2017 Mini Countryman Cooper Review: Weekend Test

He kanaka pōʻino a haʻaheo wau i ka makahiki 2002 Mini Cooper S. He leʻaleʻa ka holo ʻana me ke ʻano like. Me kēlā mau hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi, manaʻo wau i ka lua o ka hanauna Mini Countryman - ʻaʻohe mea pōkole o kahi SUV. E like me ka Mini ʻole.

No ka ʻike inā he ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia manaʻo, ua hoʻohana wau i ka hopena pule me kahi Cooper komo-level e kūʻai ana i $39,900 a me kahi pūʻolo LED Chili ʻē aʻe $1,500 (pono ia). No ke kālā, he nui kamahaʻo o ka pahu maʻamau, ʻono nā mea a pau i ke ʻano Mini maʻalahi.

ʻO kēia Countryman hou loa ka kaʻa nui loa a Mini i hana ai, a ʻoiaʻiʻo nō me ia. (Kiʻi kiʻi: Dan Pugh)

Me ʻekolu mau keiki ma lalo o 11, ua lōʻihi koʻu mau lā o ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hatchback wela 2 puka e like me ka 2002 Cooper S (a i ʻole a hiki i ko lākou ulu ʻana). ʻO nā ʻano maikaʻi aʻu i ʻimi ai, e like me "ka leʻaleʻa hoʻokele", ua hāʻawi i ke ala i ka "practicality", ʻoiai ʻo "nā hiʻohiʻona nani" a me nā "kūpono kūpono" ua nalowale i ke kua i "nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi" a me "ke kumu lumi."

ʻO kēia Countryman kaʻa nui loa i hana ʻia e Mini, a ʻo ia ke ʻano o ia - me he mea lā ua pau ka leʻaleʻa mai ia mea, e waiho ana i kahi mana kūpono a makua ma kona wahi. ʻO ka manaʻo mua o nā keiki i ke kaʻa, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻokoʻa.

No ke kālā, he nui kamahaʻo o ka pahu maʻamau, ʻono nā mea a pau i ke ʻano Mini maʻalahi. (Kiʻi kiʻi: Dan Pugh)

No laila, ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli kēia Mini Countryman a kau i ka minoʻaka i kou maka?

E heluhelu hou aku: E heluhelu i ka loiloi hoʻomaka o Andrew Chesterton ma aneʻi.

sabā lā

He mea kupanaha ke kakahiaka Poaono a ke kahea mai nei ke kahakai. I ka wehe ʻana i ke kaʻa, hoʻokipa ʻia mākou e kahi ʻōnaehana kukui LED e hoʻomālamalama i ka logo Mini ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka mea hoʻokele. I ka pau ʻana o ka mea hou o kēia, ua hui pū kaʻu mau keiki ʻekolu me nā papa, nā kāwele, nā mea ʻauʻau a nānā koke i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoluʻolu o ka salona.

ʻO kaʻu mau keiki ʻekolu e ahu ana i nā papa, nā kāwele, nā mea ʻauʻau a nānā koke i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoluʻolu o ka salona. (Kiʻi kiʻi: Dan Pugh)

Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kaʻu mea kahiko ʻo Cooper S i ka makahiki 2002 ma mua o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻoniʻoni ʻo Housewives o Beverly Hills, akā ʻoi aku ka nani o kēia Mini hou, e hui pū ana i ka leʻaleʻa me ka hoʻolālā akamai.

Aia nā maka a pau ma ka hōʻike poepoe me nā apo māmā a me ke kukui accent e hoʻomālamalama ana i ka upholstery o ka puka a me nā wahi papahele - kahi hōʻailona no nā keiki. (Kiʻi kiʻi: Dan Pugh)

I ke komo ʻana i ke kaʻa, aia nā maka a pau ma ka hōʻike pōʻai me nā apo kukui a me nā kukui accent e hoʻomālamalama ana i ka ʻoki puka a me nā wahi papahele - kahi hōʻailona no nā keiki. ʻO kaʻu mea punahele mai Minis kahiko, ʻike ʻia nā hoʻololi toggle, a ʻo ke pihi hoʻomaka ʻulaʻula e huki i ka nānā. Inā makemake ʻoe i nā mea maʻalahi, nou kēia kaʻa.

I ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kahakai no ka hoʻi ʻana i ka home, ua nalowale kekahi o kaʻu mau keiki i kahi lā, akā ua lawe au i ʻelua mau kaʻa. Manaʻo wau ua pena ʻia nā pepeiao ʻehā, no ka mea, ʻoiai ʻo ka nui o kaʻu noi ʻana, hiki nō iā lākou ke lawe mai i kahi nui o ke one kahakai i loko o ka hale.

