# Is a Mini Cooper Convertible a chick car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** mini, cooper\ **Created:** [March 15, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848 "2008-03-15T18:02:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rocketman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rocketman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rocketman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/41 "2008-03-16T18:35:04Z")
Sooooooo . . . what do YOU folks drive? ---
**Author:** ![B.L.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@B.L.E](https://community.cartalk.com/u/B.L.E)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/42 "2008-03-16T18:49:32Z")
"Sooooooo . . . what do YOU folks drive? " Well, my car is a Toyota Yaris which would probably be as “chick car” as it gets but I don’t care. They can even stigmatize it as a “gay car” and I would keep it because I just don’t care. My motorcycle is a 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200R. It’s stupid fast. It actually has more horsepower than my car does. It brings out the hooligan in me. I guess it would be a “man vehicle” but again, I really don’t care. Oh my gosh, I just noticed that this is the forty first comment on this thread and “forty one” is a Mexican-American slang term for gay in Texas. I have no idea how this term originated. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/43 "2008-03-16T20:21:57Z")
I drive a 2005 burgundy Accord EX V6 with a gray interior. It must be a chick car, though. I was going to buy the dark blue one but my wife preferred the burgundy. ;^) BTW, I like it better than blue, too. ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/44 "2008-03-16T22:23:42Z")
If I had the cash to buy one, I’d get one in a heart beat. Well, a Vette anyways, the roads here in Marion, Ohio aren’t something I’d want to drive a Lamborghini on. Get it while I have time to enjoy it instead of granpa-ing around in it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/45 "2008-03-16T22:49:49Z")
I understand the attraction (sort of) but their design is way over the top, too much “look at me” and too much “I have more money than taste.” I can think of about a dozen more interesting cars that I could buy for the same money as a new vette. Maybe you could tempt me with a '54, but not a new one. I never did like the lines of the lambo, IMO there are some much sexier super-cars out there. ---
**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/46 "2008-03-16T23:11:30Z")
“Sooooooo . . . what do YOU folks drive?” I just drive old guy cars; a couple of 80s benz diesels, a '83 BMW bike, a beater jeep for the snow, and a '73 914-2.0 autocross car that’s in many pieces all over my garage (waiting for some free time and motivation). ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/47 "2008-03-17T01:25:36Z")
I pooped out just after the race started. But I did watch the demolition derby on Sunday morning. DVRs are a great thing. Hamilton’s win was hardly in question, but there was a whole lot of racing going on behind him, and an uncharacteristic amount of trading paint. ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/48 "2008-03-17T01:30:11Z")
This “chick car” stuff is just stupid. Really, what’s the deal? Both the Miata and the Mini are quick,fun to drive, relatively cheap, reasonably durable, and economical. So, what, let’s criticize them? Have you driven a Mini? Fun, fast and really competent. I suppose if your testicular quotient is in doubt you might be happier with what exactly? A Chevy Avalanche? Now, there’s a big unreliable inefficient use of road space. Is that what it takes to be masculine? ---
**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/49 "2008-03-17T01:34:20Z")
Yup, it was a real zoo, only half the cars finished. Wait until the first time they have to race in the rain without traction control, it will look like a drifting event. ---
**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/50 "2008-03-17T01:47:33Z")
I really think everyone here is kidding about the whole “chick car” thing. ---
**Author:** ![1smile8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/96bed5/32.png) [@1smile8](https://community.cartalk.com/u/1smile8)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/51 "2008-03-17T03:00:56Z")
I so love mine - I think it’s great to have so many variety of makes and models - so one can pick the just right car that fits one’s personality and beliefs - the choice of one’s mode of transportation says loads about the person, I think. Life is short - go have fun. ---
**Author:** ![B.L.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@B.L.E](https://community.cartalk.com/u/B.L.E)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/52 "2008-03-17T11:11:38Z")
In my old hometown, there was a farmer who painted his tractor pink so his brother-in-law would quit borrowing it. Maybe this would work for pickup trucks too. When you own a pickup truck, everyone seems to want to borrow it. ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/53 "2008-03-17T21:21:37Z")
I wouldn’t mind a big block sting ray from the 60s. But my next classic car will probably be a BelAir ---
**Author:** ![Strasnuts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Strasnuts](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Strasnuts)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/54 "2008-03-17T21:27:45Z")
a vette is a mid life stoner car ---
**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/55 "2008-03-17T21:32:00Z")
“a vette is a mid life stoner car” Only the new ones. ---
**Author:** ![shaunrichard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@shaunrichard](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shaunrichard)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/56 "2008-03-19T15:19:55Z")
If a chick owns a Mini Cooper convertible, then that Mini Cooper convertible is a chick car. I’d like to have one myself, and despite being rather in touch with my feminine side I feel I’m masculine and confident enough that I don’t need to be concerned with what label other people might throw out at me. Or my car. ---
**Author:** ![Ranck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Ranck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ranck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/57 "2008-03-19T17:47:03Z")
I don’t know about it being a “chick car,” but I really think it’s an ugly car. I don’t know why, but the Mini Convertible just looks wrong to me. I _like_ the hardtop version and would not mind having one. For a convertible I’d want a Honda S2000 or maybe a Miata. Those _look_ right as convertibles. ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/58 "2008-03-19T22:45:56Z")
Just don’t get the hardtop Mini with a sunroof, they don’t have anything covering them but a small mesh screen, so you’ll always have the sun beating down on your head, and inside while you’re at work. ---
**Author:** ![integra55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9fc348/32.png) [@integra55](https://community.cartalk.com/u/integra55)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/59 "2008-03-21T20:48:47Z")
If you hung around any autocross site or any SCCA road course I don’t think you would call the Mini a chick vehicle … ---
**Author:** ![springthecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@springthecat](https://community.cartalk.com/u/springthecat)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-mini-cooper-convertible-a-chick-car/11848/60 "2008-03-22T14:46:58Z")
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