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CuriousGeorge said:
You had me at "moon buggy".

There's also the snub-nosed Telo. I have absolutely zero need for it, either, but it is just so unusual looking that I would be quite happy to have one given to me.
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Yeah, I wonder if Canoo can beat the Telo to market? Business Insider says the Telo is the size of a MINI Cooper. With 500 hp, this pickup is likely quicker than even the JCW SE. Don't expect much of a frunk.

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SameGuy said:
Is it wrong (or sad) that I could totally see myself getting a Lightning or R1T for the five or six times a year I need to haul household DIY stuff, and being totally OK with the decision?
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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.
 
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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.
 
Puppethead said:
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.
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I’ve only met a single SE or MINI who waved back, most of them ignored me.
 
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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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Jim In Tucson said:
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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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You should have asked the driver of the EV6 if they parked next to your MINI Electric to increase their EV cred. I wonder how many photos they took while you were getting coffee?

Edit: You should have accused the driver of the EV6 of parking next to your MINI Electric to increase their EV cred.
 
azausa said:
I’ve only met a single SE or MINI who waved back, most of them ignored me.
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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.
 
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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