I've become a Mini Cooper girl

My love for black carrera remains the same

The other day I love youPorsche 911 Carrera has broken..

We received many warm words from many people through SNS, emails, messages, and comments. Thank you, I was very happy ^ ^

I was also worried that I was afraid to ride a Porsche, but one thing I can say is that I love Porsche and my beloved Porsche 911 Carrera (black Carrera) There is no change in my love for.

And this time, from now on, I will make sure to think about the best measures I can take when something happens, such as "what can be done if something unexpected happens and how to deal with it". I thought I'd keep it (though this is not limited to Porsche).

MINI Cooper with a rental car while Porsche 911 is absent

Well, that's why my car is being repaired at the Porsche Center, but it seems that it will take some time until it is fixed (until parts are procured), so I am currently using a rental car I am.

This time, I was wondering what to rent, and finally I decided to make it "Abarth 595" or "Mini", but when I thought about it, Abarth (595) had a lot of experience running before, so This time I rented a Mini Cooper that I have never rode.

Hmmm, isn't it cute! !!

It's a very basic Mini (Mini Cooper), but it's cute.

There was an antenna on the roof, but I didn't like it so much, so I removed it (the car rental company removed it).

This is my first mini experience.

It's so cute to look at, it's okay to be adorable ~ ^^

Impressions of riding the Mini Cooper

Some things I thought about when I started using this mini.

The car is small, easy to drive, has a good view, and I think it's a very cute car that can be driven on ordinary roads and at high speeds without any problems ^ ^

However, when I usually ride a Porsche 911 Carrera and ride this Mini with the same feeling, I wonder if the car feels a little fluffy.

When you turn, you have to turn more carefully ...

After that, when I turn, if I feel the same as the Porsche 911 Carrera, I feel like it will swell bigger.

Exaggeratedly speaking, if you drive in the same way as Carrera, it feels like you will make a big turn toward the oncoming lane when you turn with a Mini ... I'm just not used to the feeling of a Mini vehicle and I'm not good at it. It may just be (laughs). ← Maybe that.

I want a paddle shift

And, anyway, the thing I was most concerned about when driving a Mini was ... every time I thought, "I don't have a paddle!"

This is more about what kind of car I want, rather than the impression of the Mini ^^

When I wanted to slow down, my left hand was unconsciously looking for a paddle shift, and when I was driving, I thought about how many times I would operate the paddle, and realized that "Oh, this car didn't have a paddle!" I wonder if I'm alone in myself, saying, "That's why it's not!" (Laughs).

I actually used the paddle shift so much! I was surprised. Unconsciously from usual? It seems that he used it a lot.

So now, even if I'm running, I'm just going to slow down with the paddle, and my left hand moves and says "I don't have a paddle!" "There is no number mini" (laughs).

After a few days, I finally got used to having no paddles ... ^^

Then, I forgot to take a picture, but the thing that I and my child were most concerned about was that "the window frame of the car is rounded, but the window itself is square.

I and my child pointed out exactly the same thing at the very beginning, so I thought they were parents and children (laughs). I don't know what it is, so I'd like to take a picture and upload it here again.

→ Added here:Addendum about Mini Cooper

Various operations such as mini navigation and media are very easy, and it is very convenient because you can do everything with a sense just by looking at it.

And for me, it is very possible to change the color of the light that surrounds the big round circle in the center of the car and the ambient light that illuminates a little part of the car according to the mood of the day. It's fresh.

If I had to do something on the screen to change the color of this light, it would probably be a hassle and I wouldn't change it, but for the Mini, the button 1 at the top of this rearview mirror Can be switched at once.

Now it has a light blue light ↓

You can easily change the color by simply clicking the second button from the right back and forth.

It's a little bit purple now ↓

Then, this circle will also turn purple. Hmm easy.

It's so easy to change the color that every time a child rides, he enjoys changing the color by saying, "Let's make it yellow now."

By the way, when I'm riding alone, it's fixed in light blue like emerald green. This is the color I mentioned earlier. Beautiful. ↓

The back seats are also wider than the 911! (No, there is a story that it is harder to find a car with a narrower back seat than 911 ... ^ ^)

The eldest son of an elementary school student says, "This car is big!" When he gets in the passenger seat of the Mini. No, this is a "mini" ...

I was surprised that the stitches on the sheet and the gradation were included.

This is the backrest of the passenger seat ↓

This is the driver's seat part ↓

understood?

The stitch color is orange → white → orange, which is a gradation.

If you ask Porsche to "change the color of the stitches and even add gradation", at that moment it will become a special option of Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur and you will not know how much it will cost.

I'm riding while thinking (laughs).

Oh yeah, the "MINI" logo is displayed on the ground from this side mirror.

This is so cute again, and every time I get in the car, I'm glad that it seems to be welcomed from the car ^ ^

Anyway, for the time being, this cute Mini Cooper will be my usual car.

Oh, there is one problem with riding this Mini.

that is….

When I was riding a mini, I thought that I had to be a little "mini girl", and I thought, "I think I have to go to a fashionable cafe. To think about it.

No, no one is expecting that (laughs).

Even so, the feeling that I feel like "Oh, I'm a Mini Cooper girl" when I'm riding a Mini is so fresh that I'm entertaining one person ^^

Continued:Addendum about Mini Cooper