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My wife bought a Mini

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  • Mini (Score:2)

    by Tet ( 2721 )
    Neither are products worth buying IMHO. The Apple version at least has the benefit of being considerably less expensive, but that's about it...
    • Im furious because she wants a house someday. That means, one needs to save and her fucking Mercerdes A-Class was just fine. 20000€ isn't peanuts...
      No, and I wouldn't buy a Mini either. Especially not the car.

      Yeah, Im pissed... but what can I do: it is her money.

      • Well, I don't want to compare, but isn't that the kind of purchase that one discusses beforehand - and then decides whether it's 'worth it' or not?

        I successfully navigated around a Lotus Elise last week, despite the wife any myself getting into one, and both being nuts.
        • Hmm, picking between a Lotus Elise and a house? Sorry, but I am Graham Chapman's bitch. Saw one the other day on my way to a skiing outing. Damn but it looks good.
          • The house is a done deal for me. Not quite done, actually, I'll pay it over the next 23 years and 10 months.

            But the Elise starts at 40.000 new, with cars on the lot (registered for a day without having driven a km) going for 35000. That's a lot of money. OTOH, used 98 model year cars have only lost 20% or so in value, so it's probably the best 'investment' one can do in cars. And, after all, they are supercars. The base model blows you to 100 km/h in 5 secs and makes Porsche and Ferrari drivers cry on a cou
        • but isn't that the kind of purchase that one discusses beforehand

          Normally, yes.... That's however the bitchy part about that damned "auto festival". Yesterday she just woke up with the idea of buying a Mini and whatever rational reasoning I could find not do buy one, was me being a spoilsport.

          So, I shut up and let her do. It's not as if I have much to say since I already drive an expensive car. (Except that it's 6 years old and completely paid) My arguments were null and void just because of that.

    • Sorry. Åpple Mini (at least one year ago) was/is a decent purchase. Not hamstrung by the included monitor on the iMac and portables or by the insane pricing on the big machines.

      I only know one person who owns a BMW Mini, and he loves it.
      • I agree that the Apple Mini was a good investment some time ago, but with the Intel Macs out, any investment in Gx technology is throwaway money. Besides, Tet is a hardcore Linuxer :-D Apple just isn't what he thinks of computers. :-D

        I only know one person who owns a BMW Mini, and he loves it.

        I refused to drive it. There is no reason to test a car that I didn't want in the first place. It's going to be hard to match the driving experience of my own car ;-) But, yes, I'm sure that she's going to lo


        • I think a mini is a very nice car. It looks great, is fast and parks easy. It's a pure winner in the city. The only thing you can't do is pack up and move your household around europe.

          I do get the impression, that you both have quite a 'particular' relationship, though..
          • It looks great, is fast and parks easy.

            Fast? Compared to what? It's a Diesel for crying out loud ;-) (No, okay, I know... Diesels aren't the same as years ago) And, yes, it looks nice. It probably went well with her purse and shoes that day. *grin* As for parking... ehm... any small car parks easily. So does mine, go figure.

            I do get the impression, that you both have quite a 'particular' relationship, though..

            I suspect that about every relationship is 'particular'. One has to live with th



            • Fast? Compared to what? It's a Diesel for crying out loud ;-) (No, okay, I know... Diesels aren't the same as years ago) And, yes, it looks nice. It probably went well with her purse and shoes that day. *grin* As for parking... ehm... any small car parks easily. So does mine, go figure.

              Mini's are quite fast. I've seen mini's outrun my VW 1.8 with a breeze.. and well.. I have a reasonably small call, but a mini is like a matchbox size.. I truely can appreciate the use of that, but then I'm used to traffic i
              • Mini's are quite fast. I've seen mini's outrun my VW 1.8 with a breeze.. and well.. I have a reasonably small call, but a mini is like a matchbox size..

                That was probably a Mini Cooper S. That's 170HP for 1215kg. Compare that to a basis Audi TT (180HP for 1300kg) and you know why it outruns a simple Golf VW 1.8. (Sorry, can't find the specs of a Golf VW 1.8, because they aren't made anymore. Biggest gas engine seems to be a 1.6FSI)

                The Mini One D is only 75HP for 1175kg. She currently has a Mercede

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