I just wanted to add that my friend is a sixty year old retired law enforcement (arson investigator) in Ky. We don't hang out or anything(I'm 39) just play golf together on occation. He said that the couple had the back of the Cooper stuffed full of luggage etc. I really didn't want to start a debate but I didn't realize it was such a big deal to some. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

 

The OP never said one year. He said a 2002

Totally disagree. If you had 100K on any MINI, you would be pretty proud the thing held up so long. Your not talking Hondas here.



300K for a 5 year old car is what ... 60K/year? Of course it can exist. How could anyone ever doubt that:impatient Whether it happened in a MINI, now THAT is a different question.

As to dealerships ... unless the person had warranty work done, I do not think that unusual at all. I have had many cars that NEVER ... EVER saw the inside of the a dealership. The only reason my MINI saw a dealership was because of warranty work.

MINI dealer are far and few between. In fact, if I never had a warranty issue, I just used a local BMW independent shop for work done. So I dont think its unusual at all.

As to be a celebrity ... the guy probably could care less. Of the 150K MINIs sold in the US, how many are active on any MINI forum ... 10%. The masses could care less.

 

But would you go online about it? Especially if you were cranking up 60,000 miles per year - kind of seems like a lot of time spent driving (as opposed to chatting on forums....)

Especially after the warranty period has expired. I don't know too many people that would drive out of their way to have a repair done at a higher labor rate so they could get an official dealer service invoice.... Now if the repair required access to the MINI computers or software updates, that would require a trip to the dealer. But for "normal" maintenance items such as plugs, filters, brake pads & rotors, etc. (even clutch friction plates), it is entirely possible to not see the dealers' service department. If the miles are being accumulated on the highway (which it sounds like they are), you could even run up 300,000 miles on the original clutch friction plate. I know - I did it on a 1978 Diesel Rabbit that was driven 90% of its 250,000 miles on the highway (commuter car).

 

If you drove a mini at 8.57 miles per hour non stop youd get 300,000 miles in 4 years.

206 miles per day is 300,000 miles.

At 55 mph average speed, includes high speed cruising and occaisional slowing down for a bit, you will only need to drive less than 2 hours one direction, and less than two hours another direction. (1.86 hours each way)

So like, if you were running cocaine or pot (cocaine is a better return) accross a boarder near sandiego every day (why stop on weekends, youre raking it in) you could easily beat out this fabled dood who is recorded as having the most miles on his mini. A well established coke runner probably wouldnt post on forums remember.

Just some thoughts.
anyone got a mirror. hm.

 

oops, extended typo.



100k miles isn't remarkable for a modern car, even a MINI. I'd probably make a thread as a milestone, but I wouldn't be bragging.

 

Who cares

 

For a modern car ... agreed

For a MINI? since the oldest car is only 5 years old, it has NO track record. I'd like to see the numbers ...

"show me the money"

 

I think any car will last a long time if you take care of it properly.

 

Obviously you've never driven a Fiat:impatient

 

If you were doing 60k a year you wouldn't have time to go online to brag about it. I could easily see it happening, whats the big deal?

 

 

 

A modern car not lasting 100k miles would border on pathetic.

 

"show me the money"

I'm not saying they will or not but with so many major problems, a handful of people over 100K means nothing.

Wait 5 more years and then we will see But nothing can be said now since there is not enuff statistical data

 

There isn't any statistical data to support your position either. Plenty of anecdotal evidence on both side, but not enough to prove anything. I've seen 3 MINIs with very high miles clocked. Not 300k, but still some pretty high numbers. Is it possible to get 300k out of a MINI? Sure, but just like any car, you have to take care of it to get there.

 

I’ll do this one more time, put up or show up!!! Show me a picture of a “new” MINI with 300,000 miles on it. If I see it for myself, only then will I believe it.

A friend of a friend told me about this… And this person has what, 85 posts to their name. A whole lot of creditability goes there.

I’ve been driving my problem free MCS for over 4 years now and know a huge part of the MINI community out there and I’m going to believe some persons who just happens to know someone who happens to know….

 

But there is statistical data showing how many problems exist. This forum is full of complaints of all kinds. So we shall see over time ...

 

But by your own estimation, this forum represents maybe 10% of the population of MINI owners.... And, not all members of the NAM community are having problems. Count me as one of the ones who are not having problems with my car. Perhaps Dave F. could start a poll about the ownership experience - some categories could be:

a. First owner, no problems (me)
b. First owner, problems
c. Second or later owner, no problems
d. Second or later owner, problems

The poll could be decomposed into what kind of problems to further get a handle on where the reported problem areas occur as well.

Dave, are you up for the challenge?

 

Only porblems for you, not for me.

 

Agreed. And I already asked for that in the feedback section. Check the threads. It would be interesting to see the numbers ... thats why I said only time will tell!

no more

 

Ah, but don't you have an R56 on order? First year production for a BMW? Isn't that rolling the dice on potential problems????

 

I said we're considering a ... 2008/9 convertable.

I'd never buy a MINI 2007 I have no desire to be a guinea pig

I let all the early adapters work that out

 

Why would he lie? That'd be beyond silly.

 

Since when does this guy owe you any kind of proof? He was only making a comment on a discussion board. You've come on way too strongly from your first post in this thread. You've turned it into a personal attack on twonz1's credibility without good reason. I don't think that's any way to treat a newcomer to a largely friendly community.

 

Your comments seem inconsistent. Are you saying that even if someone posted a picture of the odometer showing 300,000+ miles, you would not believe it until you actually saw the car in person? If so, what about seeing the car in person would convince you that the the 300,000+ odometer reading was accurate? Piston bore wear???? As I said at the start of this post, your comments seem inconsistent. All MINI would require in the way of proof (at least in the example you cited earlier in the thread) was the odometer reading.