Greetings, all.
OK, I had to do some work down in Warrnambool over the last week, so instead of taking the motorcycle as I usually do, one had to take the new Mini!
The trip down was nothing special, though I was most agreeably impressed by the ability of the car to just cruise down the boring old Princes Hwy. Although a convertible, it was pretty quiet...much more so than my previous convertible, an MGB !
OK, so yesterday, I returned by the Great Ocean Road, and wow, what an AWESOME car! Although the rain and fog curbed ones' natural enthusiasm a bit...(not too much, ) - I had a wonderful time. The car just handled so well - soaking up the bumps, yet being able to point so accurately in turns...and as for the engine...I did a fair amount of overtaking (and no one overtook me LOL) - the way it builds up power between 80 to 1XX km/h is intoxicating, as well as the growl of the supercharger as it tells you that it is working. Also, although the weather meant that I could not get the roof down fully, in between rain storms I had the sunroof part open, which worked very well - being able to listen to the popping of the exhaust on the overrun. To top it all off, I discovered that the Radio Boost plays mp3 CD's, so I was one extraordinarily happy camper.
The beast is really my dream car!
OK, time to calm down, methinks....but I just cannot stop smiling.
PS - no heated seats...but the heater works gratifyingly well.
