Good Luck with closing the deal on Thursday!

 

Thanks for the info. Explains a bit of the discrepancies. All I know is it's a pure pleasure to drive. There is 1 issue for anyone who thinks you should never rev the engine... it needs to run @ at least 3k or it bogs. Just glad my wife understands.

 

Not a problem.

I never did find a power number for the JCW kit on the Gen I cars. I thought it was somewhere around 200hp, but sometimes what you see on the internet is unreliable...

 

She's supposed to get good gas mileage, but with her practically begging to be driven hard it's difficult to actually accomplish that

 

Let's see............ Items that have been mentioned:

1. I never got a sunroof because I thought it took up too much of the roof space. Now that I live in AZ, I'm REALLY glad I skipped it.
2. I love the toggles.
3. I love the "pull-twice" door handles. I find them charming.
4. My seat belt does not seem to get stuck between the door and the seat, but I think it depends on how long your legs are (I'm 5' 5").
5. I have two actual, functioning cup holders--the add on, and the one between the seats. The two down in the front under the dash pillar I use for my garage door opener and miscellaneous goodies. I use the space between the pillars for my CDs--a bunch fit in there nicely.
6. The run-flats were annoying and expensive, but that problem has been remedied with my wonderful Yokohamas, and MINI donut behind the passenger seat.
7. The direct fuel injection click-click sound is kind of odd, but that's part of the car's uniqueness.
8. The back seat is kind of useless for passengers, but then I knew that when I bought it. The fold down seats and hatch make up for any storage issues.

That's about it. Almost all of these things I knew before I bought the car and if I didn't like them, I wouldn't have bought it. There are always improvements to be made to any car, but that's why they come out with new MINIs every year. That being said, it would be very hard to part with this one, my first. Too many great memories.

Paula

 

What do I hate? TBH, I hate front-wheel drive... if Miranda was RWD or AWD I would be absolutely totally more in love than I already am.

Otherwise, I got nuthin'.

Peace and MINIs

LO

 

He's leaking all over the place! I don't really hate it. It forces me to really get to know the ins and outs of my MINI as I fix all my leaks.

 

+1

For a while I never realized how much this was a "problem" but today on my way to work I was the first car at the light. And I finally see what you (and others that complain about this) are talking about. So, that is on my list now. Granted it is a very short list lol.

Even with the little things that bug me, this car is still at the very top of my favourite cars list.

 

+1

I hear ya!

 

Oh, everyone with any car has little things they like complain about, that doesn't mean they don't love it. If you noticed, after every complaint, there is a "but I'd buy a MINI all over again" comment too. lol

Personally, I think that most of the complaints about the car are kind of silly because many of them were known well before we bought our MINIs.

As I posted, I find the quirks fairly charming and if I didn't, I wouldn't have bought it.

 

It makes me wonder if folks would be so vigorous if they were thinking about buying a Chevy or a Ford. Somehow I don't think so. It almost seems like folks are trying to talk themselves out of buying a MINI.

 

Maybe if people weren't so picky the JDP surveys wouldn't show MINI at the bottom of the list. While it's fun to pick up on things that are annoying and make a place to post such things, I'd almost bet there is a relationship between this type of post and our position on the JDP survey. IMHO, of course.
http://www.motoringfile.com/2011/03/...dy/#more-15813

 

I can't say I ~hate~ anything but some things I would turn in to MINI as suggested improvements:

1. The thing about water dripping on your seat when you open the door.

2. An interior toggle switch to open the rear hatch would be nice.

3. It's really hard to crack the window open just a wee bit - hold the switch too long and it goes down all the way, too little and it still opens about 1 inch before stopping.

4. For the non-rain sensing wipers, I love how they drop from "on" to "intermittent" while the car is stopped. Why don't they also drop from "intermittent" to "off"?

 

No adjustable intermittent wipers, and why is the hood release on the passenger side?

 

Well just drove mine the first time in the rain, well the rain in the door is a pain but man that's the only thing I've find that annoys me so far.

 

They "fixed" that on the Gen 2 it's now on the left side. but I like the turn signal switch detents on the Gen 1 better. The sport seats on my '04 are also better than those on my '07 S. They are wider and softer now...not as good for spirited driving . Minor complaints compared to how great the car is otherwise

 

I thought it kind of sad they moved the bonnet release to the left side. So many changes from the first generation to the second. It would be interesting to know how they came up with the decisions to change and why.

 

More conventional. Probably confused a lot of people as it did me the first time I tried to pop the hood open. The car did not have a manual and I had to google it.

 

Water never drips on my seat, when I open the door. Where is it coming from, for you guys?

Dave

 

Mine runs straight down from the roof lands right in the middle of the seat.

 

How the hell does that happen.. use a picture and the paint program to show us im confused

 

Glass roof -- get Schomp to fix that.

 

So is the water leaking threw the sunroof? if so then y do people keep saying when the door opens?

 

No leak, it just seems to run in when I open the door. I asume because of the lack of a gutter

 

how does it run in all the way to drip on the middle of your seat?