A-Mini-can Gothic?

[cjw50310]

Went for a bit of motoring with the local Mini owner's club yesterday and made a stop at the American Gothic house. One of the organizers asked, expecting the answer to be no, if we could pose in front of the house with our fleet.

Below is the result. Yours truly is front row, second from left (in the green striped polo).



Was certainly a beautiful day for it.

Chris

[Garry Russell]

Nice weather.looks a fun day

Is that a real mini on the extreme right???...half hidden..or another German imposter

[cjw50310]

None of them were classic Mini's. The partial chap in the upper right is a native Mancunian, and he's quite a character. He gets quite wound up when he hears the new Mini referred to as German, insists they're no more German than Jaguar/Land Rover is Indian.

There are a couple of the genuine article floating around and, much to my surprise, I saw a Mini Moke puttering down the road a couple of weekends back.

[Garry Russell]

I haven't seen a Moke for years and years...maybe thirty

[gordon-in-aberdeen]

The classic Mini v BMW Mini arguments been going for almost as long as the FS2004 v FSX thing
I know, I've had both while in the club up in Aberdeen.

[jonesey2k]

Probably going to get banned for this but IMO the new Mini has a Fiat badge on it...

[gordon-in-aberdeen]

Nowt wrong with FIATs, I've a panda 4x4 at the moment, great little car, copes with mud and snow better than cars 3 times its price

[NigelC]

............. while in the club ...............

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[austerdriver]

How fast are these new Minis?

[gordon-in-aberdeen]

I wouldn't exactly call them new, I had my BMW Mini One in 2002

Speed - Depends on the model you go for and how much extra you spend on it, like most mini fans of both the classic and BMW models tend to do, must be a mini thing