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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 09:59 AM
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100,000 mile mark

Ok gang. I should hit the 100k mark some time next week. I was wondering if I'm going to be the first? Wonder if Mini USA will give me a gold star or something for this mile stone?
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 10:00 AM
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And here I thought I was doing ok with nearly 50,000. :smile:
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 10:02 AM
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Wow!

You should get a prize! Something bigger and nicer than a gold star. maybe they should name a star after you.:smile:
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 10:09 AM
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Wow, Doug! Way to go....motoring!

I hope that when you do cross the 100K mark that you will post a full report about your motoring experience and how your MINI has held up, as well as how long you plan to keep it. You certainly deserve some special recognition from MINIUSA! I hope they're following this thread.

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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 10:09 AM
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I personally think no one else in the USA and probably the world has a MINI with such high mileage.

Drving an average of 4K miles per month in 22-23 months should speak loads about the quality and reliability of these cars. That is a lot of use for sure.

Also, not bad for a first year production MCS.

Congratulations on your motoring record and be sure to take a pic of the odometer once it rolls foward to 100K.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 10:19 AM
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WTG Doug. I'm still betting on the 13th.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 12:17 PM
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Wowza!!! And how long have you owned the MINI??? Hope there were at least a few great long road trips with those miles....

Chow!

Donna :smile:
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 12:18 PM
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I just broke 19K miles on my 02 MCS and got pretty excited about it
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 12:23 PM
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Just rolled over 30K with one week to go before Mr. Tumnus's 1 year birthday.

I'm looking forward to 100K - congrats!
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 12:29 PM
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whats up well from what i know you and me where the highest ones here on this bored im at 70,000 now but since i started my new job its so much closer now that ive been not going so much, unfortunatly my mini has not been out of the state of michigan, all these miles are simpley detroit metro area miles

but if i stayed in my ol area we would be neck to neck but then again the car is onely 1.5 years old and i picked it up with 4 so not so bad if ya ask me!!!!

but congrats on all those wonderfull miles, i hope you enjoyed puting all those miles on as much as i do!!!!!!

good luck on hitting the mile stone hehehe
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 12:49 PM
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And to think we knew you when...

I think you'll make the big crossover on July 11th!
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 12:52 PM
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I just hit 1750...it was beautiful
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 05:01 PM
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Amazing! How did you accumulate all those miles? Where are you located?
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 05:22 PM
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Congrats Doug!

Godspeed.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by zgokart
Amazing! How did you accumulate all those miles? Where are you located?
He is right here in Florida. I think he drives an average of 4K miles per month and has owned the car for about 22-24 months. He has driven the car all over the country as well.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 06:08 PM
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dpilgram -

Serious Congratulations! You may well have the highest mileage MINI in the US. You should contact MINIUSA about that to see if they have a high mileage club. I once had a Volvo which topped 100,000 and Volvo sent me a rather nice grill badge which they apparently made for 100K, 200K and so on. Inasmuch as not many MINI's would have normally reached that plateau yet, they may not have given this much (if any) thought so perhaps you could be the trendsetter for the rest of us. And I thought 20K in a year and a half was excessive. You're already an inspiration to us all!:smile:
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 08:43 PM
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WOW do post a pic when you hit the 100K mark.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 08:54 PM
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Cool!
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 09:20 PM
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whew, Motor-On!

I have about 14k on MM2 now, at almost 9 months old Yippie
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 09:47 PM
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congratuations!

Originally Posted by dpilgrim
Ok gang. I should hit the 100k mark some time next week. I was wondering if I'm going to be the first? Wonder if Mini USA will give me a gold star or something for this mile stone?
what mods do you have and for a how long? i'm very interested to know how my mcs will do with alta pulley, denso plugs and alta cai in 100,000 miles. (more to come of course
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 09:51 PM
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Congrats on such a milestone! I thought I was racking up the miles.....36,000 in 16 months.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 10:32 PM
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Well heck my 03 MCS is almost a year and a half old and I got just 6700 miles total. I'm going for the lowest number of miles
 
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Old Jul 7, 2004 | 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by dpilgrim
Ok gang. I should hit the 100k mark some time next week. I was wondering if I'm going to be the first? Wonder if Mini USA will give me a gold star or something for this mile stone?
Gold star? They should give you a gold car and feature you in their new "Let's really motor!" ad campaign.

Congrats!
 
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Old Jul 7, 2004 | 01:58 AM
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My '02 MCS will be 2 in August. I have 8,000 miles on the clock at this time. Unfortunately, the low miles are because I have been sick most of the last 2 years.

Looking forward to getting better so I can put some real miles on the Mouse.:smile:
 
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Old Jul 7, 2004 | 02:40 AM
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Good going guy, I thought I was burning up the miles. I will cross 64k later this week and I picked my MINI up in April 2002. Been up and down the East Coast, have not ventured very far West. Maybe later this year.....
 
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