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[dakini]

Quote: Originally Posted by mini_moose (original)

This type of thinking has me scared too. How can the MINI have a "bonnet-to-boot" warranty covering 'everything' but the dealer can make you pay for a clutch that might burn out in that time regardless of how you drive? I don't plan on beating the snot out of any car, but from what I've read most people are told they drove it wrong when they had to pay for a new clutch.
That doesn't seem fair.

that's going to depend on your dealer, to be honest.

i specifically asked about the clutch when i bought my mini, asked if it was covered, since the MINI was the first manual car I'd owned. the answer i got from my dealer (in the USA) was that it was covered, but that after 3 or 4 replacements they'd tell me to buy an automatic.

So, make sure you know what's covered, and what people have to say about your dealer. Dealers and their service departments vary widely. I got a quote for Inspection 1 from one dealer, in the DC area. It was $200 higher than my own dealer actually charged. Likewise, the first dealer I test-drove a MINI at was not the one I bought at. They were put out to find me an S to test drive, and said the cooper and S were practically the same, so test driving a cooper was close enough. So I went elsewhere.