R50/53 Which makes more or less sense?
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Which makes more or less sense?
Ideally, most Mini owners would want their warranty to expire exactly 4 years to the day after they purchased the car while simultaneously the odometer clicked over to 50,000 miles.
Which is a bigger waste of the warranty, having only driven 12,000 miles at 4 years of ownership, or passing 50,000 miles at 18 months??
I'm of the opinion that the miles should be put on, that it's a bigger waste to have less the 50k at 4 years than to prematurely reach 50k long before 4 years.
What got me to thinking about it was a used MCS that I saw on a dealer lot the other day. 2004 with only 11,000 miles on it, the warranty was nearly expired without the car ever having really been driven. Seemed like a real waste to me, but then perhaps the previous owner owned so many cars that he couldn't physically put any more miles on it.
I'm of the opinion that the manufacturer would probably prefer the time ran out rather than the miles put on in terms of warranty fullfillment costs. That alone should make the typical driver more eager to rack up the miles (while simultaneosly enjoying the car) instead of being too obsessed with putting miles on the odometer.
Which is a bigger waste of the warranty, having only driven 12,000 miles at 4 years of ownership, or passing 50,000 miles at 18 months??
I'm of the opinion that the miles should be put on, that it's a bigger waste to have less the 50k at 4 years than to prematurely reach 50k long before 4 years.
What got me to thinking about it was a used MCS that I saw on a dealer lot the other day. 2004 with only 11,000 miles on it, the warranty was nearly expired without the car ever having really been driven. Seemed like a real waste to me, but then perhaps the previous owner owned so many cars that he couldn't physically put any more miles on it.
I'm of the opinion that the manufacturer would probably prefer the time ran out rather than the miles put on in terms of warranty fullfillment costs. That alone should make the typical driver more eager to rack up the miles (while simultaneosly enjoying the car) instead of being too obsessed with putting miles on the odometer.
Ideally, most Mini owners would want their warranty to expire exactly 4 years to the day after they purchased the car while simultaneously the odometer clicked over to 50,000 miles.
Which is a bigger waste of the warranty, having only driven 12,000 miles at 4 years of ownership, or passing 50,000 miles at 18 months??
I'm of the opinion that the miles should be put on, that it's a bigger waste to have less the 50k at 4 years than to prematurely reach 50k long before 4 years.
What got me to thinking about it was a used MCS that I saw on a dealer lot the other day. 2004 with only 11,000 miles on it, the warranty was nearly expired without the car ever having really been driven. Seemed like a real waste to me, but then perhaps the previous owner owned so many cars that he couldn't physically put any more miles on it.
I'm of the opinion that the manufacturer would probably prefer the time ran out rather than the miles put on in terms of warranty fullfillment costs. That alone should make the typical driver more eager to rack up the miles (while simultaneosly enjoying the car) instead of being too obsessed with putting miles on the odometer.
Which is a bigger waste of the warranty, having only driven 12,000 miles at 4 years of ownership, or passing 50,000 miles at 18 months??
I'm of the opinion that the miles should be put on, that it's a bigger waste to have less the 50k at 4 years than to prematurely reach 50k long before 4 years.
What got me to thinking about it was a used MCS that I saw on a dealer lot the other day. 2004 with only 11,000 miles on it, the warranty was nearly expired without the car ever having really been driven. Seemed like a real waste to me, but then perhaps the previous owner owned so many cars that he couldn't physically put any more miles on it.
I'm of the opinion that the manufacturer would probably prefer the time ran out rather than the miles put on in terms of warranty fullfillment costs. That alone should make the typical driver more eager to rack up the miles (while simultaneosly enjoying the car) instead of being too obsessed with putting miles on the odometer.
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Putting only 12000 miles on a MINI in 4 years should be considered a criminal act.
It is MUCH better to max out the mileage before the warranty runs out in my opinion.
It is MUCH better to max out the mileage before the warranty runs out in my opinion.
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I bought my MINI to drive it!!! Parking it at anytime literally stresses me out. Drive the "you know what" out of it to find out what bugs might be hiding in your little car. Parking it certainly won't let you get to know your car. The more I drive my MINI, the more confident I am with it's inner workings.
From a wear point of view...
the milage is more an indication of effective age than the time it's been out of the factory. There are some soft bits where this isn't true, but for the motor bearing surfaces and the like, it's the miles, not the time. That's why things like airplane engines count hours of use, and used, cars with lower miles cost more for the same build date....
Now, to answer your question, if you're going to sell the car, you want the mileage limit to happen at the date limit to minimize risk, but that may not minimze value, if you have to not drive to keep from adding miles for example.
If you're going to keep it, it doesn't matter at all, as just using the way you want to is really the best way to get your best value. But it's a subjective call.
From Minis persepctive, they'd want no miles on the car, just buy it and never drive it, as that would surely mimize warranty costs!
Matt
Now, to answer your question, if you're going to sell the car, you want the mileage limit to happen at the date limit to minimize risk, but that may not minimze value, if you have to not drive to keep from adding miles for example.
If you're going to keep it, it doesn't matter at all, as just using the way you want to is really the best way to get your best value. But it's a subjective call.
From Minis persepctive, they'd want no miles on the car, just buy it and never drive it, as that would surely mimize warranty costs!
Matt
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Definitely drive it, that's why you bought it in the first place, right? No sense in saving the mileage, that gets you nothing in the end except for a slightly higher resale value. Still, if you're not going to drive it, why have it?
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