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I agree with the article. Mine is falling apart and I still want it. Its sick.

 

Pitney blames the car’s low J.D. Power rating mostly on a poorly designed cupholder. “That was the number one complaint, that you could get a soda can into it, but it wouldn’t hold a large latte from Starbuck’s.”




and interestingly..

Waugh, the dealer in Peabody, said he’s taken several Volkswagen Beetles in trade for new Minis. “More men are buying Mini than women,” he said, by a 65 percent margin. “Volkswagen made a mistake by putting a flower vase on the dashboard. The Beetle became known” as a car for women.

The more powerful Mini Cooper S is regarded as masculine, he said. Automotive marketing dogma holds that women are willing to consider a vehicle perceived as masculine, but men avoid cars regarded as feminine.

 

cool article!
good point!

 

Flowerpot or not, the Beetle clearly IS a car for women.

 

THIS IS THE BEST PART...."anWaugh said he’s unworried about quality glitches, such as the cracks that appeared on windshields or the shifter on the manual transmission that popped out of gear on some vehicles. “Mini has fixed absolutely everything,” he said. “The company has been very responsive.’......So I guess mancheese and everybody else here are just lying about the fights, to get the windshield fixed!