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A-Mini-can Gothic?
Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 23:38
by 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
Re: A-Mini-can Gothic?
Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 23:58
by Garry Russell
Nice weather.looks a fun day
Is that a real mini on the extreme right???...half hidden..or another German imposter

Re: A-Mini-can Gothic?
Posted: 12 Oct 2010, 23:05
by 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.
Re: A-Mini-can Gothic?
Posted: 12 Oct 2010, 23:12
by Garry Russell
I haven't seen a Moke for years and years...maybe thirty

Re: A-Mini-can Gothic?
Posted: 13 Oct 2010, 09:58
by 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.

Re: A-Mini-can Gothic?
Posted: 13 Oct 2010, 10:37
by jonesey2k
Probably going to get banned for this but IMO the new Mini has a Fiat badge on it...

Re: A-Mini-can Gothic?
Posted: 13 Oct 2010, 12:56
by 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

Re: A-Mini-can Gothic?
Posted: 13 Oct 2010, 13:05
by NigelC
gordon-in-aberdeen wrote:
............. while in the club ...............
???????????????????????

Re: A-Mini-can Gothic?
Posted: 13 Oct 2010, 23:24
by austerdriver
How fast are these new Minis?
Re: A-Mini-can Gothic?
Posted: 14 Oct 2010, 11:54
by 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
