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AIBU to buy this car?

58 replies

Volcanicorange · 27/09/2020 21:36

I need a new car. I'm 100% sure I want a mini, and I've seen the volcanic orange ones around and thought they were amazing.

Booked in to view one (similar to the picture) and had a few horrified reactions from family.

AIBU to buy it? Should I get a boring black or grey one instead?

AIBU to buy this car?
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Marmite133 · 27/09/2020 21:38

Get whatever you want! Sod what your friends and family think. Not their car.
Besides, it's nice to be different!

Bananadobana · 27/09/2020 21:42

Better for safety surely as you more visible on the road! Personally I love a car with some personality go for it!

Itsabeautifuldayheyhey · 27/09/2020 21:44

Well at least it isn't likely to get stolen.

eatsleepread · 27/09/2020 21:44

It's so cute! I love it.

VictoriaBun · 27/09/2020 21:44

Your never lose it in a car park ! Go for it.

eatsleepread · 27/09/2020 21:45

You're so going to end up naming it, and talking to it!
Or maybe that's just me Blush

Beetle76 · 27/09/2020 21:50

You need to drive absolutely perfectly in something like that, especially if you live in a small town/village. You won’t be able to get away with anything 😂

LEELULUMPKIN · 27/09/2020 21:50

If you like it buy it.

However be aware that when the time comes to sell it you may well get less for it than a more standard colour.

It's very marmite.

LabiaMinoraPissusFlapus · 27/09/2020 22:09

I love it! I would love to buy a car that I like rather than my mum-mobile. One day!

girlicorne · 27/09/2020 22:12

It’s fab. Everyone has a boring silver car, stand out from the crowd 😀

altiara · 27/09/2020 22:14

I love it! If you drive everyday/most days, buy a car that makes you happy Smile

flummingbird · 27/09/2020 22:14

I have an orange car and I love it. Plus you get smiles if you pass someone else in the same car coming the other way!

1Morewineplease · 27/09/2020 22:19

Yep... go for it!

CarrieMoonbeams · 27/09/2020 22:21

Love it OP, it's like sunshine on a rainy day!

Does the one you're looking at have the Union Jack /flag rear lights? I was behind one of them in traffic today and thought they were amazing (although my taste is pretty awful, so probably everyone else on the planet thinks they're unspeakably naff).

Bluefishing · 27/09/2020 22:24

If it makes you smile do it. I like seeing cheery colours on the road.

Toddlerteaplease · 27/09/2020 22:24

I'd love one that colour!

lidoshuffle · 27/09/2020 22:27

You'll find it easily in the car park amid all the boring greys and blacks!

Nottobesoldseparately · 27/09/2020 22:31

I think the colour is fab and I tend to go for black cars (they don't tend to so estates in these type of colours)

However.....a word of caution. Several of my friends have had mini's and each and every one of them has said they are awful cars.

JamieFrasersSwingingKilt · 27/09/2020 22:43

Looks great. Stand out from the crowd - literally and figuratively- and go for it!

Damnloginpopup · 27/09/2020 22:53

I've got a Cooper. Load of shit. Wish I'd never bought it. Thirsty, pricey to tax and insure, can't fit fuck all in the boot, crap for rear seating, isn't as fast as it looks and is often referred to as a 'milf mobile'. I'd never buy another. Not a patch on my old, real, minis back in the 90s and they were bangers.

Damnloginpopup · 27/09/2020 22:54

... Although the heating works and puddles don't come in over the pedals Grin

fairislecable · 27/09/2020 22:58

My DD bought a mini, my sister drove it and liked it so much she bought a mini, I then tried it out and I bought a mini, My DS also bought a mini after he had borrowed mine a few times.

I love my mini and whatever colour you buy get the biggest engine you can afford it makes the drive and handling so much better.

Oh and if you are buying it get. Whichever colour you want your money your choice,

Damnloginpopup · 27/09/2020 22:59

Jacelancs - that's my other car! In red, a 1973. Most fun car ever, and same mpg as the Cooper but waaaay more fun to drive and handles better too.

HOkieCOkie · 27/09/2020 22:59

I have a mini countryman. I love it, buy it!

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