Bullenbeisser
 

Bullenbeisser: The name for an extinct German Bulldog.

I was happily surprised to find that screen name still available!

Have not posted anywhere yet, figured I'd say hi first.

I'm married and my wife and I have a 10 yr. old son and 8 year old daughter. We live near Sacramento, California.

Last Sunday, July 18th I bought my wife a silver 2006 Mini convertible. I test drove it first and...was...blown away. I drive 35,000 to 50,000 miles a year and currently have a Camry Hybrid. What a difference!

I got back to the lot and my wife asked what was going on because I was smiling and possibly giggling a bit. She asked if I liked it and I said, "I know this isn't how you bargain at the car lot in front of the salesman & finance guy, but - I WANT THIS CAR!!!"

She said "You said no matter what happens, we walk, they call us, etc. What's going on?" I told her to hop in, drive it and she'd understand.

It's a 5 speed so she got in and killed it. Ha ha! Neither of us had driven a stick in maybe 10-12 years.

First night - seriously - the first night around sunset we pulled up to a stop light and a dude on a Harley pulled up next to us with Eminem blasting. I noticed him looking over at us a bit, heard his music go down and he says, "Brother, THAT is a sharp car." How cool is that?

Also, on the way back towards Sacramento from San Francisco our kids were in the back seat and commented a few times how people in other cars were looking at us and smilling.

We posted a photo of my wife in her car on Facebook and got SOOO many positive responses.

We've already had 4 to 6 people say they saw her or us driving around, and a couple other friends say they saw our car in a parking lot, and had some friends honk at us/my wife.

IT'S INSANE!!! We've only had the car since Sunday! I've never had so many comments on a car in my life. We've had more looks, comments, honks, etc. in 6 days than I can remember ever having in the entire duration of any other car I've had. And I had a pretty tricked out Ford F150 SuperCrew.

Anyways, glad to find this forum! As you can tell, I get a bit carried away when posting, so I'm looking forward to getting to know you all a bit.

Thanks!
Bullenbeisser

Mini's seem to attract attention where ever they go