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Originally Posted by Adrian Thompson
I don't think most people 'get' the point of this car, or Mini's in general outside the UK. Mini's, especially in the UK, are still massively popular. They transcend perceived brand/wealth/status, plus their rich motorsport history. I defy you to find someone of 40 or older in the UK who didn't own one, have a friend or family member who owned one. This isn't trying to be a sports car, it's appeal is it's capability for footprint. It's not meant to be a Boxster or even an Elise, it's from a land where hot hatches are better point to point machines than most sports cars. Tight, tiny, twisting roads with not the best finish, grass, leaves, mud, cow and horse ****. It's a mini rally refuge.
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my point has nothing todo with exterior looks
or it's performance
it has everything to do with sitting in it as a driver and what i see from that position : an bloody ugly dash.
The roads you mention are similar to the roads in flanders
I blaze through em with my cayman or my 120D... TC off, total blast.
There's nothing that mini will do that i don't do with mine... but i wont be stuck with a an ugly dash like that... I really hate ugly dashes.
Hence why most Ferrari's or Alfa's do it for me.. just awful dashes..5 year old boy racer aka italian design