West said:
To be honest, the motors forum in this place is whacked.
If this is how you feel, why do you post here?
BMW and Mondeos are gods.
Any car that isnt either a Mondeo or a BMW or a Mondeo is doomed to be eaten alive by certain members.
As for the input... if its a shed, or a diesel its doomed.
If its not a BMW or a Mondeo, its doomed.
See this is the amusing part. People like yourself CONSTANTLY bleat on about this yet you and the other naysayers are the only people who ever bring the 'omg if it isnt a mondeo or a bmw it sucks' thing into this forum. None of the BMW or Mondeo owners criticise something simply becuase it isnt what they drive. It's become one of those utterly pointless urban legends a bit like the Emporers New Clothes, becuase people like you are obsessed with thinking its true, casual observers to the forum who dont read all the posts assume it must be, and we end up in a vicious circle. Infact for ages now I've avoided recommending things like the 5 Series - which, go search my posts, I rarely recommend, just to shut people like yourself up. But you don't notice, and you don't care, because what you say goes, end of.
Even cleanbluesky has a strange obsession with thinking the world revolves around Mondeos and he doesn't even post in Motors
You get all sorts of stuff recommended on this forum. Some people dont like some cars, other like others. Most people get along just fine - Simon and the VTEC squad have no issues whatsoever with most of the people on here despite there being some quite big yet friendly rivalry between them and some of the other owners. Why can't you be man enough to do the same? You've had an enormous chip on your shoulder ever since you ran in and didn't get the reception you wanted when you bought a Mini.
If its a BMW Mini its an estate agents car.
It is - Estate Agencies, like it or not, make up a very high proportion of BMW Mini fleet customers. They are funky, youthful and cool and this is the sort of car an Estate Agent wants to represent their business - people notice livered up Mini's. It's the same reason why a lot of Estate Agents also use Smart Cars - it's good advertising.
If you can't accept this then, well, frankly thats your issue. Infact that comment is yet further proof of the fact you simply sit there and sound off without bothering to make yourself aware of the facts. Over the last few years there are NUMEROUS threads where I extol the virtues of the new Mini, explain how good a car it is, etc etc. But you can't be bothered to read that, can you? It doesn't conform to your stereotype, does it?