R50/53 weather challenged?
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Hi everybody!!!
I totally love the MINI--its by far and away the coolest car I have seen for quite a long time!! One main concern I have that is causing me to think a little more than I would like to is that its so small that I wonder if it has trouble in adverse weather conditions.
I live just outside of Chicago and the weather here can be pretty brutal--snow, rain, sleet, or extreme heat...so if any of you can attest to how well or how poorly the MINI has handled your weather extremes, I would appreciate it, and I am sure other future motorers will as well!
Thanks!
I totally love the MINI--its by far and away the coolest car I have seen for quite a long time!! One main concern I have that is causing me to think a little more than I would like to is that its so small that I wonder if it has trouble in adverse weather conditions.
I live just outside of Chicago and the weather here can be pretty brutal--snow, rain, sleet, or extreme heat...so if any of you can attest to how well or how poorly the MINI has handled your weather extremes, I would appreciate it, and I am sure other future motorers will as well!
Thanks!
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Hello & Welcome skokiedude :smile:
I'm in Buffalo, and I have to say that my Cooper handled the winter very well. From the start of the winter until the dawn of spring I put 3000 miles on her with no problems.
However, we did not have the real deep snow this year that we have had in the past. Like 3' in one day, 7' in a week, but I have the dreaded SUV for those days )
I hope this helps.
Sue
I'm in Buffalo, and I have to say that my Cooper handled the winter very well. From the start of the winter until the dawn of spring I put 3000 miles on her with no problems.
However, we did not have the real deep snow this year that we have had in the past. Like 3' in one day, 7' in a week, but I have the dreaded SUV for those days )
I hope this helps.
Sue
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Welcome skokiedude! I'll bet I can guess which town "outside of Chicago" you live in
There's lots of info on MCO related to driving MINIs in snow, ice, rain, etc. You should use the thread SEARCH function to locate some of this (here's a quick "how to" on using the search function).
If you don't mind getting it a bit dirty/snowy/icy/wet, the MINI is absolutely not weather challenged.
There's lots of info on MCO related to driving MINIs in snow, ice, rain, etc. You should use the thread SEARCH function to locate some of this (here's a quick "how to" on using the search function).
If you don't mind getting it a bit dirty/snowy/icy/wet, the MINI is absolutely not weather challenged.
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Well, I didn't try and drive my MINI in our 2.5 foot snowstorm in March until after the plows came through, but she did just fine in the slush and a couple of smaller snowfalls (including one the day I got her). Rain handling was good, but I will admit to having acquired a 1973 Toyota Land Cruiser (wagon style) to fix up for winter driving in those occasionally harsh Colorado storms. This isn't for a lack of trust in my little green baby, but because I like her too much to subject her to constant slush, salt, magnesium chloride, sand, rocks and idiots that don't realize four wheel drive doesn't improve your stopping power one bit.
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