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Replying to: joem5 (Feb 22, 2008 8:28 am) When she was getting the Beamer serviced the mechanic told her he was putting in an air and gas filter and did she mind? So, to make a long story short she asked the mechanic, or service advisor about a Mini he told her to stay away from the mini as they have a higher repair rate and the cost are unbelievable. Also, the build and mechanics are worse than a VW. Also, forget about winter driving. Well, that's my 2 cents. We got scared and are looking at at different go carts. Well BMW in a way competes with MINI but yeah from Maine it's a haul. I'm way up in NH and I see them around here but lack of dealer support isn't good when it's almost 100 miles to the dealership as it is in my case. MINI also seems to not want to expand the dealer network due to it's fear of flooding the market which would drive prices down due to competition. Me I'd rather get a Porsche but cannot justify a Cayman S. BMW is just as problematic as the dealer is in Nashua and is 2 tolls away from me. 
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Replying to: tomsmini (Feb 17, 2008 2:25 pm) My mechanic did some research and found that this is not an isolated problem. I was told that the parts outlet which supplies Mini parts in my area sells up to four transissions per month. It's outrageous to spend this amount of money to repair a car that is only a few years old and cost $20,000 to begin with. I love my Mini but I am very disappointed in BMW's lack of response to what is a quality control problem. So much for the "ultimate driving machine". Marianne |
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Replying to: gusp (Sep 20, 2005 9:30 pm)
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Replying to: karen31 (Feb 19, 2008 2:13 pm) It's clear that the CVT transmission is problematic, but BMW refuses to acknolwedge this. I would love to join a class action suit but don't know how. Marianne
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Replying to: cracker2225 (Mar 12, 2008 11:04 pm)  numba-tu.com. We are not allowed to talk about the suit on this forum and I have been delinquent in putting together a blog. I can give you more details at my personal email. Thank you! Winnie |
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Replying to: smudge1 (Mar 12, 2008 9:38 pm) |
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Replying to: heyimvanessa (Mar 14, 2008 10:29 am) Marianne |
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Replying to: cracker2225 (Mar 15, 2008 10:26 pm) Running for President. Oh and Nader started his career by inventing problems that didn't exist and making them seem much worse than they were. Nader wouldn't be of any help against MINI or BMW. But if MINI's continue to have problems like this then they will lose sales and their value will plummet. German companies don't make fast changes unless they have no choice. Google BMW and Bangle to see how hated the design of the BMW's were to their customers and all the years to get rid of the designer causing the problems. I'd be interested to know what percentage of cars have had the automatics go on them versus the manuals. I believe the automatics are sourced from GM. No idea about the manuals. The new engines are Peugeot rather than Chrysler. It seems the transmissions are the weak link. We were looking at buying a MINI within a couple of months but might not as I hear about too many transmission problems and $8k to fix it is totally insane!
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Replying to: tiff_c (Mar 16, 2008 5:55 am)
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Replying to: cracker2225 (Mar 15, 2008 10:26 pm) It's really so discouraging that so many of us are in this situation. I recently learned that my 03 is worth nothing..... couldn't even trade it in to an outside dealer. I am told that other dealerships are aware of these tranny problems and they are sympathetic but since mini's are so specialized they don't have the techs skilled to step in. I had my tranny replaced with a brand new one (est at $8k) and 2 weeks later i still couldn't get a trade in value because used car managers drive it and say it's skipping 3rd gear. They tell me there was some kind of patch job -- I've had 2 repair locations confirm the same. I'm so financially upside down on this mini thing I have no choice but to pursue it. My Toyota was a dream machine in comparison..... i thought BMW was the ultimate driving machine - what a lesson this has been. Hang in there -- we will get this figured out.
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