1994 Morris Mini Cooper EFI: Regular Car Reviews

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00:00 What a lovely day for British Motoring!
1:05 Giveaway Ad
2:38 I'm British now
5:41 I miss my Nissan Pao
8:20 Outliving its replacements
9:50 Compare to Chevy Small Block
12:00 Fuddy Duddies
14:40 AC
16:14 Driving Impressions

New 2nd channel "Regular and Roman"

[Myriadys]

"What's rattling in here? Something British." got me rolling

[bigladstw]

"Something is rattling in here, it wasn't rattling yesterday and it might not be rattling tomorrow." As somebody who owned a few Minis in the past - that's totally normal.

[JuddKramer]

I lived in Japan when the post-Leyland original Mini's were being imported and sold there like crazy, mostly with crazy Italian Job-esque paintjobs and giant driving light racks on the front.

[cowardette]

Camerawork is shockingly stable this episode

[misterthegeoff]

I used to own a leyland mini, you are leaving so much power on the table short shifting at 5k rpm instead of 6. Mine didn't have a rev counter, the gear shift indicator was the valve bounce. Those 90s models they had to make the gear ratios extra long to meet emissions/economy standards so it's even more important to rev the nuts off of it.

[TannCo]

Now THIS... This seems like a peak Mr Regular vehicle. The smiles on your face while you're driving this car are so infectious. What a lil ripper.

[em_t_]

There's a guy a couple streets down from me with an Austin metro, it's such a piece of shit and he spends a fortune keeping that little box running purely out of love and I have so much respect for the guy for that

[StCornerback]

The original Mini Cooper deserves to be remembered for the many names and manufacturers it had before the BMW acquisition.

[lohenriksson]

the pillar trim looks like something I would make in automation when im too lazy to put actual padding in place

[jonathonwilliams]

My dad was briefly put of work in 81', he used to buy minis and mk1 & 2 escorts and cut them up as the interiors were worth more than the whole car. These cars could be bought for as little as £20. Now they're like 10k for a rotten one, 60k for a minter. Madness.

[spirit_in_exile]

Return to innocence was by Enigma, but Enya was also on Pure Moods. Wore that tape out as sleep music in the 90’s

[hungoverbear]

I haven't seen Mr Regular this happy to drive a car in a long long long long time

[TheKieranator]

05:06 Technically this example is a Rover. Prior to British Leyland's merger with Rover in 1986, the Mini was sold under various brand names including Morris, Austin, Innocenti (in Italy), Leyland, Riley, and Wolseley.

Would love one of theses but prices are getting pretty dumb here in the UK (£5000+, $6, 355 in freedom money, for an okay one), I may have to settle for a Morrris Minor instead which prices have kinda settled in the past few years.

Also, love that you know about Chap Hop.

[Thanos.m]

Absolutely loved this you can hear how excited and joyous Brain is! Technically in the UK we can call these the Rover minis as BL and moris were long gone by 90s.

[MetalheadSavior]

I can't explain why but this is the most excited i've been About a giveaway since the Honda S 2000.

[Jonathan_Doe_]

The joy on your face while you feel like you’re flying through those corners (while the view outside is pretty pedestrian) is what they’re all about. They’re fun at non licence losing speeds.

[CostaHayden]

I adore these cars and the fun they unapologetically provide when you daily one. I drove an R53 and it was really one of those cars that made me smirk every time I drove it.

[owenhibberd]

Oh man, my first car!
I had a 1998 Rover Mini, it was just like this one, but mine wasn't a Cooper, just a base model Mini 1275i

Had it from 2015 to 2020 and went everywhere and did everything with it, loved that car so much, really miss it.

What's funny was it wasn't special, it wasn't even twenty years old when I had it, and at the time these 90s minis weren't very desirable - just seen as an old car. I wasn't even into cars, I got this because it was cheap and cute, but it absolutely made me into a car enthusiast :)

I now own a Renault 5 TR and a Triumph Dolomite 1850 hehe

[AldoVanucci]

I love the go cart driving position and the way the shot from the front of the two guys in the car looked like they had been green screened into a miniature. Minis are fantastic.

[RoofysGarage]

I knew I wasnt delusional when I was thinking I've seen a Mini reviewed on RCR before, despite your outro saying otherwise! The next recommended video to come up was the yellow 1966 that you all reviewed years back. After watching it again, I am pleasantly delighted to see some of the same feelings described. And references to TWEED in both! 🤣 The Mini, along with the DeLorean and original VW beetle are a few of my oddball dream cars that I've always wanted to own. And I'm happy to see this more in-depth review on RCR.