So unpopular and and opinion. BUT there it goes anyways. Mini updated their Countryman and the Se version aka the electric version. Is the perfect electric family car imo.
Small enough to not be a gargantuan mess and lots of fun to drive and a shit ton of character. IMO the non EV version is great also but may be expensive to maintain. They come in under $50k and actually have quality interiors, tons of space, and are not some POS put together with bubble gum and saw dust toyota/honda/hyundai. They also come in fun colors!
Highly recco if anyone is in the market. I would have certainly picked it over my IX which costs 2x and has no incremental features over it.
Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:20 am
by D Griff
max225 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:18 am
So unpopular and and opinion. BUT there it goes anyways. Mini updated their Countryman and the Se version aka the electric version. Is the perfect electric family car imo.
Small enough to not be a gargantuan mess and lots of fun to drive and a shit ton of character. IMO the non EV version is great also but may be expensive to maintain. They come in under $50k and actually have quality interiors, tons of space, and are not some POS put together with bubble gum and saw dust toyota/honda/hyundai. They also come in fun colors!
Highly recco if anyone is in the market. I would have certainly picked it over my IX which costs 2x and has no incremental features over it.
Can't argue with any of that, looks like a pretty sweet kid hauler!
My wife is very much not open to an EV at this stage, I wish she was. To be fair, we take a lot of trips, so it likely doesn't make sense, but it would be neat to try.
Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 12:18 pm
by Melon2.0
max225 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:18 am
So unpopular and and opinion. BUT there it goes anyways. Mini updated their Countryman and the Se version aka the electric version. Is the perfect electric family car imo.
max225 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:18 am
So unpopular and and opinion. BUT there it goes anyways. Mini updated their Countryman and the Se version aka the electric version. Is the perfect electric family car imo.
Small enough to not be a gargantuan mess and lots of fun to drive and a shit ton of character. IMO the non EV version is great also but may be expensive to maintain. They come in under $50k and actually have quality interiors, tons of space, and are not some POS put together with bubble gum and saw dust toyota/honda/hyundai. They also come in fun colors!
Highly recco if anyone is in the market. I would have certainly picked it over my IX which costs 2x and has no incremental features over it.
Can't argue with any of that, looks like a pretty sweet kid hauler!
My wife is very much not open to an EV at this stage, I wish she was. To be fair, we take a lot of trips, so it likely doesn't make sense, but it would be neat to try.
Yea this is def not a road trip car at all. But basically a “run all my errands around town and visit family and friends”.
They have near identical non ev ones but that would open it up to competition from other cars and brands. Which I am not yet fully ready making a strong statement like I made on the ev on.
I think the real head scratcher on minis is long term/high mile ownership costs. They can be overwhelming for Families who may do better with something like CRV but lack all character
Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 1:25 pm
by Melon2.0
max225 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 1:18 pm
since it’s a “sponsored by Mobil 1 vid” I turned it off.
Oh I wasn’t sure if a video about oil performance/hybrids being hard on engines that is sponsored by an oil manufacturer is independent enough from a results perspective
Oh I wasn’t sure if a video about oil performance/hybrids being hard on engines that is sponsored by an oil manufacturer is independent enough from a results perspective
Right on. I had the same thought.
Actual information? or Info-mercial?
I like EE videos, they're usually pretty unbiased, but hey, $20 is $20.
Oh I wasn’t sure if a video about oil performance/hybrids being hard on engines that is sponsored by an oil manufacturer is independent enough from a results perspective
Right on. I had the same thought.
Actual information? or Info-mercial?
I like EE videos, they're usually pretty unbiased, but hey, $20 is $20.
I do too, like his debunk of cybercuck towing the Porsche vid. He went in to explain what common sense told us was false.
This one I’m a bit sus on. And I’m a Mobil 1 fan. I used it to get 415k miles out of the crown Vic and using it in my current taco.
bring on the Smurf blue though
for the npc's
opinion. BUT there it goes anyways. Mini updated their Countryman and the Se version aka the electric version. Is the perfect electric family car imo. 
to explain what common sense told us was false. 
day at the office.