buying a Demo Mini with 753 miles on it

No, you are full of shit. As I stated he is an enthusiast of the only current production Mini. I don't care what kind of letter casing you use.

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Madmax
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What a well thought out and witty comeback, as usual.

Reply to
Steve69F

It sure seems like you have enough time. Perhaps you have been spending too much time playing with toys and making models. What a man you are keith!

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Steve69F

Difficult to say, but ebay is a good guide if you can find one offered,

keith

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xx

Or try Toys r Us.

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xx

Yeah nice picture of a nice Mini dauph, but just proves my point that to be a real Mini enthusiast, you have to own a real Mini and not the BMW hatchback fake.

Taffy

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Taffy

Taf, allow me to play the devil's advocate... If someone owned two Minis and loved them, cared or them, knew them inside and out, you'd certainly agree that they would be a Mini enthusiast, right?

And if that same person went out one day and bought a TR3, they haven't lost their love of the Minis. They're still a Mini enthusiast, correct?

What if they only owned one Mini? Couldn't they still bean enthusiast? I say they can.

Now, the gentleman in question owns the Nemo Mini and a MINI cabrio. His profession is a service manager at a MINI dealership. Who knows? Maybe he'd preer to work at a Mini dealership, but that isn't an option available to him. He still has to feed his family, right?

I thought to myself that perhaps I was misinterpreting what you meant by "enthusiast". After all, I'm an American, and you (as a people, not personally) did invent the language! :) So I went to dictionary.com and looked it up:

en·thu·si·ast n.

  1. One who is filled with enthusiasm; one who is ardently absorbed in an interest or pursuit. 2. A zealot; a fanatic.

I submit to you that someone can own one, two, or even zero Minis and still be an enthusiast. I grant you that there are diferent levels of enthusiasm. Heck, there is probably someone, somewhere, that has an old, beat-up Mini rusting away up on blocks in his back yard, being used as a hen house. And shame on him for treating a great car that way! But IF such a person existed, he most certainly would NOT be an enthusiast!

This has all been somewhat tongue-in-cheek, and I hope it will be taken with a grain of salt. I do love the Mini, but even I will admit that I can never match your enthusiasm without owning one. Maybe one day, huh?

Charlie

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dauph59

And Taffy is not a real man, he is a silly girl in pants. No dick, just shorts full of shit. His perfect mate would have hairy legs and a dick.

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madmax

Fact is Dauphin, if a man owns 2 cars, a mini & a bini, he only has one mini, even though the bini may be a nice car, it is not mini, the original mini was called mini because it was small, this is something bini owners can't understand, they are different sizes, one is mini one is not, so if a BMW euro hatch that has a higher roof line than a Audi A4, is 2 feet longer than a real mini its not mini is it? the only people that argue with this are people like you & madmax, so if you want contribute to discussing classic mini please feel free to post, if not say quiet, one other thing when I am posting on topic things about the bini, on the bini forum don't call me a troll when its if fact you! TROLL :-)

Steve.

Daft Dauph>> Yeah nice picture of a nice Mini dauph, but just proves my point that

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Steve68s

If you want facts steve, there is no such car as a bini. Please! There is a car, made by BMW, named mini. So, if a person owns an old mini and a new mini, they own two mini's, regardless of size, color or manufacturer. Face the facts, you are an idiot and YES you definitely are a troll in the other newsgroup. Plus you are just constantly full of shit.

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Steve69F

Well, since Steve has kill filed me, he may not see this, but the fact is that I have not called him a troll. He does post on the MINI NG, and usually has constructive things to say. Not always, but "almost" no one is complaining.

The only thing I ever remotely said about trolling was when he called me a troll for posting here. I asked him why when i post here was I a troll, but when he posts on a.a.n-m is he not a troll. He answered that he was responding ON TOPIC to a question posted on that NG. And sure enough, that time he was. There have been plenty of times that this was not the case. Even so, I never called him a troll.

If someone has an issue with madmax, I can understand that. I've read the archives of this NG, and have seen the bantering back and forth. But to tell you the truth, I've been flamed by madmax too. And I'm sure I will be again, probably as a result of this post!

Look, the Mini is a great car. This is my opinion, one that is shared by MOST of the people posting here. There are those who want to flame or troll. Unfortunately, not much can be done about that. It's gonna happen. The Mini is "big" enough to take it (pun intended). :)

Sorry for rambling (again), but I feel I'm somewhat on trial here. The fact is that I am NOT a troll, I love the Mini, and I am not out to cause trouble in this NG. The only "crimes" I'm guilty of are owning a MINI and being an American (as one poster said on December 4th, "I also happen to dislike most Americans I've meet").

So Steve, on the outside chance that you see this, hopefully you'll reconsider my "troll" label here so we can move on.

Charlie

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dauph59

dauph59 wrote:>>

No flame Charlie, as long as people are civil I have no problem. It's just when people start bad mouthing cars with the same name or calling Americans names I have a problem. I originally came to this newsgroup with a question about my 2002 mini. Instead of being politely directed to the correct newsgroup, myself and my car were insulted to no end. That is why I refuse to leave. Certain people here are just very set in their ways and have no respect for the rest of the world. If steve has kill filled you, thats even better, he has nothing good to say.

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madmax

Well i've got nothing against Americans as I have relations there, but i'm no fan of the BINI. Okay there's a lot of politics regarding the BINI, but I myslef just see them as a replacement Metro and that was a car that was designed to replace our Mini almost 30 years ago and I naturally didn't like them either!

So yes i'd have been happy if they'd called it the BMW Metro or something as that would be far more suitable considering the size and weight of a BINI.

But yes if you love your BINI, then good for you, but I just consider them to be another car to ignore and i'm happy to contribute to this newsgroup as it concerns the real thing.

Taffy

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Taffy

I'm with you on that one Taffy, when ever I see a BMW effort, I look at the driver, and wonder what possessed that person to buy that car on the first place, and without sounding sexist, I must admit most drivers of the BINI are female, I would imagine that most females didn't choose the car for themselves as they could be company cars that come with the job, I feel they would have chosen something more flash and faster,better looking, I have asked my 2 daughters if they would consider a BINI for there next car, they both said NO although they thought it was an ideal woman's car, they would not sacrifice there VWs for this car, they considered the golf to be more of a status symbol, and felt safer driving it, faster, more reliable, more economical, and a better resale value, They also said they would not drive a classic mini as there every day car, because of the comfort that comes with a modern car, but considered the classic to be one of the "coolest" and nicest looking of all small cars. Fitzy

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Fitzy

Well stated! :)

Charlie

Reply to
dauph59

I don't give a shit what YOU think, what makes you think that I give a rats ass what your daughters think? Rather full of yourselves aren't you, taffy and fizzy. One sided, closed minded, and out of touch with the rest of the world.

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captdan

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RS

Another genius ,RS, speaks out. Collectively this group doesn't have the IQ of a bird.

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captdan

Present company included, madmaxx? Listen, NG's exist for people to express their opinions, right? So what do I care if someone doesn't like my car? Believe it or not, I've run into a couple of people i.r.l. who don't care for it... not many, but a few. But that's ok, it's their own opinion.

I understand that none of this is really a topic that belongs on an automotive NG. I apologize for adding to it. I just wanted to give my two cents worth. I'm going back to a.a.n-m now! :)

Charlie

Reply to
dauph59

Not ANOTHER f****it!! never mind, thank microsoft for the killfile function

k
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xx

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