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New Traveller
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:58 pm
by Kevin
Just came across this and thought.......................................
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/spysh ... eller.html
New Traveller
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:04 pm
by mal
Horrible
I don't even like the new style Mini, can't beat the original design
Not thinking of buying one are you Kevin ??
Mal
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:07 pm
by Kevin
Wash your mouth out with soap Mal
I have an original why would I want a copy
New Traveller
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:16 pm
by mal
That's what I thought Kevin
Mal
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:19 pm
by JimK
I actually quite like it, but where's the wood?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:30 pm
by Onne
they should know it needs wood, it is structural!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:27 pm
by Tris
yeah! otherwise it wont pass its MOT
Dad wants one... dont think hes actually seen any pics mind
i dont like it, i can see that theyve tried to make it like a real traveller... the original wont be beaten though!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:44 pm
by grahamt7
i think it looks great
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:29 pm
by rayofleamington
Surely the Mini traveller should have cheapo plastic wood trim on the side like they used to do on the original mini estates...
Maybe that'll be an optional extra?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:06 pm
by paulk
Nah Ray that was the later Clubmans that had the Formica down the sides.
The original Travellers had a couple of bits of wood super glued to the sides for no readily aparant reason.
The back doors look a right mess but I can see what they were trying to do.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:04 pm
by Mike Shipman
Theres a real one on Ebay at present...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STUNNING-CLASSIC- ... dZViewItem
The wood on the back doors looks pretty odd...
(I have no connection with the sale BTW).
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:41 pm
by Kevin
I actually quite like it, but where's the wood?
I think it is like that because BMW thought the term Traveller mean someone who drives a van with a caravan on the back so tried to build a combination of the 2
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:25 pm
by Chris Morley
It's always difficult to make an estate look good and this is no exception, especially the side with the extra door. If the idea was to create space for moving bulky items I would have thought it would have been better not to have the roof line curving down so much at the rear.