Saw a MINI Cooper SE at...

If you can afford it, I'm of the opinion it's better to get an EV truck for that than pay for an ICE truck and pay for the fuel. I've actually got a Lightning on order to replace our diesel F-350 (which we use often for truck things with our horses and hobby farm), and I know for a fact we'll drive the Lightning a lot more than the F-350 due to the lower operating cost. Especially since the F-350 is diesel and the price of diesel is much higher than petrol.

 

Pretty sure the Canoo family is closer to certification. I can’t see those exposed front wheels ever being okayed.

 

Saw a BRG with black roof "near" my house (about 5 miles away), and we both waved simultaneously which was very cool. It has the original front-end used on the 2020/2021, and I'm thinking it might actually be the 2020 BRG SE my dealer had.

 

I've had my SE for two years now, and despite living in an area where there are hundreds of Mini's, I've only seen two SEs in the wild. And they were both BRG with a white roof, like mine.

 

I’ve only met a single SE or MINI who waved back, most of them ignored me.

 

There are lots of Mini drivers who are in violation of the Mini rules of the road.

 

Came out of Starbucks this morning and an EV6 was parked next to my SE. Does that count for EV Rule #1?


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No. The rules are for MINIs only.

 

what about a model y ?

 

When I got my SE a year ago I waved to everyone, but after a couple months of never getting any waves back, I felt like I was on the losing end of a corporate-manufactured gimmick and eventually gave up.

 

[Boomer Viewpoint] It used to be that owners of "rare" cars waved to each other. Early VW "Bugs" waved. English roadsters waved. Minis waved. Corvairs waved. (Well, maybe not Corvairs.) I suspect that most current Mini owners either don't wave because they don't know that they should, or there are too many Minis. Either way, it's a shame.

 

R53 seem much better at waving to other R53s than other Minis. Maybe 50% wave back when I am in mine.

 

I've had a few waves recently, but only enough to get my percentage out of the single digits in my 13 months of motoring. I recently had one happy encounter pulling up alongside an enthusiastic fellow motorer. On the other hand, I've had several very animated chats with fellow SE drivers at red lights, in parking lots, in traffic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

Visiting Cape Town today I saw not one but two of you. A light grey headed into CBD and an egnigmatic black maybe coming down from table mountain. Both in SE styling with the yellow mirrors. I see tons of MINIs, but only other EV so far was a Volvo C40.

 

Finally saw another one!


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