| Excellent report, Dave! I'll have had my Brooksie for one year in a weeks time, with 26,000 miles on the clock. I'm not usually one to fly the 'A' model of anything, but my son Sean suddenly developed an interest in the new MINI a coupla years ago, so when I went to test drive it last year, I fell for the new MINI. He waited for six months to get an S, but I went for the Cooper, 'cause I knew I'd get more tickets in an 'S'. ;-)
Brooksie's been on a number of long distance trips, starting with a summer jaunt to Phoenix AZ, and even with the outside temps high, she drove cool & clean. A month later I was off to Seattle and twisties on the coast roads. She's a CVT, and (touch wood) no real problems yet. Been up the mountains, thru the woods, crossed the stinkin' desert, and tooled up the beach roads without a real serious problem.
A tiny driver's window rattle was finally cured thru Long Beach MINI's persistance. I had the CVT shift boot delamination, but it was also swiftly fixed. The windshield was recently replaced, and even tho I paid out of pocket, I was very sceptical of the "chip cause" diagnosis; strange it can't possibly be stress just because I had over 25,000 miles. It was already severely clouded with zillions of tiny "pits", and I've been around cars enough to recognize a problem. I, too, hope MINI is working on a fix, if possible.
The upcoming issue is the paint rubbing off inside the bonnet. I haven't heard anything on this, yet, but I expect to see a rectification post-hastily.
Other than this, I've had a great year with my Cooper. I don't regret a thing.
BCNU,
Rob in Dago  | 
