POLL: is the Mini Cooper (non S or S) a "chick" car??

[Dacalo]

I don't see the car as girly at all, and neither do majority of people I talked to about it.

 

[MazerRackham]

Originally posted by: gourmettea
I own a Blue Cooper S with white roof and white bonnet stripes. We were going to buy a grey one, but if you look around, especially on the westside, the most common color is the dark grey.

I love it. Actually I bought it for my wife and of course I drive it quite often. I too live in So Cal, this car is plenty quick for the 100 feet you get to accelerate on the 405, 10, 605, 101....... or what ever freeway you're going to be stuck on.

FYI

There are several dealers in SoCal, and ALMOST everyone of them charges a 2500-3500 premium over the MSRP. I ordered mine and it took a good 3 months to arrive. I did get excactly what I wanted though. I think the dealer in downtown (Nick i think) doesn't charge a premiun, however, they told me I had to wait 1 year if I didn't want to pay. Well this was the case about 6 months ago when I ordered it. Good luck and see how long it takes you to order one, it might take so long that they'll start shipping the 2005 models. This was the case with mine, ordered in end of 2003, arrived in Nov 2004 and I got the 2004 model.

Wow that's a long time to wait! I think I'll wait for the 2005s anyway... especially with all the announced changes that are coming.