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As some might know we have ordered a MINI for Gi and having read their forums I thought twice about getting one. It seemed that the car would always breakdown and someone then pointed me to a link on that site where owners wrote about their cars and what if any problems they have had. It is natural only to hear about problems on sites like ours so this is our chance to write about how reliable the S also is.

So in the same spirit I would like to start this thread and would like you to contribute too about your car if it has been mainly trouble free. Please put down the year & mileage of your car so other potential owners can have confidence in the cars.

This are mine:

Model Year (MY) 02 Berlina Black 21000 miles not one single problem except hardtop adjustment which after three attempts was perfect.

MY04 Ascari Red 16000 miles, two track days, 1 training day, 4000 miles around Europe and not one single problem.

 

MY03 GT
18000 miles
- NO major probs *touch wood*

 

Leaky seals (replaced), absolutely shite gearbox when cold (par for the course), alarm going off on ignition start in moist conditions. Apart from that nothing major.

 

I had a 99 Red/Black
90,000 miles
-Had to buy one anti-roll bar link (c

 

MY00 73k miles

New suspension (not a reliability issue)
Alarm going off when starting
New wheels

Mechanically it hasn't missed a beat AFAIK

 

MY 02 Berlina Black GT 21000 miles

-No problems whatsoever.

 

MY04 16,000 miles. Keep having to put more petrol in it

 

MY02 - born 21/12/01 - coming up to 21k miles.
Flat battery once - my fault.
Remote on audio didn't work - took me 10 months to discover that. Card change.
So - no problems - lot of fun.

EDIT: Hey - i've got 5 stars

 

MY04 6500miles
faultless to date except the occasional creak from the hard top

 

52 plate, 27K miles, no major problems so far, just the usual corroded alloys replaced under warranty