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Title: MINI turn signal fail
Post by: Laconian on September 26, 2021, 07:36:48 PM
Mini, so very in love with its kitch "Britishness", decided to redo its turn signals with a Union Jack motif. Each taillight displays half of the Union Jack flag. Think about it for a second. It's kind of a bad idea...

https://jalopnik.com/congratulations-mini-you-made-the-stupidest-turn-sign-1847727385

Title: Re: MINI turn signal fail
Post by: CaminoRacer on September 26, 2021, 07:58:24 PM
Hmm I've never noticed the arrow in real life
Title: Re: MINI turn signal fail
Post by: Soup DeVille on September 26, 2021, 08:10:09 PM
BMW/Mini's obsession with putting union jacks on their cars is a little weird anyways.
Title: Re: MINI turn signal fail
Post by: FoMoJo on September 26, 2021, 08:13:00 PM
That's almost funny.
Title: Re: MINI turn signal fail
Post by: Laconian on September 26, 2021, 08:15:05 PM
Quote from: Soup DeVille on September 26, 2021, 08:10:09 PM
BMW/Mini's obsession with putting union jacks on their cars is a little weird anyways.

Excessively twee, which is on brand for the product.
Title: Re: MINI turn signal fail
Post by: Submariner on September 26, 2021, 11:06:57 PM
Quote from: Soup DeVille on September 26, 2021, 08:10:09 PM
BMW/Mini's obsession with putting union jacks on their cars is a little weird anyways.

How else would you know of the makes English (German) bloodline?
Title: Re: MINI turn signal fail
Post by: MrH on September 27, 2021, 07:01:43 AM
:lol:

I love Mini's response to it.  "Naw, we never heard or foresaw that as a problem at all".  I showed it to my girlfriend and she was totally confused.  "Why are they pointing the wrong way?"
Title: Re: MINI turn signal fail
Post by: Morris Minor on September 28, 2021, 05:51:42 AM
Totally naff & cringe-inducing.
Title: Re: MINI turn signal fail
Post by: AutobahnSHO on September 28, 2021, 10:55:12 PM
The hazards are like, "AIM HERE"....
Title: Re: MINI turn signal fail
Post by: ChrisV on October 08, 2021, 09:11:54 AM
I love them and the kits to put similar ones on the earlier cars. I'm looking at getting the ones in this link, and the turn signals sweep outward can can't be confused with anything else (watch the video):

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Red-color-For-Mini-Cooper-Clubman_1600211292360.html?spm=a2700.galleryofferlist.normal_offer.d_title.747328f3kb8sy3 (https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Red-color-For-Mini-Cooper-Clubman_1600211292360.html?spm=a2700.galleryofferlist.normal_offer.d_title.747328f3kb8sy3)

But then again, I painted the union jack into my stripes: