AIBU to buy this car?

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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?

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

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

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

It's so cute! I love it.

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

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

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 😂

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.

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

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

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

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!

Go for it!
I had this car pre DC
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Yep... go for it!

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).

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

I'd love one that colour!

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

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.

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

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.

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

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,

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.

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