Grant, I agree with you totally. If you take a look at relatively cheap cars like the new Fiesta, the dshboard seems much more solid than the MINI and it doesn't squeak and rattle.
My six week old MINI One (c. 2000 miles) has rattly speaker grilles on both sides and an incredibly annoying rattle somewhere around the speedo. I can stop the speaker grilles buzzing by touching them, but no matter what I touch around the speedo, the rattle is still there.
What's more, it's intermittent, but when it does rattle it will rattle for a good hour or so and then disappear.
Even the MINI One (which I have, with standard wheels and standard suspension) seems to have fairly stiff suspension to me. Any personal belongings I have in the car rattles away wherever I put it.
Very irritating. I should be enjoying the car, not worrying about what's going to start rattling next. |