I saw the section was empty and had to make the first post. I like the steering to seat placement in the new car. I really like the seats. Now to find if they'll fit in the R53.
Scott-One other side effect would be your sweet R53 growing giant taillights that resemble a Baboon's red butt. :eek6:
Now Now boys. This is the F56 section. Show a little restraint. We need to welcome the new people with the new cars to keep the brand alive. Yes Dave and Chuck even if you don't like the new version. Because if MINI says alive maybe the next version will be better.
^:lol: My sincerest apologies to the multitudes of F56 owners. :wink: Heck if folks like them, that's great. You know how I feel about them. I feel like MINI let us all down by releasing such a monstrosity. Giant catfish everywhere are pissed & planning a lawsuit against MINI for stealing their design. I'm not worried about MINI going out of business, that won't happen.
If the F56/55 is the best the designers could do, would that be such a bad thing at this point? I have come to "accept" the new cars, nothing we say or do is going to change BMW's F-up!
Dick I accept them too, just don't like them. Folks should buy what they like & not worry about what others think. If someone buys a car based on what I like they have more problems than I care to get into here. Was at the dealer today. I think those F56 MINIs must be breeding. Every piece of pavement is covered with an F56, crazy inventory for a dealer to carry. I doubt they are selling many.
Guy in an f56 gave me the peace sign at the gas station the other day. I just nodded and mumbled unpleasantries about the car to myself. But he seemed to like his car and felt comfortable enough behind his fishmobile to look an r53 owner in the eye. To each his own. MINI just lost some of us as a customer until they come out with something I/we like better than anything else. It could've been the same way for those folks that bought the f56. Not everyone can deal with the bareness of an r53. It's funny when people get in my car and find out there are no real gadgets. It's like handing someone a flip phone and they're like "what am I supposed to do with this?"
Dave........Self edited? Something seems amiss here. Are the fox guarding the chickens? Or did He$$ freeze over? :lol::lol: Amen! BMW went through this with the BangelButt. I just hope it doesn't take too long to corect. Are you sure he was giving you a peace sign? It is a British car and you know how they give the Plucking the U sign. Was his palm facing you? If not you should of given him the Dave.0 wave. :lol::lol:
Then I screwgled it... The better front bumper doesn't make up for how bad the rear and side profile looks... I am scarred... The tail lights are worse than the abominations on the Paceman! Take it back!
After the boyz with the scarves left for the evening.... Hard workin Joe, the PM janitor took a shot at reworking the front bumper... The next day when the scarf guyz showed up they overlooked the improvements and it went right into production... Something about the new Starbuck's frap-O-lawty sidetracked them.... They traced it back to "Hard workin Joe" before he could make changes to the boot.... They had to let Joe go...
Let me just say RETRO basics brought this brand back from the DEAD not not large futuristic bubble cars with every freaking feature BMW has to offer. Less is MORE because less is minimal