MINI Parking Spot

Venno · Motorer

MINI Parking Spot

SPDinNY · Motorer

one word "NUTS!"

TrixieinNY · Motorer

Woah! Great job! You're much more daring than I would be!

Brewmeister · Member

Great job! But I have to admit that I would be going nuts all day wondering if the others would be able to claim "no scratch" when they left

Venno · Motorer

Yeah the guy in front of me had no cars in front of him and the car behind me had about 1.5 ft behind him so i made sure that everyone had enough room to get out...plus after driving around for 30 minutes looking for a spot that you'll be in for 15-20 minutes coupled with the memory of NYC parking fines (over a hundred is normal) and lets not forget what some NYC parking garage cost... all make that spot pritty good....

yellowmininy · Obsessed (Taking the long-cut)

I used to do this with my Le Car in NYC when I was visiting. I learned to parallel park from my father-in-law, who grew up in NYC. :)

Lightbringer · Member

Very, VERY NICE job sir...well done.

Bagpiper · Motorist

Slid it right in there! NICE job... The pictures would make a GREAT ADD... send it MINI.... never know...

Venno · Motorer

yeah, good idea, too bad i got my winter rims on and i took it with my Cell Phone Camera

miniMini · Newbie (Taking the short-cut)

Gotta love squeezing in those small spots. First time I took my mini out we went to a restaurant where the parking lot was full, except where a hummer had parked in two spots because it was too big. Of course I fit, but barely.

Since then I find it amusing to park next to larger vehicles in parking lots. Apparently other people find it so amusing that I found these pictures of my car floating around work via email one day after parking next to a truck. I know I'm not the only one, anyone else do this when there's no mini spots?

Venno · Motorer

ha ha, Nice, yeah i also like parking near bigger cars. Its interesting to park a Classic next to a new MINI too, It makes the New MINI look like a full size, btw what year and model is your Classic?

miniMini · Newbie (Taking the short-cut)

It's a 75 Austin Mini 1000, Automatic. My wife's got a 2006 Cooper S, so we're used to seeing them side by side. The 75 is definitely a LOT smaller, and may not be half the size, but it's about half the weight! It's a trip to drive.
Hopefully we'll see you at the Mini run on the 17th!

Venno · Motorer

Yeah Driving the Classic is definitely something....I'd like to join in on the 17th, but I'll be heading back to the Czech republic, so i won't be able to...Have fun though!

VeganBrian · Motorer

i cant wait to be able to do this with my MINI when i get him/her

Dumpnrun · Motorer

Brian how will you no if your mini is a he or she?I know since i got my mini i havent ridden my motorcycle once.I just love this mini.When you get your mini you tell me how to tell the difference. CJ Ps is VegaBrian for vegetarian ? weirdface

VeganBrian · Motorer

You will just know by looking at him/her and starting him/her up. hehe. Im a Vegan. Theres pretty much a whole forum about it.

http://miniclubofwny.activeboard.com/index.spark?forumID=71633&p=3&topicID=15969284&commentPage=0

Its in that forum if your interested just so i dont have to answer all the questions again haha biggrin

MightyMo · Motorer

Ok. I have some issue here. Guys in most cases have cars that are "she's". Even if the car has a name which alot of MINI owner give thier auto, it still tends to be a female name or non-gender. Some do give the auto a masculine name "due to the "bull dog" type of car a MINI is but still may refer to the car as a she. I can not speak for the female owners. I have a feeling that if there was a poll most men and women would say she. This is just my thought. In fact I have have started a new thread to vote

-s

-- Edited by MightyMo at 22:27, 2008-08-26