Mini Cooper S 3600 Mile update
Since I had exactly 3600 miles on “Lizzie” when I drove into the garage tonight, I figured I’d post on how it’s going.
First the positive things - it’s a ton of fun to drive.. it also gets a lot of attention when I drive it (I’m not quite sure if that would be a positive or negative thing yet, as.. well, most Canadians aren’t ones to try to attract attention to themselves, that’s probably why I hate hate hate those 20 inch chrome wheels that fools put on their SUVS)…
It gets great gas mileage, and it was great to drive with the top down on Friday when the weather was, well, bloody unbelievable here in Portland..
The not so positive things - I’m having problems with it.. I’ve had the gas gauge, which is electronic (a series of lights below the nav screen) just go off - saying my tank was empty. I’m also having almost stalling problems when I first start it when it’s cold, it’s taking a few minutes to really idle properly. I have somehow gotten a window crack on the top right of the windshield, I’m thinking maybe a stress crack..
And I get tired of shifting.. blasphemy I know some of you say, but maybe I’m getting old, I miss my A4 and it’s tiptronic automatic. It’s loud on the highway, because of the top.. and the xm radio I had installed really only works about 1/2 the time, due to where the dealer put the antenna (I can’t even describe to you where it is, it’s so odd.. basically it’s inside the car, in the header metal above the windshield.
All in all.. it’s fun to drive when I’m in the mood to drive it like it should be driven, but that’s not all the time… I feel like I shouldn’t be complaining, I should feel grateful I even have a cool car like this. Hopefully after I get everything fixed on it I’ll feel better about it.
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