Decided to go with my Dealers offer of an MOT & Pre-Warranty Check
It sailed through the MOT- & so it should with only 17K on the clock, but I was a litle dissapointed in thoughoughness - or Not of the Pre-Warranty Check - which according to the attached paperwork just seems to be a Routine Maintenance check.
I guess I was expecting a pre-warranty check to go over EVERY aspect of the car, actually looking for faults on EVERY part & system that had either already gone wrong or was showing signs of imminent failure. - Like what you might expect an independent vehicle examiner to do if you employed them to inspect a second hand car before any possible purchase.
I actually had to point out a warranty fault that I had found on general inspection last week - A faulty Headlight washer pump, which when it does properly work only does so at set intervals under the control of the computer.
This will now be replaced under warranty next week, but would NOT have been found under either the MOT or Pre-Warranty checks.
Other than that, Ive no problem with my dealership who`s service included pickup & delivery to & from my home on the day. - And they also carried out the TLC Brake Fluid change, which apparantly I`m told should be done every 3 years irrespective of the mileage.
For the future information anyone else with a Rydale/ Rybrook MINI dealership, apparantly if i`d actually got around to "activating" the "MYMINICARD" service card they sent me earlier in the year then according to its conditions, it would have entitled me to a FREE MOT !!
Maybe next year
