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| 1429.1 | Yes, but... | MEALA::JACKMAN | | Mon May 06 1991 13:52 | 18 |
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I presume the Mini listed in your brochure is a Mini Metro. The Mini
car has had a long history. It was originally called the "Austin Mini",
later the British Leyland (BL) Mini when Austin was taken over by that
company. Now BL in turn has been broken up and makes cars under
various marques, one of which is Rover. During all this the original
Mini car was replaced by a new hatchbach known as the Mini Metro. It
is comparable in size to a Renault Clio/Ford Fiesta. It would be OK for
2 adults and a small amount of luggage doing a small amount of
travelling but I would suspect a wheelchair would be a very tight fit.
The "Sapphire" is basically a saloon/booted version of the hatchback Ford
Sierra. This should adequately hold all your luggage and would be more
comfortable all round than the Mini.
Hope this helps,
Brendan
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| 1429.2 | Decision's made! | HYEND::SCHILTON | When they said sit down,I stood up | Mon May 06 1991 14:28 | 4 |
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Ok, thanks Brendan. That does help!
Sue
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| 1429.3 | | RUTILE::GUEST | Someone | Mon May 06 1991 14:36 | 22 |
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re .1
The Mini was not 'replaced' by the Mini-Metro. The Metro was a new
development that was meant to allow the mini to be phased out of
production. (The name 'Mini-Metro' was chosen so that people
associated the new car with the old one.)
However, the mini has continued in production, and is earmarked until
at least '95 (with 'new' versions appearing all the time and is now
Rover Japan's biggest seller).
When Rover 'took over' the company, badge (and quality) changes have
been made. The Austin Mini-Metro is now the Rover Metro, and the Mini
has presumably become the Rover Mini.
So, whilst you could get 4 + luggage in a Metro (at a pinch), you
would certainly be unwise to try the same thing in a mini.
Nigel
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| 1429.4 | | MACNAS::BMULQUEEN | | Mon May 06 1991 16:04 | 14 |
| Sue,
To clarify the past few notes:
The Ford Sierra Sapphire is very similar to the U.S. Ford Taurus but
probably with a 1600cc engine, 4 doors and good sized trunk.
The Mini IS the smallest car on hire from BA and is definitely not
capable of carrying a wheelchair and is not suitable for long distance
driving. I know, I have two Mini's!
Hope this helps,
Billy
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| 1429.5 | | NEWOA::MACMILLAN | So many V****s, so little time | Tue May 07 1991 16:27 | 12 |
| re -1
>The Mini IS the smallest car on hire from BA and is definitely not
>capable of carrying a wheelchair....
Oh yes it is!
I used to regularly put my mums chair the the boot of her HLE (mind you
you couldn't get much else in there afterwards!).
Rob
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| 1429.6 | Or you could get a roof-box to put it in... | HUGS::AND_KISSES | Fuzz Therapist | Tue May 07 1991 16:31 | 5 |
| I suppose it depends on the type of wheelchair and what size/shape it collapses
to.
An electric wheelchair with motor and batteries probably wouldn't fold up
small enough, for example...
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| 1429.7 | | CRATE::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Tue May 07 1991 17:04 | 5 |
| �An electric wheelchair with motor and batteries probably wouldn't fold up
With one of these, why not tow the mini ??? ;-)
J.R.
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| 1429.8 | What will they think of next. | UKCSSE::RDAVIES | I can't tryp for nots | Tue May 07 1991 17:33 | 12 |
| >> <<< Note 1429.5 by NEWOA::MACMILLAN "So many V****s, so little time" >>>
>> I used to regularly put my mums chair the the boot of her HLE (mind you
>> you couldn't get much else in there afterwards!).
You are talking about the MINI of issigonis fame about 25 years old?. I
didn't even know they had enough space on the bootlid for the letters ,
let alone that they did one with that designation, and as for fitting a
wheel chair in through that tiny little opening.......
Richard
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| 1429.9 | Never seen a Mini at Avis | EVOAI1::ALLY | | Tue May 07 1991 17:55 | 2 |
| I hire cars every weekend from Heathrow and I have never seen a Mini
available for hire with Avis.
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| 1429.10 | 32 and counting.. | MACNAS::BMULQUEEN | | Tue May 07 1991 18:23 | 6 |
| Back a couple:
Mini's were first introduced in 1959 which means they have been in
production for 32 years!
Billy
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| 1429.11 | Minifun | EEMELI::JMANNINEN | | Wed May 08 1991 06:42 | 9 |
| One of the most_fun_to_drive cars ever!
The Finnish rally-drivers started their victories with Minis back in
'60s, Timo M�kinen etc. It was weird that they won with such funny
looking thing all Alfas etc. which were supposed to be fast. Mini
hadn't too much power at first but it was so easy to handle that you
could easily beat all the bigger cars in a curvy road.
- Jyri -
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