ʻAʻole ʻo ia i manaʻo paʻakikī a lawe mai i ka minoʻaka i kekahi (ma lalo o 11 makahiki) ka mea e holo ana.

No nā keiki kaʻa kaʻa, ua hana maikaʻi ka ʻenekini 1.5-lita ʻekolu pahu, a noʻu he mea haohao ke kaʻa. Hoʻopili ʻia me ka ʻeono-wikiwiki aunoa, ua manaʻo ʻia he hiki a ʻoi aku ka ikaika i kekahi manawa ma mua o kaʻu i noʻonoʻo ai.

Hoʻi i ka home, lawe au i ka mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hapa nui o ka lā e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke one. He ʻeha ia ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao o ke kaʻa. ʻO kēia kahi e hiki mai ai ka moena papahele - ʻo ka wehe ʻana iā lākou ua kōkua i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpala kahakai.

lā Lālia

Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā kakahiaka Sābati i ka pīniki a me ka lawe ʻana i nā keiki no ka lā a me ke kūʻai ʻana. Ua maʻalahi ka Mini nui loa. Ua kūpono ia iā mākou ʻehā, kā mākou mau ʻeke pīniki a me nā ʻeke kūʻai.

Nui ka ʻeke ukana (me nā noho kū pololei) a ākea me nā noho i pelu ʻia i lalo. (Kiʻi kiʻi: Dan Pugh)

Ua hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā kīʻaha mua ʻelua no nā kīʻaha kofe e lawe ʻia, e like me nā ʻeke puka—ua lilo lākou i hale no ka manawa pōkole no nā ʻōmole inu pēpē, nā pulu, nā kaula lauoho a me ka iPad. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i manaʻo ʻāpiki a lawe mai i ka minoʻaka i kekahi (ma lalo o 11 makahiki) ka mea i holo.

He hiʻohiʻona hoʻokipa kahi hiʻohiʻona hoʻokipa wāwae uila, i hāʻawi ʻia i ka nui o nā mea hana maʻamau i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a puni, i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia. He lumi ka keʻena ukana (me nā noho kū pololei) a he lumi me nā noho i pelu ʻia i lalo (40:20:40), a he wahi hoʻopaʻa maikaʻi hou aʻe me kahi keʻena waihona ma lalo o ka papahele.

Hāʻawi ka hale kūʻai hale kūʻai i ka manawa kūpono e nānā i ke kāmela ʻike hope (maʻamau ma kēia ʻano hoʻohālike) a me ka mua, hope a me ka ʻaoʻao. No ke kaʻa alanui, hoʻokahi hiʻohiʻona (a i ʻole ka hoʻopunipuni pāʻina i ka wā e hoʻokipa ai i nā keiki ʻekolu) he ʻōnaehana kaʻa ʻakomi e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻohālikelike i ka paka ma ia mau wahi paʻa.

He lā la Sabati maʻamau ia a ua kāhea ʻo Pāpā e ʻōlelo i kahi huakaʻi e ʻike i ka pāʻani pīpeku kūloko. Lawe pū au i kaʻu keiki, hele au i kahi alahele pōkole e hoʻāʻo hou i ka hana a ka Mini. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā SUV e haʻohaʻo iaʻu no ke aha ke kū nei ka "S" no "Sport" a ʻaʻole "Suburb". ʻAʻole like me ka Countryman, he hilinaʻi a leʻaleʻa ke kaʻa i ka hoʻokele.

ʻO ka ʻenekini ʻekolu-cylinder he hana kupaianaha, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka lohi o ka neʻe ʻana o ka nila speedometer ma luna o 70 km/h, ke manaʻo ʻoe e hana ana kēlā me kēia o nā cylinders ʻekolu.

Ma waho aʻe o ka ʻenekini, ka hoʻokele a me ka manaʻo, he Mini (ʻoi loa i ke ʻano haʻuki) a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopoina iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele nei i kahi SUV me nā keiki. ʻO nā noho i mua he ʻoluʻolu loa a hoʻohālikelike ʻia e hāʻawi i kahi kūpono kūpono a me ke kākoʻo maikaʻi. Mai ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia, loaʻa i ka pahu ka manaʻo papa mua e kono ana i nā mea hoʻokele a me nā mea kaʻa e nānā i kēlā me kēia pihi a hoʻololi.

Ua ulu ka Mini Countryman ma nā ʻano āpau me ka ʻenehana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, nā lako palekana a me nā hiʻohiʻona pono. He helu nui kēia e kau i ka minoʻaka ma kou mau maka a pono e manaʻo ʻia he mea hakakā maoli no kahi SUV liʻiliʻi.

Ua kūpono anei ke Ku'āina no kou 'ohana? E haʻi mai iā mākou i kou manaʻo ma nā manaʻo ma lalo nei.