My scheme car is a three-door Mini hatch Cooper S. Won’t bore you by restating things which I have already covered elsewhere (Mini Matters thread in Off Topic). My very first thoughts about the car were formed on the drive back from collecting it. Very first reaction, important one, was “go easy with right foot!” It can be deceptively prompt and you can exceed speed limits much quicker than you think. After that, I was concerned about the harshness of the ride; it moderates after 1,000 or so miles and you learn to live with it. The car I test drove was a five-door and the longer wheelbase seems to moderate the bumps. Then, of course, there is the handling which is just amazing: you point it and it goes where you want. No drama. I’d swear the computers have an AI which reads your mind and knows what you want. Overall impression of drive home was that I had strapped this machine to my back and it took me home. It has some drawbacks but, oh my, it makes you smile!