When Mini came back to the states in late 2001, I had a 2004 R53 Cooper S. I used to get parking tickets all the time dismissed because they would write me up as a PT Cruiser. I mean it is not that friggen hard to figure out the make and model. The Make, Mini, is named on the boot and bonnet, and if he looked at the…

I’m surprised the officer in the picture wasn’t also on his mobile phone while on the computer, both which of course are illegal in my state but hey, because cops, they’re above all laws, so I guess it’s okay.

Meanwhile, inside the patrol car...

It’s Meh Car Monday, right?

Patrick, thanks for not slipping this story to Ryan for coverage. His anti-Musk/Tesla boner is quite tiresome.

Where I live anything made of metal only needs to sit unattended for an hour or two after midnight and it is gone. The crack heads were recycling long before the rest of the world was. Sure the owner of said materials might not be done with it yet but that is a minor detail. Lol.

It’s the Punctuation Police.

Only if you toss it from the NY side.

OEM New Car Smell.

And I thought “Torschlußpanik” meant panic induced by another piece from Jason Torchinsky obssessing over some obscure VW trivia...

15.5 hours after posting and only 30 comments. you’re not the only one who missed the point.

Can’t we just be happy that the official name doesn’t include a hashtag?

I swear, if I drove that Carry, I’d try to open the quarter-panel every time I got in the car.

I’m biased towards big funky hatches, but we need more Citroen XMs here.

Yet it is the best purchase David has ever made.

I’m guessing the grass is wet. Wet or even damp grass can be crazy slippery. 

This sounds like the classic finger-pointing exercise you’d expect from a company with an software development (or any IT function) mentality.

I will come out and say it.

Indeed, it sounds like he’s answering two separate questions - Will it have a manual? (A: we built it, depends on whether you people will buy it) and Will it come in right hand drive? (A: Of course you morons it’s a Japanese car company and Japan is a RHD country)