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  1. Johngo

    Johngo New Member
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    #21 Johngo, Jul 20, 2011
    *whispering* He is still out driving it... :D
     
  2. maacodale

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    #23 maacodale, Jul 21, 2011
    Neither actually. Just been busy. Haven't got the nerve to drive it yet. Hated riding in it enough. Worse than a new MINI on run flats. Note, not sure if they have run flats or not. Didn't really care. Very cheaply laid out and made. The plastics on the interior, to me anyway, just look and feel cheap. I'm not a big or tall guy by any means, but sitting in the passenger side, my knee is right up against the center console. I really don't see this car being compared to a MINI in anything but size, and it's smaller than out cars.

    The wife has been driving it and she isn't impressed either. She "thinks" she can feel a difference with the sport button on, but nothing like the MINI. Just for reference, she is a 2 time SCCA divisional SOLO champ, so she does know how a sporty car should feel. She swears this ain't it!

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  3. Kikimowse

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    #24 Kikimowse, Jul 22, 2011
    Oh and which one of you would not pull over to help Elle even if she was driving a Fiat 500? :frown2:


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    I agree, the car has no "good side" but I guess if you are Elle, no one notices.
     
  4. KittyMini

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    #25 KittyMini, Jul 22, 2011
    It really seems to want to be a MINI in it's design.....
    But it failed :lol:
     
  5. Crashton

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    #26 Crashton, Jul 22, 2011
    For me it does not seem to be a MINI wanna be. It is trying to be something else entirely. A reliable modern Fiat.:rolleyes5: Other than being a modern retro car I see no similarity. But my eyes are bad. :p
     
  6. Rixter

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    #27 Rixter, Jul 22, 2011
    Microsoft gave away an Office365 branded MINI last week to end their World Partnership Conference/Schmoozefest. I wonder how that faired?
     

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  7. Metalman

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    #28 Metalman, Jul 22, 2011
    I'd take it...
    They even sprung for the "S"...:D
     
  8. Rixter

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    #29 Rixter, Jul 22, 2011
    It looks good, and even better with the graphics gone ;)
     
  9. hbSean

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    #30 hbSean, Jul 22, 2011
    I'm sure it's going to sell well it's got space and price on it's size.

    To different cars going after the same demographic

    I'd still have the MINI
     
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