| my gearbox is also broken
hi everyone ive got an 2003 36,000miles cooper and its currently off the road. it was making a grinding noise when i was driving which turned out to be the gearbox, it was something to do with the planet gears grinding together because of some bushes, anyway the gearbox is away to get fully refurbished which is costing me £450 + £253 labour for taking it out and putting it back in. BMW quoted me nearly £1400 which is way to expensive. they said they had never heard off any minis with geabox problems(lying ba***rds) i also phone mini HQ and they said they same, i asked if they were willing to do anything about it, they said the most that they could do was to take some money of the price of the gearbox, after i had paid £100 to BMW for them to inspect it thats if it was a fault not jus wear and tear. im not very happy bout the whole situation but i cant wait to get my car back. hopefully i wont be disappointed.
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