Move to the Mini?

He was a Mini Cooper convert, a zealot. After owning a Nissan Maxima, and prior to that a Buick Park Avenue, my father-in-law bought a Mini Cooper in 2012 and has been smitten ever since. He lives in western New York and wanted a car with a go-kart feel and a roomy interior (he’s 6 foot 2, so that’s a big selling point). All it took was one test drive and he was completely sold. “It’s fun to drive even on short trips,” he says. “At 80 years old, I need all the fun I can get.”