Dude, you reminded me of when the crash test dummies came to visit us in school in second grade in the late 80s... The first one shows up in costume saying that he's waiting for his friend, then they played the crashing sounds on a tape cassette player, then the second one came busting through the door saying "it's amazing where you can park doing 80"
And that kids is the only thing I remember from car safety education in school.
Oh man, that reminds me of the friendly police officer who would visit the classroom once a year to remind us that drugs are bad mmkay and hand out D.A.R.E. stickers for our rad trapper keepers.
3 inches? That is clearly more than 3 inches. That’s at least 8 inches if not more. How dare you, sir, how dare you say that’s 3 inches in front of my wife
My girlfriend has the new Mini. I drove it a few weeks ago for the first time and that stupid decorative “rope” has incredibly sharp edges! I was doing a full wheel turn and have the tendency to casually park my hand on the bottom of the wheel and almost cut myself. It’s dumb. I hate it.
I remember thinking the iphone was a dumb ipod touch (most people did) then it never changed and here we are. Decades later and all they did was take my 3.5mm headphone jack. Fucking hell
I had a 69 Rover Mini Coup. I do not know what "tank," you speak of. The thing weighed around 1,300lbs. It was essentially a go kart on steroids, and I drove it as one. It was a blast but weighed nothing and had an 855cc motor.
Maintenence was typical for such a vehicle and rhe fuel system could be a bit of a PITA.
I've also owned V8 Cherokee and an F250
When I hear "tank," I think of something strong that can go through anything. The Mini was fun but ya had to carry momentum for the big puddles or you'd just float
Pretty sure a tank is a type of container, typically used for storing fluids or gases, but can be used for storage or transportation of solids in some cases.
Agreed. From R52/53 to R56 was such a letdown. The 52/53 was incredible. Total function over form.
The 56 had so many poorly modified things: the electronics for everything, the racks, the steering, the oil reclaim, the bad views around the car, the seats, the inset wipers (the wipers on top were superior, miss them every day), the computer easing the gas for me thinking it knows better (nearly causing accident)..... etc
I called BMW about this, and was told I am no longer the target audience.
I also tried two subsequent generations and found them worse!
I had a 2009 Mini S and the interior was laden with airplane switches and cool buttons. BMW in general moved to that minimalist "everything on a screen" design and it's biting them in the ass.
I work for an auto company and have driven them a few times and for the price they are, they feel cheap. It’s strange to me having them next to BMWs in the dealerships. You can’t compare the two.
If I was forced to own this car I would literally take a knife to it first thing as soon as I realized that might be an issue. It serves no function and is generally in the way, if its there for esthetics then they can get fucked. I'll do ghetto arts and crafts on my steering wheel if I want to. That said, you'd have to force me to own this car first lmao
No chance that’s cheaper to make. That’s made that part of the wheel more complex to make with extra assembly operations from different materials over the standard spoke that would’ve been stamped out with the rest of the wheel.
It's supposed to be "sporty", straps like that are used to save weight in race cars. You can find them on race edition cars like the Cayman gt3rs , the door handle is replaced with a strap like this... But I have no idea why it's on a steering wheel on a mini lol.
Engineers had to add that after the steering wheel started to jump out to try and hit the drivers.
It was just one bad batch of wheels tho, they got exposed to the Necronomicon somehow.
Next 100 thousand units will be up to par with the specifications and come with the default "assembled on top of sacred burial grounds" native american curse.
I absolutely share the frustration when it comes to cheaping out under the name of design over function but the 'why is there a rope.... here... whaiy?!' actually made me laugh.
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u/NotBillderz 14h ago
"Why is there a rope here?"