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"ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability" (italianjobr53) 06/10/2019 at 10:32 • Filed to: Mini, Dots

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Post Minis!

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 06/10/2019 at 10:45

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*looks at aperson*

Oh wait here ye be:

UserNotFound > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 06/10/2019 at 10:52

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Here’s a visiting M ini photographed with a very dirty cellphone camera.

Now stop making me remember how much I want one of my own.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 06/10/2019 at 11:00

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You could say it’s a mini amount of mini content.

PS9 > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 06/10/2019 at 11:01

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I want to like these, but every time I see the cute puppy dog exterior, I’m reminded that there is a BMW pit viper under there waiting to bite you(‘re wallet).

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > PS9 06/10/2019 at 12:19

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1st gen S and the newer (2014ish + ) arn’t too bad really.

My car is now 15 years old and has 200k miles on it. I’ve had to replace bushings, tie rods, a bearing, the radiator fan, radiator foam surround and the water pump in terms of maintenance. All that is just normal for the age of the car imo.

The only bad things are strut towers like to mushroom (one time fix is pretty easy tho), water pump needs to be changed every 70k miles and the coolant tank can crack. They can also leak from the oil pan gasket and the crack sensor O-ring, mine hasn’t so far. All of that isn’t terribly expensive to replace and is easily diy-ble.

Look at this if you do want a 1st gen S:

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > UserNotFound 06/10/2019 at 15:56

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Hello!!!

UserNotFound > PS9 06/10/2019 at 16:04

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Some of them kind of use Peugeot engines , if that makes you more comfortable.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 06/11/2019 at 00:18

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MINIs I have owned or currently own. All manual.

2008 Hardtop - still miss this one. Had Bluetooth/iPod (fairly novel in 2008) interface and cold weather package only, otherwise completely base. A few problems when new but problem free after warranty and when traded for the orange S at about 95k

2011 Clubman - I liked the barn doors and it worked well as a work vehicle. Probably the most troubled one of the lot but I still liked it. I traded it for the GTI when the transmission started getting really noisy.

2013 Hardtop-S - most reliable of the lot; again a few minor problems in warranty but now at 85k and the  only problem in last 40k was a coil pack recently.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > MiniGTI - now with XJ6 06/11/2019 at 08:36

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I love those 2nd gen Clubmans! So goofy :P

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 06/11/2019 at 09:20

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I loved that you could open the right barn door with the remote, although you had to be a bit careful as the range is pretty good. One time I was working in a bad neighborhood and found it had been  standing open all afternoon. Nothing stolen though. 

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > MiniGTI - now with XJ6 06/11/2019 at 09:41

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I did not know you could open a door with the remote. Neat!