I have had it with this p.o.s. Car!!!!
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I have had it with this p.o.s. Car!!!!
So at 38,000 miles the turbo fails due to oil coking and gunking up the oil feed line to the turbo. MINI USA would not acknowledge fault due to excessive heat nor give me any break as the car was just out of warranty. I feel this was do to the fact that I was the second owner despite purchasing the car from a MINI dealership. Bill was over $4000.
So at 47,000 miles I bring the car in and tell them the car is stumbling on cold starts and I am getting a over heating indicator. So the car needs a new water pump, thermostat, intake valves cleaned with powdered walnut shells, timing checked and reprogrammed. Overheating caused by excessive heat melting the damn plastic thermostat. Deposit on valves due to poor PCV allowing oil to deposit on the valves which remain dry because it is a direct injected car. Oh and they have a service advisory for an additional heat shield on the oil feed line to the turbo. I ask any recourse now for the turbo since that is what killed the first one. NO! Bill was over $3000
So now at 56,000 miles the clutch fails. Did not take it back to MINI dealership now using local performance shop in Fairfield. Bill is over $3000. Wonder what MINI would have charged me for. Plus the dual mass flywheel is not a servicable item. It cannot be resurfaced.
That is over $10,000 in 18,000 miles. What that is - is a complete P.O.S.
The ironic thing is that I took the car over to Carmax on Saturday. Got what I thought was a low bid. Now with the clutch job it would have been a wash and I should have let them have it.
So now I after I get it home I hope it spontaneously combusts. I will never own anything from BMW or MINI again and will absolutely tell whoever asks to stay the !@# away.
So at 47,000 miles I bring the car in and tell them the car is stumbling on cold starts and I am getting a over heating indicator. So the car needs a new water pump, thermostat, intake valves cleaned with powdered walnut shells, timing checked and reprogrammed. Overheating caused by excessive heat melting the damn plastic thermostat. Deposit on valves due to poor PCV allowing oil to deposit on the valves which remain dry because it is a direct injected car. Oh and they have a service advisory for an additional heat shield on the oil feed line to the turbo. I ask any recourse now for the turbo since that is what killed the first one. NO! Bill was over $3000
So now at 56,000 miles the clutch fails. Did not take it back to MINI dealership now using local performance shop in Fairfield. Bill is over $3000. Wonder what MINI would have charged me for. Plus the dual mass flywheel is not a servicable item. It cannot be resurfaced.
That is over $10,000 in 18,000 miles. What that is - is a complete P.O.S.
The ironic thing is that I took the car over to Carmax on Saturday. Got what I thought was a low bid. Now with the clutch job it would have been a wash and I should have let them have it.
So now I after I get it home I hope it spontaneously combusts. I will never own anything from BMW or MINI again and will absolutely tell whoever asks to stay the !@# away.
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So at 38,000 miles the turbo fails due to oil coking and gunking up the oil feed line to the turbo. MINI USA would not acknowledge fault due to excessive heat nor give me any break as the car was just out of warranty. I feel this was do to the fact that I was the second owner despite purchasing the car from a MINI dealership. Bill was over $4000. So at 47,000 miles I bring the car in and tell them the car is stumbling on cold starts and I am getting a over heating indicator. So the car needs a new water pump, thermostat, intake valves cleaned with powdered walnut shells, timing checked and reprogrammed. Overheating caused by excessive heat melting the damn plastic thermostat. Deposit on valves due to poor PCV allowing oil to deposit on the valves which remain dry because it is a direct injected car. Oh and they have a service advisory for an additional heat shield on the oil feed line to the turbo. I ask any recourse now for the turbo since that is what killed the first one. NO! Bill was over $3000 So now at 56,000 miles the clutch fails. Did not take it back to MINI dealership now using local performance shop in Fairfield. Bill is over $3000. Wonder what MINI would have charged me for. Plus the dual mass flywheel is not a servicable item. It cannot be resurfaced. That is over $10,000 in 18,000 miles. What that is - is a complete P.O.S. The ironic thing is that I took the car over to Carmax on Saturday. Got what I thought was a low bid. Now with the clutch job it would have been a wash and I should have let them have it. So now I after I get it home I hope it spontaneously combusts. I will never own anything from BMW or MINI again and will absolutely tell whoever asks to stay the !@# away.
my fjcw 2013 r56 n18, first/only owner. 32k miles. i killed my clutch at 20k, but i very much abused it, and this is my first manual trasmission. ive had no overheating, oil in turbo, or other issues.
however my mini is quite modded. being catless greatly lessens any oil finding its way to the turbo, and the much larger Forge intercooler does a great job of keeping things cool. my engine is running fine at 23psi (stock is 18psi). although i do plan on tuning soon.
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So at 38,000 miles the turbo fails due to oil coking and gunking up the oil feed line to the turbo. MINI USA would not acknowledge fault due to excessive heat nor give me any break as the car was just out of warranty. I feel this was do to the fact that I was the second owner despite purchasing the car from a MINI dealership. Bill was over $4000.
So at 47,000 miles I bring the car in and tell them the car is stumbling on cold starts and I am getting a over heating indicator. So the car needs a new water pump, thermostat, intake valves cleaned with powdered walnut shells, timing checked and reprogrammed. Overheating caused by excessive heat melting the damn plastic thermostat. Deposit on valves due to poor PCV allowing oil to deposit on the valves which remain dry because it is a direct injected car. Oh and they have a service advisory for an additional heat shield on the oil feed line to the turbo. I ask any recourse now for the turbo since that is what killed the first one. NO! Bill was over $3000
So now at 56,000 miles the clutch fails. Did not take it back to MINI dealership now using local performance shop in Fairfield. Bill is over $3000. Wonder what MINI would have charged me for. Plus the dual mass flywheel is not a servicable item. It cannot be resurfaced.
