BS: driving minis

Subject: RE: BS: driving minis
From: pdq
Date: 28 Nov 04 - 04:06 PM

A first-time driver, especially a woman, should look for three things in a car:

    1) Power steering

    2) Automatic transmission

    3) Disk brakes (at least in front)

Style means nothing if you can't control the darn thing.

Subject: RE: BS: driving minis
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 28 Nov 04 - 02:44 PM

I want one too, once i can get my poor befuddled brain around this driving business....don't think i have the co-ordination for it, really. Which is why i want a mini; there's less of it to crash...although bigger cars are safer if you do crash...

Subject: RE: BS: driving minis
From: Leadfingers
Date: 28 Nov 04 - 12:21 PM

It depends what Min you get - My old Mum used to have a Mini Countryman Estate which I drove a few times - Smashing little car - Stuck to the road like You Know to a What ! Later I drove a 1275GT
that scared the life out of me at speeds over seventy MPH . I have a
mate who had several including an Original Mini Cooper and swore by em all ! Dont buy without a test drive and advice from someone who knows what they are doing !!

Subject: BS: driving minis
From: *Laura*
Date: 28 Nov 04 - 12:13 PM

I'm getting my first car soon (squeal squeal in squealish excitement!) and I'm planning on getting a mini (an old style one of course - none of this new-fangled new-mini nonsense! :-p ).

What are they like to drive?
Obviously if I'm getting an old one I'll have to do a car maintainance course ha. ha. ha. But I've heard they are relatively cheap to run. Is this true?
And what are they like to drive?

Any advice/info/general comments on how GREAT minis are would be greatly appreciated!

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