Any Mini owners out there can give me advice please??

chelseablue

Sorry to hijack a little but on the subject of Hyundai; my partner is interested in the i30, is that as good as the i10?

facade

Littleblue123 wrote: »

I went into the Hyundai garage yesterday to talk about upgrading my I10, I quite like the new shape but only the top spec has alloy wheels.

Bear in mind the poor quality finish on alloy wheels due to environmental regs, this is a bonus

My Nissan ones were leaking like sieves at 4 years old, the paint just wipes off in lumps.
The refurbished paint job has just about lasted 3 years.

OTOH, my colleague has a Hyundai 4wd thingie, and he has had 2 sets of alloys in 5 years under guarantee because they corrode so quickly....

roneik

So that's it then, all will be buying MINIS and soon to be driving a car fit for the road with non corroding alloys even and as well as:rotfl:I just knew even the crash test dummies would come round eventually:rotfl:

pulliptears

Amy.B wrote: »

She's now got a Fiat 500 and besides getting used the much smaller size, she loves it! No where near paying the same amount of fuel a week as with the MINI.

Plus thinks she only pays something like £20-£30 a year in road tax which you can't really argue with.

Have heard the reliability isn't the best with these though although hers is still going pretty strong!

Road tax on the 1.2 is £30, the sport is £120 I think.

Reliability is generally quite good with the 500's, you get the odd issue reported on the forums as with all cars but there is no common theme across the brand other than an issue with the door handles on the earlier models.

roneik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfHWhfaR2BY

Ha ha you wont get those sounds or experience from a fiat 500

cyclistpete

My wife has a Cooper and we will certainly never buy another. It's had electrical problems almost from the day we purchased it which BMW have been unable cure. It failed it's last MOT because of a failure of a front suspension component which needed the engine to be dropped to replace it this cost a fortune to replace. I certainly wouldn't say the build quality was up to much either.

pulliptears

roneik wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfHWhfaR2BY

Ha ha you wont get those sounds or experience from a fiat 500

Ha ha I don't want them.

Fact. Not everyone wants the same thing from a vehicle

roneik

I hope this link helps all those driving inferior cars, and I do hope all Fiat 500 drivers have one so that I can quickly have them in my rear view mirror after spotting the symbol

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bumper-Sticker-Novelty-Driving-Chavvy/dp/B005A57GJI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1444327403&sr=8-2&keywords=chav+car

wymondham

I used to have a 'proper' mini, not one of those BMW jobbies - fantastic!!!!

EdGasket

wymondham wrote: »

I used to have a 'proper' mini, not one of those BMW jobbies - fantastic!!!!

Ah yes with a 'proper' rotting rear sub frame. I remember them rotting in the 70's what they must be like now I dread to think :eek:

I'm in the camp of the modern BMW mini not being too good; heard plenty of bad things about them. get a Honda, Toyota, or Hyundai.