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Interior/Exterior Should MINI USA support Free Cup Holder??

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Old Aug 19, 2003 | 09:21 PM
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J.D Power survey hit MINI pretty hard with the cup holder issues.
Instead of sell the MINI FINI cup holder, shouldn't it be free for all MINI owners?
it will not resolve the problem buy supply a extra part which people needs to pay for it.

A more than 20K Car dose not come with a resonable cup holder?

MINI owners needs to spend extra money to buy a cup holder to hold their large beverages??????

Sell it is not a option. if they send me a J.D Power survey now. I still will address the problem.
 
Old Aug 20, 2003 | 07:41 AM
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How many places are you going to post this?


 
Old Aug 20, 2003 | 08:09 AM
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As many places as possible. It's a conspiracy, and we have to get the word out!

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Old Aug 21, 2003 | 04:51 PM
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First off, get a good spell/grammar checker!! Second, why the Mini Fini cup holder, that thing is hideous looking! Mini couldn’t pay me to put one of those in my Mini. If you need a bigger cup holder, get a bigger car!
 
Old Aug 21, 2003 | 06:53 PM
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^^^ Precisely!!!
 
Old Aug 21, 2003 | 06:58 PM
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>>First off, get a good spell/grammar checker!! Second, why the Mini Fini cup holder, that thing is hideous looking! Mini couldn’t pay me to put one of those in my Mini. If you need a bigger cup holder, get a bigger car!
 
Old Aug 21, 2003 | 07:04 PM
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I wish the MINI had zero cup-holders. Get outta the drive thru, off the phone, flip up your vanity mirror, put away your lipstick, zip up your CD holder, zip up your pants, and drive the car please.

Car is for transportation
Cup if for drinking
you do not need to drink to transport, therefore it is unneccesary
 
Old Aug 21, 2003 | 08:02 PM
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>>...zip up your pants...



I'd like to add to the list:

...Brush your hair, and comb your teeth, and drive the car please.

Ok now done .
 
Old Aug 21, 2003 | 08:08 PM
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Aren't 3 cup holders enough? Cars are for driving, not drinking and talking on the phone.
 
Old Aug 21, 2003 | 08:18 PM
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I have to agree...the cup holders were fine with me when I first saw the car, they were fine when I fell in love with the car and they were fine when I bought the car. If you didn't like them at first and bought the car anyway then you really can't complain. You didn't have to buy the car if you didn't like the cup holders.

I could only see this as a legitimate complaint if they had shown a car with one type of holder and then changed it after you ordered the car.

My MINI doesn't have any front cupholders, but did come equipped with a very nice flip-top change holder on the right and a perfect iPod holder on the left!

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Old Aug 21, 2003 | 08:32 PM
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good point Chef...
I don't consider the two front circle thingies to be cupholders, they're circular junk-bins. There is one cup holder, and it is between and to the rear of the front seats. It holds just about everything* perfectly

*everything = Taco Bell, Arby's, and Burger King cups
 
Old Aug 21, 2003 | 08:37 PM
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>>How many places are you going to post this?


This thread will be locked. The thread in MINI talk will continue. Posting of the same topic in multiple forums is not permitted.

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