Last night as a friend and I were leaving Pasadena, we took this long, wide speedway of a shortcut to get from the 134 freeway to Hollywood. Everyone seemed to be ignoring the 40-mph speed limit and zooming past. I was just driving along in our 2007 Mini Cooper S minding my own business when at the corner of my eye I saw this car hanging out at my passenger side door.
"Check out those boys...
They're excited that you have the same car they do," my friend laughed. Sure enough when I looked over, there was another red Cooper S with a black top, 'cept with a sunroof. The 20-something boys in it were excitedly gesturing at us through their driver side window but I couldn't really make out what they were saying since I had to keep my eyes on the road. Hello!
They moved forward a little and then moved back. "They want to race me...but I ain't gonna!" I told my friend. The road was tempting though. There was hardly anyone on it and it had nice turns and hardly any traffic lights. The boys kept baiting us, gesturing, zooming ahead and falling back. I kept my speed constant and my eyes forward. Finally they gave up and zoomed past. I'm sure if I was a 16-year-old boy I would have followed. But I'm not. ....I sooo would have smoked them anyway.
Caroline Pardilla, Deputy Managing Editor
They moved forward a little and then moved back. "They want to race me...but I ain't gonna!" I told my friend. The road was tempting though. There was hardly anyone on it and it had nice turns and hardly any traffic lights. The boys kept baiting us, gesturing, zooming ahead and falling back. I kept my speed constant and my eyes forward. Finally they gave up and zoomed past. I'm sure if I was a 16-year-old boy I would have followed. But I'm not. ....I sooo would have smoked them anyway.
Caroline Pardilla, Deputy Managing Editor
SubyTrojan says:
10:49 AM, 03/12/08
Perhaps they were just trying to get the attention of their fellow Mini motorists. :o)
I wouldn't be surprised if the LT car has been mentioned at some point in time in the "SoCal MINI Spottings - Point Check Here!" thread on this popular Mini forum.
http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13041
Video of said incident would've been priceless!
caroscuro says:
10:53 AM, 03/12/08
I thought about taking a picture of them but it happened so fast that by the time I rummaged around my bag and got my camera out to hand to my friend, they would have been gone.
SubyTrojan says:
11:02 AM, 03/12/08
Np, Caroline. And if they were looking to race, you would've smoked them anyway. After all, you're a Skip Barber graduate. :o)
blueguydotcom says:
11:06 AM, 03/12/08
Hey, I just had a front RFT get the infamous bulge on my Cooper S. Argh. Luckily the pothole didn't damage my rim.
This gave me the perfect opp to switch to normal tires. Ahhh, what a nice difference real tires make in the Cooper S.
stingray454 says:
11:31 AM, 03/12/08
I don't think they wanted to race you - they probably wanted sex.
caroscuro says:
11:34 AM, 03/12/08
stingray454,
LOL I dunno. If they were in something like, say, a Ferrari 308, I would have been inclined to think that. But it's a Mini. It's all innocent and stuff.
louiswei says:
12:20 PM, 03/12/08
"It's all innocent and stuff."
Yeah right...
redliner says:
01:52 PM, 03/12/08
There's always next time...
tmanz says:
07:45 PM, 03/12/08
gotta love the brain donors that we share the streets with.
Hopefully they will have someone read this to them: When you move past a car, drop back and then pull back up. If they don't take off, then they aren't interested, move on.
Nothing is more fun than just trying to enjoy a drive with some genius bouncing around in the lane next to you.