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Which Car Would You Prefer???

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  • 26-12-2008 9:45pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7


    Which car do you think is better between the VW Golf GTi 2.0 and the Mini Cooper S 1.6 convertible??

    I personally prefer the golf but I do like the mini what do you reckon??

    http://www.mymotorguide.com/car_comparison/?model=191&model2=1068

    Which car do you prefer 93 votes

    Golf GTi 2.0
    0% 0 votes
    Mini Cooper S Convertible 1.6
    100% 93 votes


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  • Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭DJ Hafez


    Mini's can be excellent. But a convertible one?! no thanks!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    the non convertible mini.

    If it has to be the convertible though..i'd go for the golf.
    but I voted for the mini.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭qz


    GTI! In white!


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,282 ✭✭✭Bandara


    Mini everytime, not convertible though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    Golf.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Lol, two people have voted for the mini apparently, with one vote showing :D

    Golf all the way. I heard there were some serious cheap Golf's going up at the auctions. Might be worth the trip. (Something like a 07 for 19K)


  • Registered Users Posts: 26,149 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Is this really a

    Which car is a bloke car and which is not?

    Golf GTi is a bloke car and the only Mini that is is the John Cooper.

    I would go for the Gti every day.

    White GTi all the way. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭futura123


    audi tts


  • Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭TGi666


    convertible mini in ireland about as much use as a fart in a lift with the ammount of sun we get


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,971 ✭✭✭Holsten


    I'd have the Golf too.

    Are you buying new?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 64,894 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Hammertime wrote: »
    Mini everytime, not convertible though.

    +1

    I'd rather spend the extra costs of the convertible towards a JC works upgrade


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭sunshinediver


    Good god Go with the golf.. :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,931 ✭✭✭dingding


    3 Door BMW 1 Series :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Golf, no contest. Man + Mini = straight as a roundabout tbh, not that there's anything wrong with that.

    Unless you're Mr. Bean of course :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    Golf


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    I voted Golf, but agree with unkel and Berty....if the MINI were a JC Works it would beat the Golf to the Moon and then boomerang it back down to a very deep landfill pit.

    Edit: Dear GOD look what they've done to this poor car

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Mini/Cooper/S-model-/200847190933820/advert

    no-image-large.gif


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Give me a classic Mini any day.


  • Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭TGi666


    just had a tought buy an eos best of both and its a tin top


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    I would have said the Golf but for the fact that I test drove some Cooper-s's earlier this year, they're really fun to drive, nearest thing you'll get to a kart!
    Downside is they're not very practical as a day to day car (no boot space etc) so it would depend on what your requirements were.

    Edit: I wouldn't go for a convertible in either though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    Golf (again), cos if you want to bring your mates with you and you had the mini, they'd need to be like freekin Danny DeVito!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,862 ✭✭✭RobAMerc


    I am gonna go for the mini - because for your average Joe there would be little if any determinable difference in the driving dynamics between them, and two I am comfortable enough in my own sexuality not to feel like I need to prove it by not driving a convertible mini. and 3 living in Dublin - I'd get to use the top down alot more than the superior handling of the GTi ( if there is any)

    Wow - it shocks me how many blokes on here buy their car to reaffirm their sexuality - bloody scary


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭eamon234


    RobAMerc wrote: »
    I am gonna go for the mini - because for your average Joe there would be little if any determinable difference in the driving dynamics between them, and two I am comfortable enough in my own sexuality not to feel like I need to prove it by not driving a convertible mini. and 3 living in Dublin - I'd get to use the top down alot more than the superior handling of the GTi ( if there is any)

    Wow - it shocks me how many blokes on here buy their car to reaffirm their sexuality - bloody scary

    Haha well said RobAMerc - enjoy the Mini - although I would have gone for a Fiat 500 Abarth I drove one recently and it was the best fun I've ever had driving!


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭Graham_B18C


    Be a Man and buy the Golf! Picked the Mini just for the driving fun, wouldn't go for the convertable though


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    would have picked the mini except its convertible.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,862 ✭✭✭RobAMerc


    could people who said they'd pick the mini if it wasn't a vert tell me why is that so ?
    Is it just because they wouldn't want to be seen in it ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    omg golf , esp a nice white one with black trims.. keep it simple


  • Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Woodgate


    Voting for Mini, but standard not convertible, not a good comparison to be voting on.


  • Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    RobAMerc wrote: »
    could people who said they'd pick the mini if it wasn't a vert tell me why is that so ?
    Is it just because they wouldn't want to be seen in it ?

    I would pick a Cooper S mini over the Golf, but since it's a convertable i wouldn't touch it. Comfortable with my sexuality, but driving one of those would be like a builder wearing a thong. It's just wrong lol


  • Registered Users Posts: 64,894 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    RobAMerc wrote: »
    could people who said they'd pick the mini if it wasn't a vert tell me why is that so ?

    I already did. The vert is what, €5k extra? I'd rather spend that on a JCW upgrade to make the car more powerful / more hardcore.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭ji


    I.m.o mini's are for girls


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