{"id":738,"date":"2012-12-03T11:12:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T19:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miniblog.guapacha.com\/?p=738"},"modified":"2012-12-03T11:12:58","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T19:12:58","slug":"some-quick-opinions-on-the-new-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/miniblog.guapacha.com\/?p=738","title":{"rendered":"Some Quick Opinions on the New MINI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8060\/8239029296_a3faa34ba7_z.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So much for my plans of a &#8220;full review&#8221;, have not put finger to keyboard once to write about my new baby. The short review is easy: she&#8217;s an awesome ride and a great car. A few random observations though&#8230;..<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> It seems that having the speed in big numbers right in front of me all the time has made me drive more slowly when cruising on the freeways. I set the cruise control to 74 yet in the past I&#8217;d be right foot down doing 76\/77 most of the way. Although cruise control isn&#8217;t motoring, it sure is nice on my 2hr freeway commute.<\/li>\n<li> I originally thought the accent lighting was a gimmick, waste of time and money giving me a button with which to toggle through the colours. But now that I&#8217;m doing a lot of driving at night I find myself changing the colour often. Guess those MINI guys know more than me about what I like<\/li>\n<li> The car is very fast to respond when asked, I don&#8217;t notice any difference from my old super-charged variety. If anything it is snappier, though I am still aware that I didn&#8217;t hear the whine. Miss that noise.<\/li>\n<li> The colour is fantastic, looks great everywhere in every lighting situation. I get compliments on it all the time. I am so glad I didn&#8217;t go with the ice blue.<\/li>\n<li> How can there be no gauges on the dashboard to give me any hints as to how things are going ?<\/li>\n<li>The HK sound is totally kicking and I am very thankful to DB for making sure I ponied up the extra money to buy it. It would have been a big mistake not to have done so.<\/li>\n<li> There seems to be even less access to the door storage than before, no way to get a hand in there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But I do have one complaint. I thought I would get over it but a few weeks and 2500 miles later I am still not happy&#8230;. I do not like that the doors no longer unlock when the engine stops. So I have to remember to unlock the doors with the toggle switch or do the awkward double door handle thing. <\/p>\n<p>And the double door thing is ok except a typical scenario (just this morning), I get out the car walk round the passenger side to get my stuff of the seat and the door is locked. So I have to get the key and double unlock the locks with it to get at my things. This is really annoying, and I&#8217;m sad that MINI chose to take away the option that made so much sense on my old cabrio.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, one complaint isn&#8217;t bad, don&#8217;t you think? And I do love love love the car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So much for my plans of a &#8220;full review&#8221;, have not put finger to keyboard once to write about my new baby. The short review is easy: she&#8217;s an awesome ride and a great car. A few random observations though&#8230;.. 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