as opening the doors allows you to open the two gate back doors by simply kicking your foot under the bumper, so if you have your hands full of shopping you can simply walk up to the boot, key in pocket, hands full, and open the boot with a leg gesture.
Love it!
Has it passed the CAT scan test though? 8)
I like them too, if I ever get round to a new car will seriously consider one.
Yep the cats will love it.
https://youtu.be/jFqjKHfsrQo
What was I saying about character? :?
There's a reason our everyday car is soulless and dull as ditchwater.
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Sounds like you have a new Alfa.
Door lighting, ha! I put a radio/cassette in mine. Now that's what you call bling.
Now my eyes have dried from the nostalgic tears, I do have to admit that I did have to "mess about with it" a bit to keep it running. Performance tuning modifications do not make for a smooth running, every day car. At 21 though, that was the least of my worries. Looking back, it seems that it was my only hobby at the time!
Might be why I seem to have lost all interest in fixing cars since.
Not exactly "mini" any more, are they? The Countryman is massive, bigger than my mid-size Kia Cee'd.
It's just a hill. Get over it.
(wouldnt a hatch be more practical ? )
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Anybody want to buy an Audi A4 estate? One careful owner (and two dreadful ones).
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No. It'll be the only car in my household and sometimes I need to carry more than 2 bags of shopping.
EDIT: Just realised what you meant.