Forgive me MINI owners.....

CHKMINI · May 29, 2011

I love the Autobahn! I was over there a couple of weeks ago with a rented BMW wagon. Ran forever with two Audi wagons at 115-120 mph. One German friend of mine stated that he didn't understand American car enthusiasts...our motors are twice as big and we drive half as fast as Europeans.

Crashton · May 29, 2011

Heck you can drive that fast here. Until they yank your license.

beken · May 31, 2011

At about the 1:50 mark of this video a prototype Prius station wagon pulls into a merge-out lane and passes a Clubman on the right in the intersection. Looks like an illegal and dangerous maneuver to me. :eek6:

This is The Truth About Cars (TTAC)'s review of a production prototype of a Toyota Prius V

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MagicMiniBro · Aug 1, 2011

agranger said: ↑

There is something to be said for driving a non-descript car.

Before the MINI, I drove a '97 Nissan Altima in metallic tan. Every 10th car in Dallas looked exactly like mine.

I was cruising down the left hand lane of the highway, probably going 7-10 MPG over the limit (but was going with traffic) when I crested over a hill. Suddenly the guy in front of me and the guy behind me pulled 1 lane to the right and I knew what was gonna happen. 1 second later, I saw the cop with his radar gun pointed right at me. I saw him turn on the lights and merge into traffic and I knew I was a gonner... until I looked one car to the right of me and spotted the exact same make/model car in the same color! I pulled over one lane and tucked in right behind him. The cop came flying up the left hand lane and I could see him looking back and forth between the 2 cars, trying to figure out who the speeder was. I was doing my best not to look back at him... trying to keep an 'innocent' look on my face. After 10-15 seconds, he gave up, turned off the lights and pulled over to fish for his next speeder.

Unfortunately, I'm not gonna get that lucky again in a fully modded MINI.
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That's the kind of thing I enjoy about my 2002 Saturn. It's such a generic car that you never got attention!

Firebro17 · Aug 1, 2011

agranger said: ↑

There is something to be said for driving a non-descript car.

Before the MINI, I drove a '97 Nissan Altima in metallic tan. Every 10th car in Dallas looked exactly like mine.

I was cruising down the left hand lane of the highway, probably going 7-10 MPG over the limit (but was going with traffic) when I crested over a hill. Suddenly the guy in front of me and the guy behind me pulled 1 lane to the right and I knew what was gonna happen. 1 second later, I saw the cop with his radar gun pointed right at me. I saw him turn on the lights and merge into traffic and I knew I was a gonner... until I looked one car to the right of me and spotted the exact same make/model car in the same color! I pulled over one lane and tucked in right behind him. The cop came flying up the left hand lane and I could see him looking back and forth between the 2 cars, trying to figure out who the speeder was. I was doing my best not to look back at him... trying to keep an 'innocent' look on my face. After 10-15 seconds, he gave up, turned off the lights and pulled over to fish for his next speeder.

Unfortunately, I'm not gonna get that lucky again in a fully modded MINI.
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Hmmm. Clearly the perfect arguement for moving forward with cloning of the human species. Imagine the possibilities...... :lol:

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