And todays loan car from the dealer is ..........

Rotty · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:00

well a bit better than the perodua or proton that the Subaru dealer used to give me

Good points

Roomy inside
Only 10 miles on clock (so am being careful with it

)
Build quality generally good
Cruises on Motorway ok
Steering is great, v light at low speeds and superb feel at higher speeds
Seat base comfortable

Bad points

Keep banging my head getting in
Horrible vibration at 3-4k revs
sod all boot space
Feels slow but as I am not used to 1.6l cars then it may not really be
Radio switchgear cheap and nasty
Rear visibilty poor
no lateral support at all from seats
Dog ugly

oh and Admiral are ***** , £22 to put it on insurance for 1 day :mad:

johnny6 · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:06

A clubman

CMOS · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:06

Rotty said:
well a bit better than the perodua or proton that the Subaru dealer used to give me

Good points

Roomy inside
Only 10 miles on clock (so am being careful with it )
Build quality generally good
Cruises on Motorway ok
Steering is great, v light at low speeds and superb feel at higher speeds
Seat base comfortable

Bad points

I think a Nissan micra 1997 model looks better than that, All banged up i might add.
Keep banging my head getting in
Horrible vibration at 3-4k revs
sod all boot space
Feels slow but as I am not used to 1.6l cars then it may not really be
Radio switchgear cheap and nasty
Rear visibilty poor
no lateral support at all from seats
Dog ugly

oh and Admiral are ***** , £22 to put it on insurance for 1 day

danza · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:07

That is utterly vile. It looks so wrong!

What's happened to the M3?

excaliborg · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:09

urgh, disgusting!

[TW]Fox · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:09

I had a Mini last time I had a service - I used Dayinsure to cover it.

JRS · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:10

Dear God that thing is ugly.

Rotty · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:11

yes, it is so ugly I closed the curtains when I got in

M3 is in for inspection 2 service :eek:

triggerthat · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:11

JRS said:
Dear God that thing is ugly.

Dear JRS, I know.

Rotty · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:12

[TW]Fox;11383465 said:
I had a Mini last time I had a service - I used Dayinsure to cover it.

how much was that ?

DannyW · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:13

that's awful, please burn it

just make sure you get your 22 pounds worth out of it

*awaits abuse from fox*

manoz · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:13

It's incalculably ugly!!

I mean:
black arches on wheels??
black border on rear side windows??
odd roofline and windscreen angle??

oh dear oh dear :[

Rotty · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:14

it's worse from the other side with the daft doors

Aero · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:15

Can't you borrow the missus astra? No wait I think i'd rather have the mini... oh tough one...

Aero

ste_bla · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:15

Rotty said:
how much was that ?

£10.50

DannyW · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:16

Rotty said:
it's worse from the other side with the daft doors

i can't believe they sell it with the door on the wrong side, like 5th gear pointed out its dangerous for rear passengers to get out into oncoming traffic

[TW]Fox · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:18

Rotty said:
how much was that ?

£12

Cheaper than using BMWs insurance.

Rotty · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:19

ah well, if I had more time I would have kicked off and got Admiral to waive it ( usually easy with most charges ) but was in a rush

Rotty · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:22

dealer probably thinks I am right pain, haggled the cost of the service down by £140 and then made him come outside to point out that my car had no significant marks on it and that it had brand new wheels and that I expected it back in the same condition

he did point out a small hole to windscreen which I hadn't noticed so need to get that sorted

4T5 · 27 Mar 2008 at 23:24

I still cannot get over the fact that the rear door is on the Off side of the motor, Them not making a near sided rear door version for Britain is a complete & utter insult to the memory of the Mini & Sir Alex :mad:

Thrash it to death until it catches fire then ring them up to come collect it.