[Closed] I spotted the ultimate 4x4s today...

I don't know the area so don't really get the joke, but those "minis" are so ugly it's offensive.

Cars parked in car park, Laugh? I nearly did.

Cars parked in car park, Laugh? I nearly did.

suppose you had to be there really !

Rode through there tonight, but was dark and park was empty

Definitely had to be there mate...!

If you still had to pay to buy film, and get pictures developed, would you have still bothered ?

If you still had to pay to buy film, and get pictures developed, would you have still bothered ?

Get back in your time machine Mr 1992 😀

Get back in your time machine Mr 1992

Eh?

unfunnygeezer

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If I had to buy film get developed etc no of course not ! That's the whole point of an iPhone isn't it ?
Anyway I thought it was funny and that's all that matters...

I'll get my coat 😆

[quote=unfitgeezer ]Anyway I thought it was funny and that's all that matters...

I suggest only bothering to share it with other people who find it funny.

It might be completely hilarious?

But it might need a bit of explanation, I'm just seeing parked cars.

Sorry forum police officer shan't happen again...

Anyway I thought it was funny and that's all that matters...

But [i]why[/i]?

Throw us a freakin' bone here!

I assume it's got something to do with dogging....

Are either of them 4x4's?

Struggling with this one

Hey, UFG, the other posters can go and do one. I get it - and also think that here are two of them so that they have a ready supply of spares so that at least one of them can get home...!

I'm really trying to figure it out, but I honestly can't see the joke 😕

JulianA - Member
Hey, UFG, the other posters can go and do one. I get it - and also think that here are two of them so that they have a ready supply of spares so that at least one of them can get home...!

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JulianA. Please explain it !

If you drive something like that you will need to have another complete car so that you can replace anything that breaks and then get home...

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I like that, tickled me.

[i]If you drive something like that you will need to have another complete car so that you can replace anything that breaks and then get home...[/i]

Are cars 'like that' known for their unreliability? Slept on it, still don't get it and clearly your kids sense of humour is as odd as yours.

This has potential. I'm in.

JulianA - But the cars are not even the same. And one is definitely Not a 4x4.

@Gary M Not VAG, you see. Therefore an unapproved make around JulianA Towers and as such likely to require spares.

You sneer at a BMW, because it's not a VAG?

Yeah, that aint funny.

Funny or not, the new Mini's are just awful to look at.

The original new Mini was fine, it was smallish and was a very good reincarnation of what the original Mini became. Reasonably practical, good quirky touches (centre dials etc), a hoot to drive and easily personalised. As soon as BMW started to play around with it they lost the plot.

The 3-door Mini has gradually got larger and fatter - put a 52-plate beside the new one and there's a HUGE difference.
The 5-door is just wrong.
All the Clubman, Paceman and jacked-up models are just cashing in on the name IMHO.

FIAT got it right with the 500 and haven't messed with it, the seasonal colours etc just appeal to the types who buy the things. The 500+ etc are just horrible though!

Really wish I hadn't sold my '84 Mini now...

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Anyone found the punchline yet?

milky1980 - Member

As soon as BMW started to play around with it they lost the plot.

FIAT got it right with the 500 and haven't messed with it, the seasonal colours etc just appeal to the types who buy the things. The 500+ etc are just horrible though!

Pretty sure the sales figures suggest BMW got it right, how they look is obviously a subjective matter.

Bit of a contradictory comment about Fiat thought.

My wife has a Clubman. Diesel. Black. Privacy glass at rear. It's a hoot to drive and we think it looks good. We have avoided applying Private Ambulance decals.

Is that you Golam?

I wasn't entirely serious...

I like BMWs very much. Not so sure about the Mini - the increasingly inaccurately named Mini!

Is this what Laika died for?

Get with the times man, its 2015, Mini is now a brand, not a little old car. 😯

I know Trent Park pretty well, if it's the one in North London. Still don't get it though.

Maybe we could help out here...

Two expensive 4wd hatchbacks in a car park in the woods.

One says to the other: "Is that your dipstick or are you just pleased to see me."

timc - the 500 has stayed the same since the relaunch, same body just interior tweaks. The Mini has got 30% larger on the outside over 3 different platforms over the same time!

As for Mini not being a small car anymore? It's still sold as a small, fun car. The popularity of cars such as the C1/Aygo/107, Twingo's, Panda's and Adam's prove that there is a market for fun, small and stylish wheels. The Mini started off halfway between a Ka and a Fiesta, it's now as big as a Golf! The bigger versions are massive, a symptom of the bigger=better mentality. One of my friends has the original new Mini and wanted to upgrade to the latest one but couldn't as it won't fit between her driveway posts, her current one passes through with a foot to spare.

One of my friends has the original new Mini and wanted to upgrade to the latest one but couldn't as it won't fit between her driveway posts, her current one passes through with a foot to spare.

She must have moved her gate posts.

The 2014 mini is only 39mm wider than the 2000 model.

