Kinda irritating!!!!!

[Zack]

Over the last few weeks, ive been driving around and contantly i keep seeing STUPID people in Suzuki Swifts, dressing their cars like MINIs.

This includes:

Chequered roofs
bonnet stripes
viper stripes
sport stripes
white or black roof and mirror caps
target roof
union jack roof
etc...........

Can i just ask why they do this, cause its not as though they looks good or anything.

And stupid swifts dont even look like MINIs, the only bit that does is the A-pillar.

What does anyone else think, and have you seen swifts that look like MINIs.

[Cooper"S"]

Is this accessories that are supplied by the manufacturer? If so they should be taken to task by Mini.

If its owners then you should feel sorry for them, they obviously crave a mini

[Paul]

Lots of posts about this in the past. MINI wasn't/isn't the only company with contrasting roofs and decals, and all 'trend setters' like the MINI, well, set trends. So if MINI does it and gets away with it, others are bound to follow.

[supa-dupa-cooper]

I saw a Black Skoda Fabia with a Pink roof in the carpark at MPH

[Damo]

To be fair the Swift is damn good little car. Your right "its not a MINI" but the swift GTi is damn fun car to drive. I actually think they look smart (although wouldn't decal it in the same manner) just pity even the Swift Gti ain't as quick as an S. Although there is rumours of a Special edition SUpercharged one. Not sure how true that is.

As Paul thoguh said, MINI isn't the only car, just look at some of the old land rovers

[JAMIE1131]

Bloomin fiestas are just as bad, theres always a yellow one with black and white checked roof as Morrisons, still they say immitation is the most sincere form of flattery, or something like that!

[Damo]

Quote: Originally Posted by JAMIE1131 (original)

Bloomin fiestas are just as bad, theres always a yellow one with black and white checked roof as Morrisons, still they say immitation is the most sincere form of flattery, or something like that!

Thats a special edition one BY Ford themselves

[Damo]

Ford :: Fiesta models :: Zetec S Celebration

[JAMIE1131]

Ford = found on rubbish dump. only thing special about that car is thankfully it will fall apart or breakdown quickly and not litter our roads for a long time!

[CrazyPhil]

Suzuki do offer Bonnet Stripes, Vipers and other graphical bits for the Swift in their accessory brochure, and we have been asked to develope a range for our local suzuki dealership - but totally different to MINI.

[MarkW]

it's not like MINI were the first with stripes, decals or anything is it :roll:

as much as I like my MINI, it won't ever replace my Ford

[CrazyPhil]

Mini stripes go back to the 1960's as the origination of the White Bonnet Stripe can from the F1 cars built by John Cooper, 1959 if memory serves.

[Step_7]

I think the "Viper" Stripe predates the introduction of even the Classic Mini so really MINI copied someone elses style in that respect.

Go-faster stripes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[CrazyPhil]

yeah but John Cooper had a single stripe down the middle of his F1 car from cockpit back, but the front had the 2 wide bonnet stripes.

I think Vipers and Shelby's originate from the USA in the 40's and 50's ???

Remember Bonnet and Vipers are different beasts altogether

[MarkW]

1951 Briggs Cunningham Racing according the wikipedia that Step_7 beat me too
and then the Shelby's, but mostly any kinda stripe checked roof etc came from racing teams before big manufacturers

Briggs Cunningham - American Racing Tradition - Cunningham Sports Cars 1951-1955

to me when someone mentions stripes on a car it's the AC Cobra that springs to mind before anything else