My New Toy

It's a good thing you didn't get the 6+, your cart doesn't have a roof rack

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Or you could just install a belt clip on the inside of the roof so all your passengers can be entertained.

 

Nice I like it! Was there's mini coop store next to Apple?

 

Congrats on the new toy, Charlyee. That is an awesome looking color of Red on your toy.

 

I've always like the light coffee cream colors.

 

Red is probably a better color choice to see the mini in deep snow

I see there is a light coffee color. But I've seen ones that a bit lighter shade.

Enjoy your new toy.

 

Hmm... if blazing red lives up to its name deep snow won't be a problem, given a little time the mini will be sitting in a big puddle

 

Wow. You must have been making a sharp turn. I noticed the "S" on the grill slid all the way to the left!

Seriously, though, I hope you are ok and have good insurance.

 

I know. just teasing. I actually did look at the original image and noticed that. BTW, for some odd reason, that is my wife's favorite "little" car. She has favorites for every model of car: fav SUV = Escalade, fav mini SUV = Honda CRV.

 

Oh no! Glad you're OK, hope your baby recovers as well.

 

Oh dear! Hey Siri, find a repair shop!


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Good to hear you weren't injured. The interior looks pristine...except for the airbags of course!

 

Yay!

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Nice!
What is it like being a mini driver? Is yours a stick?
I ask because I'm thinking about getting something different, maybe something with a stick while I'll still feel like going through the gears.

 

I'd never heard of Steptronic. Turns out to be BMW's branding of a cross manual-automatic transmission. Porsche calls theirs Tiptronic but it uses an usual switching/shifting system.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Ste...c+&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I was a manual trans driver from age 16 to 54. At age 54 I started getting arthritis in my ankles and using clutch got too painful. I miss "stick" drives. Now, at nearly age 66, I've been an automatic trans user for 12 years. Hate it.

 

I'm still driving a stick (Acura TL-S 2008) but it seems I'll end up with an auto next time I get a car. Frankly, with the amount of driving I do (very little) and the place I end up driving the most if I'm actually driving (San Francisco) the manual is not all that much fun. 30% grade will do that to you

 

Once we moved to Chicago I got rid of my stick. My left leg would actually get tired in traffic driving home in the afternoon

 

@charlyee: My wife hasn't really looked at the models that closely. She just thinks it is "cute." She is now giving serious consideration to getting a Honda CRV. I have a 2005 Honda Accord and she has a 2004 Chevy Trailblazer. When I become too weak to drive (or maybe after I die) we've discussed her selling both vehicles and taking the profits to buy the CRV. I've already offered to allow my wife to sell the Honda, but she wants me to have my mobility as long as I can.

@dmapr: Yeah, back in the late 1980s through the late 1990s I drove the streets of San Francisco. I completely agree with you. My heart would pound when I was stopped on an incline. I finally got the proficiency of using (releasing) the hand brake, letting out the clutch, and stepping on the gas all at once. For years one of my bucket list wishes was to rent (just for a day) a Mazda Miata or a BMW (definitely stick) and drive it down HWY 1 from Monterey to Morro Bay. That would be, as they used to say, "a BLAST!" But now my health is such that getting out of the house is only for very short, local trips. The farthest I go is to Stockton to meet with my oncologist and even that is exhausting.

@palandri: Traffic was an exhausting situation to be in with a stick shift. Constant stop and go.

 

@KevinJames the problem on some of those, like Filbert street is that it's too steep so even with a handbrake the car rolls down.

I never went as far as Morro Bay. In fact, haven't gone south past the Big Sur. I should probably do it someday…