Morris Minor - The Happiest Car In The World?

[KatiePotatie]

I have noticed how happy my little Moggy seems to make people. (Unless I am stalled somewhere, but I think that is just a general hatred towards Learner Drivers).

Yesterday we saw a few people looking & smiling at us, and of course, she makes me terribly happy!

Does your car make people smile?

[chrisryder]

As a rule yes, it certainly turns heads! although you do get people from the younger (our!) generation that laugh at you!

I'm sure i must annoy people on the motorway though, i try to keep out of the way but i'm always going faster than lorries, but only a bit, so me overtaking a lorry is as infuriating as lorries overtaking lorries! taking the motorway down to one lane effectively.

i did have some silly woman call me a flag without the L as i was waiting to turn right accross the bristol road in birmingham where understandably (to most people) you can end up waiting a while to drive accross the traffic. anyway, she was waiting behind me (maybe she hadn't seen the indicators) and she finally undertook me and shouted at me as she passed!

a very rare occurence though!

on the bright side i do get far more 'thumbs up's than 'middle fingers up' by people passing on the motorway

[morrisminorbzh]

Yes, my Traveller gets a lots of "sourires" over here in France - "ah so zis is voodie" - I do have a job however explaining to some people that a Minor Traveller is the big sister of the Mini Traveller not the reverse.

Yes, Minors are happy cars!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Neil MG]

Generally yes, although some people get frustrated when they don't see the trafficators or get stuck behind me (it's an 803cc)

As a rule it seems to put a smile on pedestrians' faces more than other motorists'!

[santadawes]

Hi. If you get 10 people look and smile at you in your Morris then you should try driving a Morris Minor Panda Car you get 20 people. It really is a head turner. Welcome to our world of Morris Minor Driving.

[ASL642]

Just wait until they stop you to ask if they can have a "sniff inside to bring back happy memories"!! This happened to me at a petrol station

[morris van]

I've had my van for a month and the first two weeks I really hated it as it cost over £600 to get it in a road worthy condition and it had just been MOTed by the previous owner.I'm slowly getting to like it now.

[KatiePotatie]

I can empathise with that, I got Martha last week and had to spend £40 on her the following day

However, I adore her!

More sympathetic drivers find it funny when I am stuck stalled in her I find it frustrating, but I am still a learner, everyone has to learn!