Hi....having had my I/B
MC since Christmas I can say that the only real problem I've had (winter wise) is that the door locks freeze up. The poor design means that snow gets into the gap behind the chrome door pulls and freezes. I've seen posts from the UK saying wrap your hand over the handle and the heat from this will melt the lock and it will open....not a wise idea at -30 C. I took this up with the dealer and he told me he had 10 MINI's in that same week with the same problem. All he could suggest was to buy some lock de-icer! Other than this I have the 15" R82's with all season tyres and have had no real problems in the snow - it would be great to have more ground clearance, but unless there is a 4 x 4 version of the Mini in the works it seems perfect for me.