Comments on: Mosaic MINIs

By: Hugh Sherry

Hugh Sherry — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:34:01 +0000

Does anyone know what happened to the roll of Scotch Tape…oh/…never mind! hs

By: heyallan

heyallan — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:20:00 +0000

Here’s some cool pics of another art car of sorts, a full scale, entirely wooden Ferrari F50. Of course it doesn’t run, but is quite a work of art.

http://www.woodworkersauction.com/amazprojferrari.htm

By: PocketRobot

PocketRobot — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:41:15 +0000

I wonder how much weight this adds to the car? I bet a few hundred pounds!

By: doug

doug — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:10:49 +0000

They certainly give the goods overseas don't they? Doubt we'll see a lot of that happening here with MINIUSA. Scion does a lot of fun things with their vehicles here, participate WITH their consumers, etc.

Get on the ball MINIUSA.

Anyhow, the mosaics are neat, but seems to me that their effect is lost... and many of us just "cringe" a little when looking at it. On their own, or on a Lincoln Towncar, I'm sure they'd be beautiful. Heh

By: marksmith

marksmith — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:51:47 +0000

Opps! I saw the article in Dutch and see now that the cars are tile. Wow hope they use PC7 or some space shuttle adhesives. Got to be heavy.

By: marksmith

marksmith — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:47:42 +0000

Design & aesthetics aside it’s yet another mini covered in decals. Call me old fashion but art cars should be painted (some degree of craft involved) -Not a chance Mini/BMW will let anything like this see the light of day!

By: Geoffrey Parker

Geoffrey Parker — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:55:58 +0000

This makes me wonder if BMW shouldn’t think about including the MINI when they consider their next “Art Car”.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 16:13:39 +0000

Looks to be back up. Maybe Paul was doing a little maintenance.

By: RB

RB — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:58:27 +0000

I applaud the craftsmanship. But even the Piet Mondrian-ish design is boorish and the rest are not my taste.

I think they should have gone to the folks that did the SMART cars fun paint coverings.

By: PK

PK — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:03:38 +0000

Those look really FUN! I’d love to see one. And I don’t think I’d want to own one. Upkeep and how much weight do all those glass tiles add to the vehicle?

By: David Bayliss

David Bayliss — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:56:25 +0000

Yup, looks like it :(

By: hi

hi — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 09:10:25 +0000

Off topic… but is the server on http://www.mini2.com down? Thanks…

By: Rob Saunders

Rob Saunders — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:18:21 +0000

So now instead of using Zaino, we can buff our MINI’s out with floor polish? Shall we lay in a supply of Swiffers as well?

By: K-M

K-M — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 07:35:39 +0000

Well that will certainly increase waiting times now won't it...

=D =D =D