RadNomad":2wfy9lbr said:Pyro Tim":2wfy9lbr said:RadNomad":2wfy9lbr said:Ah, the very same BMW Group which builds better MINIs in Britain than the British did.
The BMW ones are shit! Don't have the soul of the old ones
Just being provocative The MINI on the right i have owned for over 20 years, the MINI on the left is my daily driver. The one on the left is faster, safer, more reliable, more comfortable and has lower emissions hence from most rational perspectives is the better car. The one on the right is laughably dated but i absolutely LOVE it I think the new MINIs do have some of the old magic though (cute, nippy, fun, awesome handling etc), i was a sceptic too before living with one.
I've lived in one, as my wife had a One. The ride was crap, it wasn't that nippy, and felt heavy. The old one was designed for max space in a small car. The modern one is tiny space in a medium sized car and the seats are awful. Plus it's a hairdressers car.
My 89 mini was fantastic, you didn't need to drive it fast to feel fast, went round corners like it was on rails, and I got 5 people into it reasonably comfortably. They'd even fixed the flaws of the early mechanicals and electrics of the older ones. I even ached less after 10 hours at the wheel of it than I did after 4 hours as a front seat passenger in the modern one