A Mini!

B&I hired a Mini Cooper for two days! A cute orange convertible. We went on day trips up the coast, but surprisingly, the Cooper didn't handle the trip too well. B drove the entire time, and he was saying that the accelerator was a little sluggish, as if the car was a little too heavy for the Mini (hehe, a double entrendre?) engine.

We were travelling up and down winding roads during the two-day hire, and around the tight bends, the tyres were screeching! We weren't even going that fast, but the tyres couldn't handle it anyway.

B also complained about the poor location of the speedometer. He couldn't see the car speed too well, and distracted him from concentrating on the actual driving. Rather dangerous!! And when using the manual (the car was Tiptronic), he also couldn't see clearly the dial showing which gear he was in.

And can you believe it - after only a day, we noticed there was a chip on the windscreen. Already! We hadn't noticed the chip prior to signing the rental agreement, so we're not sure if the chip actually happened during our rental period. But either way, it wasn't on the sign-off inspection sheet that we signed when we drove out of the rental car park, so I guess we'll be slugged for the cost of fixing it. :(

So perhaps the only plus about the car - the fact that it was a convertible! Not much else was going for it, really... 3 out of 10 for me.