Motoring Encounters
September 10th, 2005Yesterday, I was motoring with windows down on Pierre Road towards Valley, when I suddenly heard a girl scream at the top of her lungs, “It’s a MINI!”
Someone at school commented on the “chick car” status of the MINI. Well, sure, it looks nice and all, but it can also perform. Something you can’t say about the more “common chick cars.” What does “chick car” mean anyways? Does it mean wussy car, or a car that females are attracted to? If it is the former, everyone that has driven one knows the truth. And if it is the latter, why wouldn’t a straight male want to drive a “chick car?”
A week or two ago, when I was waiting for a spot in the MtSAC parking lot, I followed a guy to his car to wait for him to leave, when I noticed that he kept on looking back over his sholder with the “what the heck is that” look on his face. I guess it was either the cool looking Xenon headlights or the car itself that are getting the looks.
Oh, and the best ones are the looks I get when I carve out corners and turns at “impossible” speeds. 
Anyhow, I think I need to wash my car some time this weekend. Oh, and would anyone mind giving me some ideas on a name and possibly a vanity plate number for the Jet Black/White MINI? I still don’t know the gender of the car, since nothing has really screamed out at my yet, other than the times when it lures me very close to crossing over the 4500 line.
Disclaimer: I obey all traffic laws, and don’t exceed the posted limits, but there are no signs saying I can’t attack corners at high speeds.
September 15th, 2005 at 11:15 am
Totally agree on the handling. Last night I had this young guy on my bumper in his lowered Civic as we went for the off-ramp to the next freeway. Its quite a tight curve, signposted at 40, but a quick downshift and I was through it at 70, couldn’t even see the other guy he was so far behind.