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Warranty costs can be controlled by making a good reliable car.

Make an unreliable car and then push the cost to support warranties over on the owners??? Not a good long term strategy if you want to keep a loyal customer base....

 

I think its a great idea because the new F56 is the best MINI ever made and no one will want to trade it in before 4 years so this is really a Non-issue.

YAY MINI and the house of BMW.

 

... and MotoringFile revises their report yet again.

First it was that warranty will not be transferable.
Then it was that warranty is transferable but not free maintenance.
Now they say both warranty and maintenance are transferable (no change from current).

MotoringFile » Archive » UPDATE: MINI USA Not Making Warranty or Maintenance Changes For 2015 Cars

So... was it just bad reporting from MotoringFile, or MINI quickly doing damage control after seeing negative reactions?

 

Well, Dave, I guess if you are REALLY so put out with "MINI and the house of BMW" you could suggest that they sell the MINI out to FIAT! :devil:

 

I'ma stickin with my wax cylinder recording media.... If it was good for Thomas Edison.... It's good enough for me....

David.0..... Them sandpaper cuts not healing up for ya this mornin?:devil:

 

Obviously, you haven't read the new story. It's says the second owner will have to pay $300 for having the leaks maintained. :lol:

 

Perhaps Barry (MC2) is now working with MINI USA Ooops MotoringFile.

I don't think so nothing was spelled wrong so who knows.

Buy the new F56 its the greatest MINI ever!

 

I doubt MINI even knew anything about the story before it appeared. It smells to me like the boys at MF were trying to be relevant and newsworthy and ran a story from a bad source - and then kept changing it and unposting it and reposting it and changing it all day long while they checked the facts.

Now the story is a couple of bullet points buried three stories deep on the home page, with a note that says the story was wrong (like it was the story's fault). I would have been a lot happier if the guys admitted they screwed up, said they're sorry and told us they've taken steps to make sure something like this doesn't happen again.

Doesn't do much for MF's credibility, does it? Wow - talk about biting the hand that feeds you ...

 

Reflect back on Bank of America's ill conceived idea to add usage fees to their credit cards. The huge hue and cry of their customers pushed back and the idea was run thru the shredder. Maybe a similar campaign could have a similar effect.

 

Netflix tried the same thing with CD vs streaming.... CEO had egg on his face and quickly backed up...

 

What's a CD? Do you mean DVD's?

 

That is a great idea, because it would be a cheaper car and have lots of dealers ships across the US to service them.

 

Enough is enough, DaveDotZero ...

 

F or R, R or F does it really matter? Everyone needs and should want the new MINI.

 

We're going to have to coexist-- I'm not a fan of either 56's, but there are many R56 owners that are just as enthusiastic as us R53 owners (I would temper that by saying a higher percentage of R53 owners are enthusiasts than R56 owners, but that's a different debate), and I suspect we'll have plenty of F56 enthusiasts soon. BMW is taking MINI in a direction many of us don't agree with, but we're in the minority--hopefully the community will have enough enthusiasts to keep it large and viable; time will tell.

People just have to keep in mind hating on a car isn't the same as hating on the owner; if everyone takes a deep breath whenever someone (inappropriately) slams an R53, or (correctly) slams an R56/F56, all will be well.

As for the F56, IF BMW comes out with a 300HP GP version, I predict there will be a few likes....

And Dave, if you're going to have the world's longest sig, and make me read all that, the least you can do is change that "do" to "of". Church do MINI sounds uncomfortably like a bunch of Catholic priests doing naughty thing to a small car; the religion has suffered enough recently, give it some slack...

 

Now MotoringFile has updated the title to say "Rumor", and

Perhaps a leak planted to test reactions?

 

My guess...
test the waters....then walk it back...
then in a couple years...try it again...will not sound as crazy...
by the 3rd time..folks think it is OK...
Heck...done that way in politics all the time!!

 

Not necessarily a good thing to post rumors.... Got's to keep BMW a happy camper if you still want them invites to PR....

 

New MINI ad campaign:

"As the MINI grows larger, the warranty shrinks smaller."