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Avenue of the Giants Weekend Run - Sat. March 23, 2024

Saturday will be a very full day of cruising from Novato up through the Avenue of the Giants and ending at Eel River Brewing in Fortuna. Sun...

2011 MINI Clubman Gets Good Marks In Brantford, Ontario


In an article written by Harry Pegg published on The Expositor website serving Brantford, Ontario, the 2011 MINI Clubman gets a favorable review. Pegg says,
Handling is crisp and the steering responds instantly to driver inputs. This little car practically begs you to find a twisty road and have a ball.

The ride is firm without being harsh, but this isn't the quietest cabin in the business. Road noise is always present and becomes annoying on an aggregate surface. It's a good thing you can crank the audio high enough to drown it out. Of course that makes conversation difficult so the choices are: road noise with music or road noise with slightly raised voices in conversation. Either way, it's a small price to pay for the fun.

Car companies talk about target market demographics, which in the case of Mini is the young, active crowd. At more than $30,000, the word "young" takes on a different meaning, because the audience that can afford it is well over 30 years old.

Not a problem, though, because it appeals to an extremely wide audience, from the very young (my grandson said it was cool), to a friend in a MUCH higher age group (who also thought it was cool).