Comments on: The Ultimate Accessory for Christmas

By: Scott Markle

Scott Markle — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:10:48 +0000

Ah, the wonders of infinite vertical cargo space… I put an 8 footer in the passenger seat of my MINI convertible with the top down. Granted, living in Atlanta does give me a slight temperature edge — it was about 65 F outside in December — so I would have had the top down anyway. I definitely spread lots of yuletide cheer on my way home — I got lots of smiles and waves.

By: Philip Hubertus

Philip Hubertus — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 13:56:52 +0000

Dirty Mini's can look great! I was in London for a couple of days and a black & red MCS rolled down the Strand. I first thought it is a custom paint job, as the guy also had 18"JCW fitted. But when he came closer I could see it was just dirt. The whole car was black of dirt from the bottom to about 10 inches under the windows. Looked pretty rough but also cool. I like people better who drive und use their cars then those who just hug it in the garage all day.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 03:36:52 +0000

He made some rude comments about the dirty car.

By: KLF23

KLF23 — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 03:32:35 +0000

I don't know what Mike said, but Autopians would be probably be cringing at the sight. Maybe with a couple of dozen layers of Pakshak microfibres protecting the roof? Each to their own, live and let live etc. I think it does make for a good picture, however.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:02:11 +0000

I put my tree in my mini with the front seat folded forward. Took a 6 foot 8 inch tree home easily.

By: CometGirl63

CometGirl63 — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 21:34:53 +0000

pretty good info, but I think the MINI can take a much larger tree than mentioned. I put an almost 9 ft. tree on top this year. (last year I put a 17 ft tree on a Ford Escape so I'll try just about anything.) We also looped it around the roof and tied it off on the inside, but didn't tie the sisal to anything on the inside. Then I put the rear tow hook in, and looped it around that, tying it off very tightly. It worked. I pushed the tree pretty hard to see what would happen and the car moved a little. I also wrapped the whole tree in a quilt to keep the sap off the paint. The tree farm staff was amazed.

By: alpinamike

alpinamike — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:45:30 +0000

It looks like a christmas tree from IKEA, sit in the parkin lot there and watch what people do to get their $20 christmas tree, just buy one with the roots that way you can plant it, like I did, then decorate it outside next year, PS dont keep it inside your house very long, it will kill the tree, even if you water it and use sugar!!!!

By: Rich F.

Rich F. — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:34:13 +0000

As an alternative to tying the ends of the rope to the grab handles and the “plastic door supports?” just swing two pieces of rope (one neer the tree trunk and one neer the middle) over the tree, through the windows, then tie the ends together very tight. Should do the job, just did it on Monday. Just out of curiousity though what are the “plastic door supports” that you should tie the rope to?

By: Ken E

Ken E — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:13:55 +0000

Chris,It works the same only you drop the top, place the sheet on the rear seat area and stand the tree upright. Don't forget a warm coat. ;)

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:50:15 +0000

Too bad this doesn't work on my MCSConvertible!!! :)

By: mataku

mataku — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:24:36 +0000

ah… ic. sorry, forgot to note that this is from last year.

By: mataku

mataku — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:24:00 +0000

hey, we all like to get a bit dirty sometimes =) I like to think that the MINI does too. Although there is a lot of snow around it looks like, is that your MINI Gabe, I thought you lived in chicago?

By: MadisonMini

MadisonMini — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:12:21 +0000

Yeah Mike, you must live in a place that doesn't snow, have salt, mud, or dirt.

By: TooLShack

TooLShack — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:02:30 +0000

Hey mike chill out a bit, some of us drive our Minis instead of stroking them in our garage all weekend. :)

By: R50

R50 — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:44:41 +0000

Some folks were scratching their heads trying to figure out how to get their tree into their Jetta's trunk. I opened the Mini's hatch, moved the passenger seat forward and put in a 7' Christmas tree wrapped in an old car cover. I closed the hatch and saw the Jetta couple laugh in disbelief. Hatches are great.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:22:15 +0000

Yes I know… the MINI was really dirty :)