That is over $10,000 in 18,000 miles. What that is - is a complete P.O.S.
The ironic thing is that I took the car over to Carmax on Saturday. Got what I thought was a low bid. Now with the clutch job it would have been a wash and I should have let them have it.
So now I after I get it home I hope it spontaneously combusts. I will never own anything from BMW or MINI again and will absolutely tell whoever asks to stay the !@# away.
So at 47,000 miles I bring the car in and tell them the car is stumbling on cold starts and I am getting a over heating indicator. So the car needs a new water pump, thermostat, intake valves cleaned with powdered walnut shells, timing checked and reprogrammed. Overheating caused by excessive heat melting the damn plastic thermostat. Deposit on valves due to poor PCV allowing oil to deposit on the valves which remain dry because it is a direct injected car. Oh and they have a service advisory for an additional heat shield on the oil feed line to the turbo. I ask any recourse now for the turbo since that is what killed the first one. NO! Bill was over $3000
So now at 56,000 miles the clutch fails. Did not take it back to MINI dealership now using local performance shop in Fairfield. Bill is over $3000. Wonder what MINI would have charged me for. Plus the dual mass flywheel is not a servicable item. It cannot be resurfaced.
That is over $10,000 in 18,000 miles. What that is - is a complete P.O.S.
The ironic thing is that I took the car over to Carmax on Saturday. Got what I thought was a low bid. Now with the clutch job it would have been a wash and I should have let them have it.
So now I after I get it home I hope it spontaneously combusts. I will never own anything from BMW or MINI again and will absolutely tell whoever asks to stay the !@# away.
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I would wonder, do those selling extended warranties distinguish between those models that might be more prone to failure as to those models that aren't?
Would they discriminate from warranting those models more plagued by failures as opposed to those less prone?
In other words would a similar priced and equipped/model year Honda extended warranty cost be similar to that of a similar Mini Cooper?
If this later were the general practice of those selling extended warranties, than I would say that those purchasing warranties on the more reliable models would in effect be helping underwrite those less reliable models.
Given this I would say that the loser's $$ in this case would be the more reliable Honda owners who opted for the extended warranty.
At any rate it is a calculated risk vs benefit decision each must make on their own.
There certainly is no doubt, however, that in DomesticMuscle's or Minibeagle's case there is no "perhaps" about it. An extended warrant would have saved them thousands of $$$.
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Some extended warrenty companies have MINI'S listed with exotic brands, such as Lamborghini, and will not sell policies.....so choices are a bit limited....
Remember, about 30% of what you pay is a commission to the dealer/seller....
Yes...everybody must decide...to sell the risk or shoulder the burden...I agree there.
Remember, about 30% of what you pay is a commission to the dealer/seller....
Yes...everybody must decide...to sell the risk or shoulder the burden...I agree there.
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So at 38,000 miles the turbo fails due to oil coking and gunking up the oil feed line to the turbo. MINI USA would not acknowledge fault due to excessive heat nor give me any break as the car was just out of warranty. I feel this was do to the fact that I was the second owner despite purchasing the car from a MINI dealership. Bill was over $4000.
Odd, the parts should have come to appx $2,000 including turbo, feed line gaskets, banjo bolts, gasket for turbo ect. Then if you add another 6-8hrs labor should have bumped it up to appx $3K ? But you said over $4K, what else did you have done ? I would have also pressed for a "Good Will" repair. I see this done all the time except for folks who utilize independent shops for repairs never frequenting the MINI Shop.
So at 47,000 miles I bring the car in and tell them the car is stumbling on cold starts and I am getting a over heating indicator. So the car needs a new water pump, thermostat, intake valves cleaned with powdered walnut shells, timing checked and reprogrammed. Overheating caused by excessive heat melting the damn plastic thermostat.
Deposit on valves due to poor PCV allowing oil to deposit on the valves which remain dry because it is a direct injected car. Oh and they have a service advisory for an additional heat shield on the oil feed line to the turbo. I ask any recourse now for the turbo since that is what killed the first one. NO! Bill was over $3000
So now at 56,000 miles the clutch fails. Did not take it back to MINI dealership now using local performance shop in Fairfield. Bill is over $3000. Wonder what MINI would have charged me for. Plus the dual mass flywheel is not a servicable item. It cannot be resurfaced.
That is over $10,000 in 18,000 miles. What that is - is a complete P.O.S.
The ironic thing is that I took the car over to Carmax on Saturday. Got what I thought was a low bid. Now with the clutch job it would have been a wash and I should have let them have it.
So now I after I get it home I hope it spontaneously combusts. I will never own anything from BMW or MINI again and will absolutely tell whoever asks to stay the !@# away.
So now I after I get it home I hope it spontaneously combusts. I will never own anything from BMW or MINI again and will absolutely tell whoever asks to stay the !@# away.
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I too rather hate my MINI, it has has nothing but problems. We bought an extended warranty from the dealer. We were told it would cover everything in the drivetrain, "anything happens under the hood it is covered". NOPE it literally covers almost nothing. They have all sorts of little loop holes to make almost everything not covered. It is ridiculous
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I too rather hate my MINI, it has has nothing but problems. We bought an extended warranty from the dealer. We were told it would cover everything in the drivetrain, "anything happens under the hood it is covered". NOPE it literally covers almost nothing. They have all sorts of little loop holes to make almost everything not covered. It is ridiculous