I must say I don't understand who would buy on of these ugly monstrosities, plus if I owned one I'd feel like I'd given up on life just by buying in on the cynical marketing. Also the mini had inspirational engineering and packaging, and us mountain bikers surely appreciate good engineering?

Every time I see a BINI I feel a wee taste of sick in my mouth.

Jeez, there are some pompous sanctimonious folk on here this morning. Hungover are we?

It's a car FFS!

All cars are sold with utter guff for their marketing.

If you buy a new Mini and think it's a small car then you really are a bit thick.

A bit like other car threads on here, it's personal choice what people spend their money on.

Personally, I think anyone who buys a new car is crazy but if they didn't where would I get my 3 - 5 year old s/h cars from?

Every time I see a BINI I feel a wee taste of sick in my mouth.

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You should see a doctor, you might have an ulcer.

The 2014 mini is only 39mm wider than the 2000 model.

The scratches on the demo car said otherwise!! And both wing mirrors (ripped off). Even the dealer said it's got rather larger.

I'll get my coat

That's probably for the best.

The scratches on the demo car said otherwise!! And both wing mirrors (ripped off).

But the actual measurements say 39mm wider.

Even the dealer said it's got rather larger.

It has.

39mm larger. 🙂

Hardly sufficient to have everyone ripping the wings off and smashing the mirrors is it ?

That's just shit drivers, nothing to do with the size of the car.

[quote=timc ]Get with the times man, its 2015, Mini is now a brand, not a little old car.

Get it right, MINI

eh? 😐

What a weird thread. I keep checking back to see if someone's explained the joke yet.

I'm with unknown and raceface. What the chuff is going on? At least the OP put pictures in, but I'm still none the wiser. Time for a pedal.

[quote=unknown ]What a weird thread. I keep checking back to see if someone's explained the joke yet.

No, I think we're just ignoring the lack of joke now and going off on the usual tangent about how inappropriate MINI is as a name for these. Personally I refer to them as MIDIs.

Though actually a thought just occurred to me, and checking the dimensions all current MINIs are wider and taller, and a Countryman is larger in all dimensions than...

an Austin Maxi

So MAXI it is then.

aracer - Member
unknown » What a weird thread. I keep checking back to see if someone's explained the joke yet.
No, I think we're just ignoring the lack of joke now and going off on the usual tangent about how inappropriate MINI is as a name for these. Personally I refer to them as MIDIs.

Though actually a thought just occurred to me, and checking the dimensions all current MINIs are wider and taller, and a Countryman is larger in all dimensions than...

an Austin Maxi

So MAXI it is then.

The 2014 mini is only 39mm wider than the 2000 model.

You might want to check up on that. The 2000 was the last of original style model.

Oh wait I see what you mean now, she has the first of the revamp. 😳

I just read the Wikipedia link in the OP. No mention of Minis there either. 😕

Wibble.

"Oh how my two boys laughed and pointed the 5 year old said its not a Land rover so whats it doing off road ! "

Does he point and laugh at Landrovers and ask why people who are not ragging around Helmand province or maintaining the empire have them?

What is more worth of ridicule is all the people driving around in large 4x4s that will never take them off-road, or even drive in challenging conditions.

Does that car park really count as offroad ???

So the joke is about car widths?

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Man and sons see two minis in muddy car park, spot that they're not Landrovers....

Is that it?

Is it a 'countryman' but it's not really in the countryside but looks like it is.

To be honest I don't mind the Mini estates/countryman. I wouldn't buy one, but drive well and don't look too bad at all.

The bigger one, I "get" as in 4x4 are quite fashionable, and so are Minis, so combine the two and you have a car that should sell well.

In terms of the joke, i'm really not sure. But Trent Park is a good place for a CX smash.

The joke could be that someone has bought a countryman, as they are such ugly looking cars.

It's not even very muddy. Have taken lots of normal cars into far muddier car parks and down far muddier tracks. Am wondering whether OP has a Landrover for taking places like that, and I should actually be laughing at him.

Am wondering whether OP has a Landrover for taking places like that, and I should actually be laughing at him.

That did cross my mind.

And if that s the case, no wonder he hasn't been back to explain the joke 🙂

Is it a posey place and the cars are a a bit posey/fake 4x4 and not in keeping with the OPs off road ideal? I have a friend that sneers at North Face jackets worn by dog walkers in nature parks. Are the cars a but too 'north face' for the OP?

😀 😆 Very good unfitgeezer.. you've got these buffoons completely flummoxed.

Ah! I've got it now. It's because Trent Park is in London and Unfit thinks that car park is off roading.

Theocb is just pretending he gets the joke to be cool.

It has to be the fact it is a countryman - every time I see one of those I think "I hope to god he got a good discount on it..."

This thread is weird. 😕

Is it a posey place and the cars are a a bit posey/fake 4x4 and not in keeping with the OPs off road ideal? I have a friend that sneers at North Face jackets worn by dog walkers in nature parks. Are the cars a but too 'north face' for the OP?

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Or possibly...

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