How much you pay for Gasoline every month?
mini cooper was not a fuel efficient car despite the its 1.6L capacity.
Take an example, Ferrari or Lambrogini may be someone's dream car but is it comfortable? How much you pay for Gasoline every month? There is no backseat!??
i cant compare with ferrari and lambo as i never sat in one.
but mini's backseat is more or less useless. its english made (now germany) but it can barely fit an asian adult in.
Why don't you buy a Hiace?
as a matter of fact, my dad drives a Hiace and its fun driving it sometimes.
Go back to the performance, 1.5times accidents per week!!?....How do you drive?
4x4 just cut into the lane without putting indicators,
trucks pressure u until u are right on the verge of hitting the side blocks on a highway,
u name it i have faced it, it has nothing to do with my driving skills what so ever.
its the difference between driving a tofu sized mini and a brick wall Land Cruiser.
Regarding the maintaince, I know that there are much problem for those A/T which manufactured before 2004. And mine is M/T so that I can get rid of this Regarding the seat, I am using a pair of Sparco seat instead of the original one and it is really comfortable.
my problem isnt about transmission and in fact my 2002 model has superb gears that never been a problem. the problems are:
1. mini cooper is the first wave to introduce 6 airbags, and the door is so heavy that everytime u shut the door hard u have a high chance of triggering the side airbags without it actually inflating, as a safety measure AND to avoid voiding the insurance coverage you must fix it. AUD$200+ per visit at BMW.
2. since mini is a frameless windowed door, and you know when you shut the door, the window wind down a bit then goes back up, the same thing goes again, if u shut the door a bit harder than gentle, you always face the fate of breaking either the radiator or that muthaf**king mechanism that does the winding. Worse more, i have been quoted AUD$1000 per side to fix my already malfunctioning window motor.
3. the stupidest fault with mini is actually at the rear windscreen wiper's water beam. mysteriously they have used an easy rusting metal on the connector between the tube linked to the water tank and the wiper.
with the seats, since my sister is the owner of the car and i drive the civic type r above, i dont give single shit no more, and im happy as ever.
mini WAS a good car, but it doesnt last very long. my mini is 70k mileage and its starting to get inefficient.
moreover, it never gave me a feeling of the car is alive, like this civic type r did.
cheers.
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