2nd Gen R55 Clubman Most liked posts in thread: Brown Rethinks MINI

  1. chrunck

    chrunck New Member

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    #2 chrunck, Aug 5, 2012
    4 side doors and a hatch on a Clubman? Sounds like a Countryman to me. I don't think he even knows which car he's talking about.
     
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    #7 mimini1, Aug 5, 2012
    How did he get a 2001 MINI in the USA?
     
  3. Crashton

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    #8 Crashton, Aug 5, 2012
    Same way he got a four door clubman with a hatch.... :wink:
     
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    #9 Vandyann, Aug 6, 2012
    He is every confused al right. He also has not read the car and driver comps of the fiat and mini.
     
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    #10 pmsummer, Aug 6, 2012
    Sounds like an inept editor hacked his article to make space for coupons.
     
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    #14 pmsummer, Aug 13, 2012
    "The Washington Post doesn't make errors. The Washington Post makes history."

    - Deep Throat


    ;-)
     
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    #16 Crashton, Aug 19, 2012
    Better late than never. :)
     
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    #3 Crashton, Aug 5, 2012
    Hmm a four door Clubman with a hatch? I think Mr. Brown may have the Clubman & Countryguy comfused.
     
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    #4 lotsie, Aug 5, 2012
    So is our Clubman missing a door, or did they add a door for 2012:crazy:
     
  10. JECO

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    #5 JECO, Aug 5, 2012
    You guys are right! He is confused. I have emailed him an inquiry.
     
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    #6 Grgramps, Aug 5, 2012
    I hope that too many won't get their shorts in a knot. He's expressing his opinions, and most us who love our MINI are not foolish enough to think everyone loves them.

    Do you suppose that his phrase, " for those of us easily separated from our money" describes some MINI owners?
     
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    #11 JECO, Aug 7, 2012
    No reply to my inquiry from Warren Brown. I think he has been deluged with reminders of his errors. I expect we will see something of an explanation in next Sunday's Washington Post. Some readers are asking for a complete redo of the article.
     
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    #12 JECO, Aug 12, 2012
    I am surprised and disappointed that Mr. Brown made no apologies in his column today in the Washington Post for his confusion over the Clubman and Countryman and no explanation of which one he actually reviewed last week. He did not reply to my inquiry nor to the several other on-line criticisms his column generated. I probably cannot recognize errors in his reviews of other cars, but now I wonder if his sloppy reporting of the Mini (and no corrections) extend to his other reviews which I always read. How simple it would be for him to restore the respect he has always garnered from me and his other readers.
     
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    #13 Metalman, Aug 12, 2012
    He could be much better served if he allowed us to proof read his articles before publishing the errors....:p
     
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    #15 JECO, Aug 19, 2012
    Mr. Brown finally acknowledged the errors in his article during the online discussion of Friday. Here is what he had to say:

    My sincere apologies. That kind of confusion won't happen again. The references were to the Clubman. I should have made that clear.