If you guys think a BMW 325i loaner totally and completely "sucks" maybe you should try a Ford Taurus, Chevy Lumina, Dodge Neon, Chevy Cavalier or Toyota Echo next time around.

The 325i is no MINI, but it is a DAMN nice car (Specially when you get to drive it for free) with a silky smooth in line six cylinder, RWD, great handling and superb interior.


Really some of you truly crack me up at times.

 

I ended up with a 2005 taurus. sucked... The car was clean (unusual for my enterprise expierences), but only had a tape player Thankfully, I had my cassette adaptor and MP3 player handy

 

man, Motor City Mini sucks. All the better they can do is a Taurus I asked for a Mini, any mini, or ANY BMW. No deal...

But... Better than GM service, were you have to argue with them to get a loaner... And if you do, it is something like a BASE saturn with 40,000MI and pee-smell inside I remember when my parents drove a "Dust-Buster" I mean Pontiac Transport. Well they botched up work, so we had a loaner for 2 weeks- a smoke filled Chevy Astro. So we go to fuel it up, and uhhh, we were driving a mulitave (sp?) cocktail. The gas cap was replaced by a rag

 

Yeah your right it is a nice car,very smooth,nice ride on the highway,and with no cruise,I would get lots of tickets,it does want to go

 

I haven't had a need yet to leave my MINI overnight, though I still have problems , but MINI of Nashville does provide a nice couch for same day service. Well, unless your a BMW owner, they get free rental cars for the day as I was told.

 

I was at my dealer (Patrick MINI) a couple weeks ago for my 10K service and a couple other issues. The service that should have taken a little over an hour took nearly six hours. The MINI loaner was out so I got a 330xi. Great power and it pulled like a freight train, but it was...too smooth. I felt too distant from the driving experience. My MC felt soooo good after driving that car. :smile:

 

Holy crap, string, how'd you swing that one? Everytime hulk goes in, my moms like, i NEED a loaner, and they're like, we can do enterprise for you, what'd you say to them? Also, we made the appointment like a week earlier and said we needed one too .... is there some "trick" to getting one?

-scott

 

Well, it was for a regular scheduled service interval visit and not just "coming-in-for-random-stuff." Um, didn't say anything.

So, maybe I just look trustworthy!

When I had my windshield replaced and then in for some new cowl vents and door panel warranty squeak fix I didn't get a loaner.

 

Towne Mini of Amherst NY gave me a 2003 Hyundai Elantra for the day - I was greatful to have the ride but after reading some of the other posts - I am jealous. Scheduled for some work Friday - maybe with luck will get something interesting.