The inside is just fine. It's the outside that has been taken the beating with all of these miles. Rock chips and such.

 

Doug, your problems seemed to have been very minimal with the car. So planning to keep it for another 100K?

 

I'm at 48.7k Dave, I think I'm going to pass you.

 

Actually, you already have. I'm at 48.3k

 

Thanks Doug for the detailed input. You must be doing a lot of right things on your MINI to serve you well all these 100k miles. We can all learn a lot from your experience.

 

Congrats Doug! At 15K I'm an amateur. I too, keep cars a long time / high mileage.

I'd like to know how some of the consumables faired in 100K. How long between replacements for tires, brake pads, and average gas mileage. How did the leather/cloth seat surfaces, interior door facing, capets, etc. survive?

I commute in a 1990 Toyota 4WD with 167K on the odo and when cleaned up, it looks like a 2002 or so, inside and out (Mama has the MCS most days ). I know our 2003 MCS will look as good in 2017.

 

Congrats on hitting the 100,000 mile mark! Woohooooo! It's funny, my first new car was a 1991 Acura Integra GS, and I drove 30,000 miles the first year, and 10 years later, sold it for $4,000 at 185,000 miles. In fact, I sold it just prior to getting my MINI, so I expect to keep my MINI which is now at 20,100 miles in 10 months for a long time as well.

Cars built even 10 years ago, atleast the Japanese ones, were made to last, so I hope this Brazilian engine will do something similar!

 

In just two months of having my MINI COOPER S I have PUT 10,000 miles on it. I drive 120 miles round trip to work everyday. All highway miles. I did have a trip from ALAbama to Texas and back. I'm glad to hear the MINI can get 100,000. Congrats!!!

 

I totally agree with you, Tim... I came from a 1987 Volvo wagon with about 350,000 miles... I was in the high mileage club with Volvo and hope MINI does something similar.

My folks have been driving BMWs & Volvos for nearly twenty years and those Europeans know a thing or two about building a car to last. I expect nothing less from my MINI, though I expect I'll have another at that point and (like the Volvo) it will have been passed on to my kids who will rack up even more miles.

 

I'm on my fourth set of tires now. I still have the original brake pads and discs. the average gas mileage on the vacation trips is around 27 mpg. On the interior everything is fine. I have painted the silver parts to match the outside red.

 

I'm with MINI USA. It is always fun to read reports from enthusiastic owners, and your post has us very excited! You are, indeed, our first 100,000 mile owner we are aware of and we'd like to congratulate you. We will be contacting you very soon, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy many more happy miles in your MINI. Let's Motor!

 

MINIDivision chiming in . . . very interesting. Be sure to let us know what they say if/when they contact you!

 

Congratulations, Doug!

It's wonderful to hear of your great motoring experiences and the passing of a significant mile marker!
Keep up happy motoring! :smile:

 

I don't feel nearly as bad now with how much I drive. I have never seen people so appreciative of the miles. I have had Mingo about a month and have accrued over 3800 miles...of course I drove him 600 miles the first day bringing him home from Baton Rouge..when I traded my MR2 Spyder for Mingo, it was 26 months old and had 76000 miles and I was depressed about it. Wow. I feel so much better! It's GOOD to motor! How DID your Mini hold up? I have been very curious about how reliable Mingo is going to be....please let us know. I haven't found your post answering that question yet....

 

Well that is just great!!! It is so nice to hear that a mini has made it to the 100K mark. 100K fast miles aren't the same as 100K miles over say 6 to 10 years, so the jury is still out on long term reliablilty.

This is our first sign that there is a really good chance that they will be relible long term. Thank you for sharing your experiance with us all.

I have a camry right now that has 165k and I got it after my honda accord hit 210K. Neither were new when I got them though. So I was wondering how long I could possible hang on to the mini. Thanks for the good news.

 

In reply to your question about reliability of my car or the MINI's in general. I had no qualms about taking my car on a 6,000 mile vacation when it had 90 some odd thousand miles on it. So long as you maintain your car at all times it will give you years and miles of fun and smiles.

 

No odometer picture, no 100,000 mile congratulations. :smile:


Seriously, any pictures.

 

As I talked with Doug this morning he has 144 miles to go and should turn it over so to speak tomorrow morning going to work. He's got the camera ready. :smile:

 

In my honest opinion, I think puting in 9-10 years worth of service life onto a car in just 22-24 months speaks loads about the quality and reliability of said vehicle. Driving an average of 4K miles per month in 2 years is considered to be severe usage by someone whose car is not primarily used in Taxi Cab, Police, Commercial or rental fleet duty. That is more than double what the average folk puts down in mileage on a monthly basis.


So the point is that there is much more merit in putting 100K miles in just 2 years on a car, more so than putting the same mileage over a period of 10 years. The car that is driven 4K+ miles a month is under much more stress that the car that is driven about or less than 1500 miles per month over an entire decade.

 

I don't think the time frame has anything to do with it but the average trip distance does. ie, 100,000 miles driven in 10 mile trips is a lot harder on a car than 100,000 miles of 100 mile trips. My reasons for this have to do with lubrication and thermal cycling.

Please explain why you think stretching out the same number of miles over a longer period of time is easier on the car...

 

way to go my friend!

 

For God sake! barrow a camera, and post some pics, we're on page three of this post and still no PROOF!

 

I have the camera in the car as I write. I will take the picture when it gets lighter outside. I would like to find a good stretch of road to incorporate in the shot. You guys will have it today.

 

Hey just like in his MINI, he trying to get the most mileage out of this thread.
Way To Go Doug.

 

OK gang here it is. A picture is worth a 100,000 miles and smiles