MINI had its first meal today. $15.90 to fill it up. I say it because its gender is still undecided. I'm leaning towards "Oliver" but the hood scoop is pretty umm.... yeah....ya know.... uhhh.... gender specific.
Observations:
1. Lapis blue leather is cool to look at but not so great for sitting on. I sure wish it was atleast perforated. My back is sweating like a fat kid at summer camp. Im not too thrilled with the quality of it either. The seat mechanisms.... I dunno, theres way too many knobs and levers. I just want to drive when I sit down so I havent figured it all out yet. Apparently, neither has Kurt who attemped to break my seats today.
2. Dunlops 9000s! Nicey nice. I was happy to see those on the car. The brakes make a nice mess of the 17s. For some reason the right side is 5x dirtier then the left. I guess they just need to wear themselves in.
3. I didnt think I'd like the white roof with the sunroof, even thought about painting eventually but I actually like it alot more than the black one they had at the dealer (and not just cause its mine!). Same goes for the white wheels. They look killer on the red, but I just didnt like look on the Dark Silver.
4. Girls, Ferrari drivers, guys walking dogs, 15 year olds on bikes, cops, everyone has something to say. For the most part positive with the exception of two "Im ****ed that my girlfriend is pointing at your car when shes sitting in my tricked out BMW" looks. One even had a "Type R" windshield header. No, I cant explain that.
5. Im a chump when it comes to driving manual. Havent owned a manual in two years so Im still shaking off the rust but it sure is fun. Man, you really need to pull to get into reverse!
6. Xenons are the coolest invention ever. I love driving this thing at night. The interior glow is way cool also but i have so many damned buttons I cant tell anything in the dark yet. Dont show off the equally cool headlight washers with the sunroof open.
7. Automatic climate control is stupid.
8. The radio has its own manual! Its still a piece of junk. Why is the volume knob so small? I love the steering wheel controls but again, im too interested in driving to figure out what all the buttons do. I think the salesman explained but i was like "cmon, i want to drive already" After an hour of listening, my head was starting to hurt. True sign of an inferior stereo.
9. The supercharger sounds neat and so does the exhaust. This is the first car I've owned that I wasnt itching to modify the day I got it.
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Cheese