[Cowman]

The mini-cooper is such a chick car

I would agree with you about the Mini built by BMW but the true Mini Cooper has a long racing history and was quite a beast until Leyland was nationalized and the Commies started making junk.

[buffaloguy]

“the true Mini Cooper has a long racing history and was quite a beast until Leyland was nationalized and the Commies started making junk.”

Used to race against them with an Alfa. I couldn’t lay a hand on them, they were unbelievably fast. Real beasts.

[real saxophonist]

I had a friend in high school, circa 1980, whose family collected Mini Coopers long before they were as available in the USA as they are now.

I think they had three, and my friend was always driving a different one to school.

Funny thing was, he was a 6 foot 4, 130 pound string bean of a dude, as was his dad, and it was entertaining to watch them unfold themselves from those little cars.

One of their cars had a bumper sticker that said, 'I Think Your Car Looks Funny Too.'