Tron Posted August 18, 2014 Member ID: 4147 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 76 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 758 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 871 Achievement Points: 6311 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 12/07/12 Status: Online Last Seen: 12 minutes ago Birthday: 07/25/1968 Device: iPhone Share Posted August 18, 2014 Well, my oldest daughter is about to turn 16 and inherit my wife's car....so the wife has decided that she wants a Mini Cooper S. I was curious if any Mini owners in this clan could give me their opinions of their vehicles? She wants the hard-top hatch back....i.e. the standard body style. I will probably buy her a 2012...I always prefer to let some other sucker take the first couple years hit of depreciation on vehicles. Thanks for any input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Damage_inc- Posted August 18, 2014 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.36 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted August 18, 2014 kinda difficult to work on.but owners love the car and say its fun..so enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
7Toes Posted August 18, 2014 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 57 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27249 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Share Posted August 18, 2014 to much money for that car in my opinion but opinions are like assholes everyone has one lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Tron Posted August 18, 2014 Member ID: 4147 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 76 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 758 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 871 Achievement Points: 6311 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 12/07/12 Status: Online Last Seen: 12 minutes ago Birthday: 07/25/1968 Device: iPhone Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 to much money for that car in my opinion but opinions are like assholes everyone has one lol Do you actually own one, or are you just providing an opinion based on nothing other than what your own preconceived notion of "too much money" is? My wife could be asking me to buy her a new BMW or Lexus, so I see this as good deal, as long as she will actually be happy with it. I can buy a 2012 Mini that is fully loaded and with very low miles for around $20k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Onyx Posted August 18, 2014 Member ID: 7547 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 16 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 714 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 621 Achievement Points: 5030 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/24/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 4, 2020 Birthday: 07/10/1984 Share Posted August 18, 2014 (edited) I'm a mechanic and we've sold quite a few S' from work. If you're getting one with the low profile tyres the road noise is horrible, it almost sounds like all 4 wheel bearings have failed and the steering needs constant correction to keep the car in a straight line. The chains give huge problems with stretching, although this is normally caused by low oil levels in the engine due to the oil consumption being ridiculous. BMW say a consumption of 1 litre per 1000 miles or so is acceptable. So you will have run 12 litres through it between services. The gearbox's and PAS pumps have been upgraded on the later models so they shouldn't give you any problems. Oh and don't be fooled into believing that because it's German that it will be reliable. The days of German engineering being king are long gone. They're just as shit as everything else now Edited August 18, 2014 by Onyx BUDMAN and Damage_inc- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ldoz Posted August 19, 2014 Member ID: 3530 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 23 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 257 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 236 Achievement Points: 2540 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/06/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 29 Birthday: 05/07/1958 Device: Windows Share Posted August 19, 2014 Maintenance is very critical the correct synthetic oil They recommend service every 15000 mi I would go no more than 7500 mi Turbos like clean oil They have some timing chain issues & turbo issues when not using correct oil or not changing it Poor quality oil filters will collapse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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