13 Jul
2011
13 Jul
'11
1:14 p.m.
On Wed, 13 Jul 2011, Tony Duell wrote:
Ah no, that;s the 'new' Mini. And if you think that's areal mini, you
probably also think the the HP Officecalcs are real HP calculators....
The real mini, which first appeared in 1959 IIRC, is a somewhat smaller
car.
The "real" car is called the Cooper Mini. The "fake" car is called
the
Mini Cooper. :) (I _think_)
g.
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[Note the non-UK people here, a Mini is a model
of small-ish car, but
still much larger than the boot (trunk) of any normal car]
And one of the more fun cars I've driven in my life. Wish these cars
were cheap enough in Brazil so I could afford one.
(here, the mini is sold by BMW and is a very high price car. There are