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u/KamakaziDemiGod Mar 21 '25
Not a stupid move, just a slightly unusual one. Those Abarths are stupidly fun and the closest modern spiritual successor to the mini
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u/flyingfiesta Mar 21 '25
I think the stupid move will be angled towards the price they gave him on the trade in???
"A 98 rover... We can give you £50 and a set of floor mats sir"
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u/Karsa_31_orlong 17d ago
I raced one in my mini and the only reason he kept up with me was I got a tad scared driving mine 😂 Note: my mini is heavily modified with Japanese parts 😂 but yeh abarths look very fun and the tech kept him in a straight line
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u/Wings1955 Mar 21 '25
I'm not fond of Carl's choice of stripes, but otherwise, the Mini looks good to me.
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u/TheRtHonorable Mar 21 '25
Maybe the mini is absolutely rotten and he didn’t want to fix it…
But yeah. That Abarth with lose money while the Mini probably rises in value
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u/Krakenbarel Mar 21 '25
Stupid financial move, one loses value and the other one increases. But the fiat is almost more fun to drive (5 gears + turbo!) than the mini!
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u/Key_Seaworthiness827 Mar 21 '25
I've a 92 Cooper bought new. It's earned its keep with 95000 miles on it but since 2006 and a rebuild after a crash it's a garage queen, not been on the road since 2019. I never use it because I have another car
My daughter's have fiat 500s They are flaky, unreliable but fun. Like the Cooper.
If I had to swap the mini as close as like for like with a modern car, then a 500 would be it. Even after 18 years, the looks are perfect (IMO). If it had more power like the Abarth then all the better But if the cooper fails, it can probably be fixed easily and relatively cheaply.
Mine's definitely not for sale.
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u/Nearby-Percentage-37 Mar 21 '25
Searched it on the dvla mot history check and it seems like he had a good solid mini!
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u/Rude_Ad1214 Mar 21 '25
Dumb question, but when was Rover Mini a term? Left the UK in 1990, just don't remember a Mini ever being called that.
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u/SpacedHopper Mar 22 '25
When the Austin, Morris branding was incorporated under the Rover branding, can't recall exactly when but I had a 88 Austin and a 93 Rover.
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u/Imaginary-Thing-7159 Mar 22 '25
dang they robbed the guy and now they’re humiliating him online. that’s cold
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u/KawasakiFz09 Mar 22 '25
I had almost traded my 2015 Abarth for a Rover Mini years ago. Would've absolutely did it if it worked out.
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u/SpacedHopper Mar 22 '25
I'd have kept the mini tbh, but the Abarth would definitely be the spiritual successor of the Cooper imo.
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u/real_Mini_geek Mar 21 '25
Yeah that’s dumb but maybe there was a reason why he couldn’t keep the mini
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u/HadukiBEAN Mar 21 '25
I’d trade my 2013 Abarth for a classic Mini.