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Still much cheaper then a speeding ticket which would be that or more plus the lawyer fee to get you out of it.

 

Thanks for the tip! I'll have to try that!

 

Yeah, it's about an hour to anything interesting from my place. Oh well, like I said, the people are great!

 

Thanks you & your wife are nice too!

If I lived in Kansas it would drive me bonkers. :crazy:

 

I thought there wasn't much that bugged me about my MINI, until today. Having to drive it while my son borrows my Duramax for a few days, I realized that I can't stand the bottom portion of the seat belt hanging up on the recliner mechanism every time I go to buckle up. Geeze, what a pain in the butt.

 

When rain gathers at the top front corner of my convertible top and drips in like crazy if I put my window down for anything.

 

Nothing about my MINI drives me nuts, the Chili Red R50 puts a smile on my face just looking at it A co-worker drives a later model VW Jetta (as I used to), and he can't understand why I now find them as boring as hell. Generic, cookie cutter design:sleep:

 

Road noise. Squeaks. I'm putting sound damping everywhere I can and it has helped.

Dealer lock in on things like Key fob remote programming.

The poor design of the Midlands transmission and the door actuators.

 

I'm spending my MINI money on my roadster, but I'll be glad I did when I can doe some top down twisty road driving. My MINI will be showered with affection & Griots products when the stable mate is done. I miss detailing the MINI.

 

+1 on this! Happens to me all the time, usually a P.O.S. minivan or pickup. Herself says it's because the MINI looks so good, they just want to be near it. I say their just a$$..., well, you know.

 

On our R60 JCW:

1.it takes a pointed tool and two thumbs to remove the headrests. Fortunately I rarely have to do it, but who thought that head rests need 12 safety fasteners to stay on, when the R56's don't have them? I like the quirkiness of Minis as much as anyone, but this is bordering on Rube Goldberg design methodology.

2.the lack of pop and overrun sounds with the JCW exhaust in sport mode because Mini tuned it out of the US JCW's. Probably because people who buy them simply as grocery getters would all take their CM's into service due to "backfiring" exhaust :incazzato:

On our R56 JCW:

Absolutely nothing. at 5k miles I have found nothing that annoys me whatsoever......

 

I'm occasionally annoyed by the 'clacking' sound when I have the turn signals on.

 

I like that. I can actually hear that the signals are on and turn them off after a lane change.

 

I'm only annoyed by the local topography. Nothing against the people in central Ohio (everyone's great!), but the land is dull and flat. Drive straight, 90° turn, drive straight, 90° turn, repeat ad nauseum. *sigh*

Living in southern Ohio, near Kentucky's rolling hills was so much more fun. Doing something simple, like driving home from work, could be an hour long excursion over hills and around curves with nary a cop around. Heck even a quick run to the grocery had at least a few curves and hills.

Here... might as well be on a table.

 

From where I live in central Ohio I am only 15-20 minutes from nice roads & rolling hills. I'm guessing you live on the west side of town. It's a longer drive for you, but point the nose of your MINI in the right direction & you'll smile.