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  • Breaking Up Is Hard To Watch

    These might be aftermarket hood stripes on a not-very-old Mini (or Mini Hatch):

    Must be heartbreaking to watch that happen through the windshield.

    On the other paw, given the Mini’s reliability record, they might be OEM stripes:

    In 2015, Consumer Reports awarded the 2006–2012 Mini Cooper S the title ‘Worst Used Car’, saying that while it was “cute and delightfully entertaining”, the repair frequency was “heartbreaking” because the magazine’s surveyed owners reported problems in the areas of “engine major, engine minor, engine cooling, fuel system, body integrity, and body hardware have issues at an alarming rate”.

    One hopes that puppy had fewer internal problems …