[littlegreenthing]

Hello, all you happy Mini-motorists!
I've read your useful and friendly posts for several months now, and this thread has politely shamed me into actually registering.

I've admired Minis for over 10 years, since I saw my first one in Cornwall when on holiday. Only recently did I realise they'd been re-made for sale, and I started searching for one "just to test-drive" - I said.

Yeah - right - you can't just test-drive these things - they have to come home with you.

So, fortunately my very tall husband can fit into the car and happily drive it, otherwise I would have had a hard time talking him into it. Plus, it was a good deal, being only a year old.

So - we have a 2003 Silk Green Mini Cooper, Black roof - with sunroof, and several other odd bits of gadgetry I've not worked out yet. Everyone who sees it asks about where we got it and if we like it. I've seen about 6 different Minis around my part of town so far, so they are catching on. - - - - - however, not everybody here gets the concept of the "Mini wave". It's fun when they do, though.

No, I haven't named my car - or figured out a gender. But it is still loved.

-littlegreenthing