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Old Apr 12, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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MINI in shop

My MINI is having a little work done to it, and they gave me a Nissan Sentra for a loaner car. I've had this car about 12 hours and I already miss my MINI. I tried taking a corner I normally take in my MINI and the Sentras tires started squealing pretty bad. Nothing compares to the handling of the MINI.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 12:13 AM
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A Sentra?? I've heard people post that they have been given BMWs as loaners...

Is it wrong to expect a car a little more valuable than a Sentra as a loaner after spending 30k on a MINI??
 
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 12:53 PM
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Well I bought my MINI used from a Nissan dealership so they handle the loaner car. They guy said if I would have taken It to BMW or MINI I would have gotten a better car but its just for a couple days I can live with it
 
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 01:08 PM
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Well I bought my MINI used from a Nissan dealership so they handle the loaner car. They guy said if I would have taken It to BMW or MINI I would have gotten a better car but its just for a couple days I can live with it
Well, BMW isn't going to work on your MINI, you have to take it to a MINI Dealer, but that being said, most MINI dealers won't give you a loner car since you didn't buy the car from them. In fact I don't know of a dealer in SoCal that gives out loaner cars to people that don't buy cars from them (And there are 5 that I know of).
 
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