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Bought a used JCW Mini at 23500 miles about 6 months ago from a Mini dealer. The car was apparently owned and used by Mini before putting it up for sale as a used car (per the dealer). On a roadtrip from New Jersey to New Hampshire, the car breaks down in Connecticut and has to be towed to a dealership (I was stuck in stop and go traffic for about 10 mins when the breakdown happened). Dealer says the clutch and flywheel needs to be replaced and they show significant wear. He says it won't be covered by warranty as it a usage/abuse issue. Calling Mini's 800 number hasn't helped either. The best they will do is a parts/labor split (which the repairing dealer offered), which means I have to shell out another $1500. I would understand having to pay the entire amount (without any split), if I had bought the car from a private seller. But, having to pay the cost, for a car bought at a mini dealership and apparently operated by Mini, with me barely owning the car, has me all upset. I haven't driven this car hard or abused the clutch. Last car I had was a manual transmission with about 170k miles on it. Either this car was abused under Mini ownership or their clutches are the equivalent of junk (at least to me :p) Looks like I have no option other than pay up or settle down in CT with my car at the shop....end rant
Last edited by georgemp; 10-21-2009 at 01:23 PM.
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Bought a used JCW Mini at 23500 miles about 6 months ago from a Mini dealer. The car was apparently owned and used by Mini before putting it up for sale as a used car (per the dealer). On a roadtrip from New Jersey to New Hampshire, the car breaks down in Connecticut and has to be towed to a dealership (I was stuck in stop and go traffic for about 10 mins when the breakdown happened). Dealer says the clutch and flywheel needs to be replaced and they show significant wear. He says it won't be covered by warranty as it a usage/abuse issue. Calling Mini's 800 number hasn't helped either. The best they will do is a parts/labor split (which the repairing dealer offered), which means I have to shell out another $1500. I would understand having to pay the entire amount (without any split), if I had bought the car from a private seller. But, having to pay the cost, for a car bought at a mini dealership and apparently operated by Mini, with me barely owning the car, has me all upset. I haven't driven this car hard or abused the clutch. Last car I had was a manual transmission with about 170k miles on it. Either this car was abused under Mini ownership or their clutches are the equivalent of junk (at least to me :p) Looks like I have no option other than pay up or settle down in CT with my car at the shop....end rant
Yes... LuK clutches are pretty shitty. Watch out!.
hee hee couldnt have said it better myself good one cbs
__________________ I say, boy, you dont seem to be apprehendin' the general gist of what I'm tryin' to convey here. Maybe you oughta take a second, let your head catch up to your tongue before it gets all sunburnt. That was a joke, son, I say - a joke! Nice boy, but he's about as sharp as a sack o' wet mice.
Spoke to the service manager at Morristown Mini and he seemed to indicate that a clutch wearing out on a mini at 33k miles is normal as the clutches are easier to drive? When I told him, I had driven my old car about 100k miles on a single clutch, he responded with "The mini clutches are different. They are easier to drive" and to my "And they wear out faster?", he just left it at "They are easier to drive and it depends on the driver". At this point, I have already paid New Country mini for the labor and for what it's worth going to file a complaint with the BBB (not that the dealerships or MINI corporate seem to care about it)
good one cbs
I say, boy, you dont seem to be apprehendin' the general gist of what I'm tryin' to convey here. Maybe you oughta take a second, let your head catch up to your tongue before it gets all sunburnt. That was a joke, son, I say - a joke! Nice boy, but he's about as sharp as a sack o' wet mice.
