3rd Gen F56 Cooper S My thoughts on the F56

But let me guess, those that like the R50/53 do so because it actually is prettier and not because it's what they own, right?

And when classic Mini owners made exactly the same complaints about the R50/53, that was just sour grapes, right? But making those complaints about the F56 isn't.

Not believing you have become an old fart is one of the signs that you have become an old fart.

 

Every owner/enthusiast of a current model of a car complains about the next one.

Trucker gave a good example of the Mustang. To think the Ford Probe was suppose to be a Mustang. The owners stopped that.

When the G56 comes out the F56 guys will complain about it.

 

I don't think we'll be seeing Blues Traveller again.

After posting once here after only really looking at part of one thread that person has seemingly made up his mind and judged the entire lot of us for only parts of one thread.

On NAM from same username.

I thank the person for creating content that has led to more discussion on the matter. Tis a shame they seemingly will no longer participate.

 

Yes old farts unite..... rrr:

 

I already miss him. It's ironic that while we may all be douchebags, he has singlehandedly raised the bar on douchebaggery an order of magnitude higher, a level many of us will find hard to surpass.

He needs to realize the F56 isn't larger because of the pedestrian laws, it's larger because it shares a platform with the BMW 1 series.

You oughta let Dave in for a quick cameo for entertainment value, then you can quickly ban him again or whatever.

 

If anyone wants to see what a 'real' new Mini would have looked like, the 1990s Spiritual concept cars are near perfect.



Radical, compact, different - all words that scare off buyers (just like the original Mini did), as BMW were wise to realise.

Few people really want (or wanted) a 'real' Mini, they want a Golf tarted up to look like a cartoon Mini - and that's what they've got, for three generations.

The original Mini was an anti-styling car, whereas styling seems to be what Mini owners want to talk about the most. Nobody seems to care much how the F56 drives.

This discussion is more like hearing teenage boys with an excess of hormones discussing girls than old farts with lawns.....

PS Did the US get the full story on "Keep Calm and Carry On"?

 

My plan was to buy a new MINI to replace my MINI. What BMW offered up wasn't for me. So rather than buy a tarted up Mini/BMW/Golf I skipped that & bought a Golf. I'm happily Golfing.

 

Or maybe just let him back altogether...

 

Put him on probation. As penance for whatever crime he has committed he could be the official F56 moderator. :wink:

 

Three cheers to the lot of us douchebags!
Hip hip hooray, Hip hip hooray, Hip hip hooray!!! :beer

Oh, and that's "Lord Douchebag" there Scooter.

 

I'm waiting for the 4th GEN to come out.

 

Someone got bent feathers over this...

If I took everyone serious about my R56 being uglier than the R53 over here I'd have moved over to the Toyota Camry forum and talk about cup holder designs, and which hanging air freshener (green pine tree or spongebob squarepants) smells better... Cripes...

PS... it's not uglier....

 

Come on man. You can't be serious!






It's a known fact that the Hoppes #9 air freshener is the best! :cornut:

 

You got me there...

 

I prefer the scent of the dirty horse blankets in the boot.

 

Fontana Village wants you to stay in one of their tents on the end of "Tent Row".... Back in the bushes... And before you will be admitted into "Vendor Alley", you need to make two runs through the car wash... "You", not the MINI....

 

They are starting to fertilize the fields around here with liquid cow manure. Perhaps I could develop that into an air freshener and sell it on vendors alley. :lol:

 

Ummmm.... NO

Maybe local farmers would go for it...

"Wholly Cow" or maybe "Eau du cow"