Threaten your insurance company to sue them for breach of contract. And be sure to mention punitive damages for the breach of contract. There was a case here in the States that the guy got awarded 8 million because it took too long for his insurance company to settle the claim. You have a contract with your insurance company and they should settle this claim.

 

I think my problem is that I am simply TOO NICE sometimes. I always assume people are telling the truth. I have the burnt car paid off now-- courtesy of my auto insurance. My new car is ready for pickup on Saturday.

Now HERE is another interesting tidbit-- replacing the contents of my car through the home insurance. HUGE PACK OF LIES here. I have EVERYTHING documented and all emails saved. This is the most intersting part...

Apparently a cheque was "mailed" on June 22nd. I was told in an email it takes 5-10 business days.

After waiting 10 business days I emailed the insurance company again. I had not received the cheque. The second time around, she said it takes 10-15 business days.

This made me suspicious. I waited again, then when that time period had come and gone, I sent another email to the insurance agent asking where the cheque was to which she answered saying "I'm sorry. I never sent it. I was waiting to see if I could get your deductible waived. I'll have it sent out tomorrow."

There really is only one word for people that lie to you in a time of need. I can't say it here. I'm quite disgusted.

 

Really glad to hear this, Carlisle.

Wishing you many, many miles of happy motoring in your new MINI. Be sure to post pics!

 

I will post OOODLES of pics! The new MCS is amazing. It is essentially, a dealer built JCW, with loads of M7 tuning upgrades. A step in the direction I wanted my old car to take anyway!

Your well wishes are "well received". It has been a trying 6 weeks. I'm happy it is all coming to an end. Thank you so much. It's always nice to hear kind words from my extended MINI motoring family!

I bought the MA that sold me the car a big box of gold edition GODIVA chocolates. I hope he shares with the the rest of the staff!

 

 

Congrats!!! I want to see some pics...Park the car and take some pics!!!

 

Carsisle, congrats on getting your replacement MINI. I think it's cool you bought the MA the chocolates.

As for the other claim, yes, they sometimes really take awhile to get it done. I'm not fond of excuses, either. It took awhile for me to get my settlement cheque when my '02 MCS was totalled. There was a short while where I was sweating bullets because I thought I would end up with two car payments because I needed to pay off the old loan.

Lady Godiva, you're too funny. You must live right next to the chocolate shop in town.

 

Now THAT would be dangerous.

 

Hey! Thanks JumpinJackFlash! My MA was super great. He was constantly answering questions through emails for me, and looking for the perfect car. The funny thing is that we all thought I would have to order a car (I'm picky) then I ended up falling in love with a car that they just had sitting there! They ordered it in 2009 and dressed it up as a show car. It had a matte black vinyl wrap on it, and had decals on the side to turn it into a "police interceptor". They won the design contest, but then had trouble selling the car I think because the dealership had added sooooooo many JCW upgrades and other stuff. It is a full stage 1 JCW, but also has brembo brakes, coil covers, JCW suspension, etc. Pretty much the only thing this car is missing is Nav, and Recaro seats.

I got a great deal so I was happy to buy some decadent chocolates for them!

 

I absolutely LOVE Godiva chocolates. I remember the very first one I ever ate-- it was white, and in the shape of a wedding cake. It tasted of lavender and vanilla. It was the most amazing flavour of anything I have ever had.

Dangerous indeed! For your teeth AND your bank account!

 

probably your cd player.

Try taking the cd out the next time you park and see if you here the sound the next time you open the door.

 

Lady Godiva, you should come up to the Cooper Vineyards tomorrow (http://www.coopervineyards.com/). They have a Noches wine that tastes like chocolate.

 

Is that noche wine seasonal? My manager talked about it all the time around fall and winter, but I could never find it in the store.

 

And my Boo-tay.

That lavender vanilla chocolate sounds divine. Two of my favorites! Well, three, if you're counting the chocolate.

I have plans tomorrow, but I need to check out the online ordering for that. It sounds amazing! I also love that new ChocoVine. In fact, I may have a glass or three tonight. Hmmm...

(Sorry for the hijack!)

 

Hello lovers! Here are the pictures I promised! No speeding tickets yet! Yippee! ( I guess that means I'm not driving it properly eh? heh heh heh)

 

SO happy for you!!

 

Thank you LadyGodiva! It has been a horrible ordeal... but I believe I came out on top, and am stronger for it! I'm very happy...

I appreciate that you followed me through my ordeal!

 

Dark Silver is my favorite color. The stripe pattern is cool. Scoop accents well, too.

Lady Godiva, since I have two bottles of Noche at the house, I decided to pick up a full-bodied red and a bottle of mead. But, man, it was sweltering hot out there. We're gonna see about scheduling the event earlier next year.

 

I did the run to Cooper's last Saturday & it was a blast! There is yet another VA vineyard with vino chocholate (close?) and that would be Horton's. I went up there after Coopers so that I could get some of their fantastic port and to get some wine for the wife. They have both regular and white chocolate wine. My wife LOVE's the white chocolate wine, almost enough to tolerate the topless ride to the vineyard! Why she doesn't like riding topless, I have no idea but I don't push the issue. Here is a link to their site, they are showing the regular chocolate but not the white, so I don't know if they are not offering it via web sales or if they are just slow in updating their site:

http://hortonwine.com/index.php?opti...d=43&Itemid=74

I'm not sure how the thread got from engine fires to wine, but I guess we MC riders need to be flexible!

 

Definitely looks aweesome! I love the stripes with the red pinstripes

 

Dude... That is possibly one of the best looking cars I've seen in ages. MINI or non...

Congrats!!

 

Yes. I almost never have a CD in there. That is not it.

 

Congrats on the new car, she is beautiful!


Here's to no more spontaneous engine bay fires for you (or any of us)!

 

I also had the same problem with the burned auxillary water pump! Here is a quote from my receipt:

TEST DME FAULT CODE 2F37 AUXILLARY WATER PUMP FOR TURBO CHARGER ACTIVATION FAULT CURRENTLY PRESENT. CHECK AND FOUND AUXILLARY WATER PUMP FOR TURBOCHARGER BURNT, CONNECTOR AND WIRES ALSO BURNT. REMOVED FRONT BUMPMER REPLACED AUXILLARY WATER PUMP FOR TURBOCHARGER, REPLACED CONNECTOR, REPLACED PIN AND WIRES THAT WAS BURNT CHECK AND FOUND POWER AND GROUND AT AUXILLARY WATER PUMP AFTER REPAIRS - BLED COOLANT SYSTEM REINSTALL FRONT BUMPER RESET ADAPTATION AND CLEAR FAULTS

I feel bad starting a new thread about my engine fire experience since this one already existed. Does anybody know is this an engineering problem that could cause MINI to have a recall?

 

Thanks again to EVERYONE for all your kind words! I never thought my other car could be replaced... but I have to say: I'm having a blast with the new car! Fuel economy is not quite as good-- but the extra power is a trade off.

This car has an engine temperature gauge so at least I will have some warning this time around if things get a little too hot to handle!