Hello, I am considering buying a new Mini but have heard a lot of bad things about them concerning reliability; mainly from my brother who sells Mini parts and another friend in the car business who says they litter the service garage at a multi-brand dealership. The only reason I am still considering is because the Clubman looks like the perfect vehicle for me.
Upon scouring the internet I found many complaints about the car with transmission and electrical just like foretold. These complaints were from drivers with 35, 50 or 70,000 miles on the odo.
My question is : Has anybody actually driven this car real miles ( 150,000 miles) without experiencing problems ?
I am trying to replace a 1998, $11,500 Mazda Protege with 257,000 miles. It's worst malfunctions being a waterpump and cracked exhaust manifold. Thanks.
Thanks for putting in some advice ! The 300,000 is outstanding even with some transmission trouble. Also good to hear it was earlier models with the problems.
I think I also heard that many things were revamped for the 2008. Hopefully that will fix existing issues and not create more bugs.
I'm in the same boat as "Pat" , I too am thinking a mini but am unsure of the reliablity, Were the trans problems with Manual transmissions or Automatics?
I've been looking for a MINI too... and was told by a MINI dealership service adviser that the thermostat cover and the auxiliary fan have problems around 50K
I too hear that AFTER the warranty period I am going to hate this car; that is what I hear from some tech heads here in Atlanta, this is my second; I have a new 2008 Clubman S auto; hope they are wrong! dogdoc
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