So Phollower, Zoe, Betty Please, and I went to look at Mini Cooper Clubman. This car is my newest obsession. Here's a little run-down of the questions and concerns brought up by each party to the saleswoman.
I had very few questions, all pertaining to cosmetics. I wanted to see the sunroof. I wanted to see different fabric interiors (do I want leather/cloth, leatherette, different colors) and to know whether the cars on the lot all had the chrome line interior added. I wanted clarification on the Sirius satellite radio. I spent a fair amount of time trying to decide if I wanted the hot chocolate with black bonnet stripes, the lightning blue with black bonnet stripes, or the lightning blue with silver bonnet strips, deciding about interior surface colors, etc.
Betty Please asked about crash test ratings, particularly for side impact. She is concerned about the suicide door, but it is a half door so she is less concerned.
Zoe and Phollower spent the first 5 minutes rooting through the boot of the car in the showroom, muttering to each other. What was the discussion about? I found out when one of them asked the saleswoman where the spare tire was. She said it did not have one. That was okey dokey with me. I don't do anything with the spare but call a repairman anyway. He could bring a tire. But Phollower followed up by asking what to do if you got a flat. It turns out the 16" tires are run-flats. Those are an upgrade from the standard 15" tires, as Phollower pointed out, recalling from his brief perusal of the description of the Clubman I built online I had printed and brought with me. I have spent hours on the website and could have told you lots about options, but nothing about tires.
We did not buy one yet. I am still deciding. But whether I buy it or not, thank FSM I have friends like the 3 of them to look out for me. I'd end up completely screwed. But my car would be CUTE!
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You have to post when you get it. Have to!
I'm with you...if I get a flat, whoever comes to fix it can bring me a new tire.
That is one cute car! Does BP's concerns have anything to do with her expectations of where she's likely to be riding? Or is it just that there isn't a central post?
Apropos the Flying Spaghetti Monster: He/it is now on display on the Cumberland County courthouse lawn in Crossville Tennessee. Let's hear it for the intellignet designer.
Not sure what the back story is, but I'm sure those commie ACLU pinkos are behind it!
Tysgirl: IF I get it, I will definitely post. I am still deciding.
Frank: Says a commie, ACLU pinko himself. I think BP is concerned for herself and anyone else who might be in the backseat. I think it is the lack of a central post which concerns here, but she did not see overly concerned (like don't get the car concerned). She seemed pretty into the car.
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