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Mini cooper convertible

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blanketsnuggler · 17/06/2025 14:18

DH and I are having an argument.
Booking a car for our holiday. DH wants to hire a Mini Cooper One convertible.
We are 4 adults, one who is 6ft3 tall.
I think we won't fit in, but DH is adamant we will, because the Mini web site says it fits "4 friends".
I pulled up next to one at some traffic lights yesterday and the back seats looked practically non existent!
Does anyone actually own one and can settle this please?
Thank you.

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Zanatdy · 18/06/2025 06:02

Friend has one and it would be a tight squeeze to fit 4 in

Ihateboris · 18/06/2025 06:01

You could always get your DH to do this....

JosephGeorge · 17/06/2025 23:24

Mini club member here - tell your husband he's an idiot and he needs to change the booking.

Andoutcomethewolves · 17/06/2025 23:22

We have a Mini Cooper S convertible (two door) which I think is about the same size? Have driven long journeys with two friends in the back (eg London to Pembroke). It was fine! One of the friends for that specific trip was well over six foot. It may have helped that I'm a short arse though so moved my front seat as far in front as it could go to make room for him!

bridgetreilly · 17/06/2025 23:21

Why are (some) men such utterly ridiculous idiots?

TizerorFizz · 17/06/2025 23:13

The new minis are bigger though. I’d get a countryman. Much more practical. 4 doors too.

Iheartmysmart · 17/06/2025 22:03

I’m only 5ft tall and struggle to get in and out of my friend’s mini. It’s absolutely tiny in the back. Also, having made the mistake of booking a convertible in Turkey one year, you will roast with the roof down. It’s like driving inside a fan oven. And I drive a convertible over here!

Goldengirl123 · 17/06/2025 21:58

I he ave one and the answer is definitely not

Molly499 · 17/06/2025 21:56

The newer ones are much bigger but, this won't be a cheap car to hire and there will be so many better options. It will be too hot to have the roof down, get him to change the car.

TizerorFizz · 17/06/2025 21:46

@blanketsnuggler I suspect most people posting aren’t driving the brand new version. However the hire company might not have it either. It is bigger than previous models but it’s small and of course no air conditioning with the roof down!

kielifor · 17/06/2025 21:43

My 6'4" DS has a mini and fits fine as the driver but no way he could fold himself up in the back seat.
Couldn't you put DC down as driver? We did that on a family holiday when DS was 21. It was Spain not Greece though.
To be honest for Greece I'd want a big car with serious Aircon. You get burnt to a crisp in a convertable

Figcherry · 17/06/2025 21:23

People in hot countries don’t really use convertibles.
You need a decent sized car with good air con.

Okiedokie123 · 17/06/2025 21:18

My friend has got one (standard, no sunroof). We are all shorties (5ft3 ish). Yes four of us adults fit in it but its a squish.

Best bet - tie your sons to the roof. Or put them in a trailer lol. No way are they going to fit and even if they do..... they wont be at all comfortable.

Ireolu · 17/06/2025 19:35

I had one. We got rid of it when I became pregnant. It's too small and was told at BMW that it doesn't come with AC as standard (this was in 2011 though) so when hot it was Sun roof effect or roof fully down. Nice car but don't miss it much

Exasperateddonut · 17/06/2025 19:30

It’s so small in the back you can’t comfortably get a kid in a car seat let alone an adult with long legs. The boot is more of a shoe box.

What a narna he’s been.

StartingOverInMy40s · 17/06/2025 19:23

Not a chance is anyone sitting behind your son if he’s in the front seat. It’s not that it’ll be a squash, it will be impossible. Sorry 😒

Ihateboris · 17/06/2025 18:54

Sundaymorningcalla · 17/06/2025 18:20

Respectfully, it's the metaphorical equivalent of trying to warm yourself up on a cold day by having a mouse cough on you with the roof down...

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Ha ha ha 😂 🤣...this made me laugh 😃..very true

Ihateboris · 17/06/2025 18:51

I've got a Mini Convertible..I've never had any passengers in the back, it's just about big enough for some shopping bags. Four adults will look quite comical...please please post some pics of you all squeezed in 🤣🤣🤣

Aniceempirebiscuitandacupoftea · 17/06/2025 18:23

I have recently got a 5 door Cooper and I love it. The convertibles I’ve seen about are 3 door and apparently 3 doors minis are essentially 2 seaters.

My dad however recalls him and his brother going on holiday in their parents’ original 1950s mini.

Sundaymorningcalla · 17/06/2025 18:20

user7638490 · 17/06/2025 17:25

aircon still works with the roof off

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Respectfully, it's the metaphorical equivalent of trying to warm yourself up on a cold day by having a mouse cough on you with the roof down...

Cowbellsaringing · 17/06/2025 18:14

I have one the room in the back is tiny. My son who is 6ft can not fit in the back. Even the girls hate being in the back and they are just over 5ft. Say you will hire it if he sits in the back. Honestly a Fiat 500 has more room behind than the mini

JoshLymanSwagger · 17/06/2025 18:02

Make sure you pack a curly wig and a red nose for your DH.

He's a 🤡

NotGalinda · 17/06/2025 17:55

i had one, my 6 foot husband could barely fit in the front, never mind the back. I couldn't get 2 small teenagers in the back for anything more than a 30 min journey it was too uncomfortable

murasaki · 17/06/2025 17:55

It'll be a clown car!

Silly DH.

TizerorFizz · 17/06/2025 17:52

I had the original one. The 2025 version is bigger. I’ve attached pix and the review from Car Magazine. It’s still only got room for 2 small adults in the back and seeing out is compromised with the roof up. It’s a cute car and pretty well suited for holiday driving (except ride over potholes!) but not for 4 good sized adults. Maybe DH thinks it’s for him and you?

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