I had to come home this afternoon to take a nap because I was so tired because I couldn't sleep last night because I had MINI mania racing through my head all night. I couldn't stop thinking about racing around town getting 35+ miles per gallon in a sweet old Mini Cooper with an awesome honda engine shoehorned into the bonnet.
After some more research, it seems this Mini with a Honda engine idea is not so novel after all. Car and Driver did an article (click here to read it) about a shop in Georgia (click here to go to their site and daydream) that has made a business out of doing precisely this. So it looks like my previous estimate of $15k is a little off. This place says that they'll build you a custom one starting at $20k. For that price, they find an old mini, tear it down, restore it, find a honda engine to put in it, install that, and install anything else you want to pay them to install. It's built entirely custom to your specifications. I'm pretty sure that I want one for my next car. Seriously.
I'm sure nobody that reads this blog cares about cars or anything, but hey, I can write about whatever I want to write about. Haha!
3 comments:
yea you can write whatever you want..but that mini does look super cool
might seem like a good car but would it have adequate safety installations for collisions these days?
Yes. Although it may not have air bags, one of the options is a full racing roll cage. Also, I could install whatever seats I want, so maybe I could get a 5-point racing harness.
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