Anyone own a new Mini?

Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

The edmunds.com website has a longterm evaluation of the mini.

ps. How does a kid save 10 large? I can remember when that was real money.

No shit AAA. What the hell. I had about 500 bucks in my bank account when I was 16 and I worked since I was 12. Damn man, what did I do wrong. :(

And another thing, when did relatives start buying their nephews and nieces cars? Did I miss this phase. My relatives bought me candy, not cars. LOL.
 
Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

The edmunds.com website has a longterm evaluation of the mini.

ps. How does a kid save 10 large? I can remember when that was real money.

She owns the babysitting gig in her neighborhood, she's very miserly. She also has one of those big water cooler bottles filled with quarters/nickels/dimes -- full to capacity.

She tells me she does better than $100/week from the babysitting.
 
Quote from Maverick74:

Riskarb, is it really necessary to spoil her this much? LOL. Damn kids today have everything.

I think it's a cool car however I would have safety concerns. How well does that car hold up in a wreck? At 16, she will have the greatest probability of being in an accident and I would be worried about how well that car would hold up.

yeah wouldnt want the cool car messed up :)
 
There was a really amazing article in one of the auto magazines last year ( I think it was Autoweek ) in which the art director of the magazine was out on a backroad really pushing this new Mini-Cooper.

Unfortunately, the roads were rather slick due to a recent thunderstorm and this guy slid off a turn and into a tree. The entire car collapsed around him and he wound up walking away. The State Police that arrived at the scene of the accident couldn't believe that the driver hadn't died.

http://www.nhtsa.gov/NCAP/Cars/2887.html

The Mini Cooper is one of several models that earned a Best Pick from the IIHS for its crash-test performance, boosted by its half-dozen air bags.
 
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