What did you do to your mini today?
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Sorry to hear that buddy. I got 136k on mine and I have NO IDEA how but they still havent shown any sign of mushrooming
I wish that I'd would have taken a picture of the cabin filter on my r53 when I first got it. It was pretty nasty, which was weird considering they always had the car serviced every 3k
Wow, that is bad! Every May (pre-summer), I swap out the cabin filter, re-charge the engine air filter and get new wiper blades from RockAuto.
I dont want to even imagine the cabin filter. That's on the 'to-do' list for next weekend. First things first, strut/springs replacement...my back is killing me.
Installed drivers side door panel with new kenwood speaker after having replaced the window junk last week. Replaced window motor in pass side with new speaker. Put it all back together. Boom. AIRBAG light comes on... :( go to check the plugs under the seats to find thst my clutch master cyl is leaking AGAIN after 2 weeks since last replacemebt at dealer, which was 2 weeks after i replaced it myself at my shop.
I genuinely hate bmw with so much of a passion. I love this car but. I just can't past all of the BMW-isms about it. Thinking about selling it. Sonking way too much time and money into making basic crap work for more than 2 weeks.
I genuinely hate bmw with so much of a passion. I love this car but. I just can't past all of the BMW-isms about it. Thinking about selling it. Sonking way too much time and money into making basic crap work for more than 2 weeks.
Installed drivers side door panel with new kenwood speaker after having replaced the window junk last week. Replaced window motor in pass side with new speaker. Put it all back together. Boom. AIRBAG light comes on... :( go to check the plugs under the seats to find thst my clutch master cyl is leaking AGAIN after 2 weeks since last replacemebt at dealer, which was 2 weeks after i replaced it myself at my shop.
I genuinely hate bmw with so much of a passion. I love this car but. I just can't past all of the BMW-isms about it. Thinking about selling it. Sonking way too much time and money into making basic crap work for more than 2 weeks.
I genuinely hate bmw with so much of a passion. I love this car but. I just can't past all of the BMW-isms about it. Thinking about selling it. Sonking way too much time and money into making basic crap work for more than 2 weeks.
I'm pretty much selling mine in the next few months. I hope I'm not making a mistake keeping it around a bit longer. I think the only solution is Toyota Tacoma so I can win back part of my life.
IMO A used MINI is a hobby car and nothing more.
I did order new Conti DWS tires.
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Thanks Stephen Johnson. Glad to hear you don't have the mushroomed shock towers. But on the positive side the 16" rims and tires I changed over to ride tons smoother. I have had them out in my garage for months. Just waiting until I wore out the run flats. Changed them out early after shroomage. Wonder why I waited so long...
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Used my newly acquired diagnostic scanner to turn off the airbag light in my R53 that's been on since 2009. What can I say, it took me a while to get to it...
Also determined I need 2 wheel sensors on the R53 and an oxygen sensor on the R55.
Sorry to hear you guys are having so much trouble with your cars. My R53 is the first car I bought slightly used and have done my best to stay on top of its "quirks". I've been relatively lucky with it, less so with the R55. I guess it's luck of the draw, but I'm not inclined to replace the R53 or purchase another BMW product any time soon. Not sure what I would replace it with anyway. Not much else out there that is reasonably priced and reliable. Maybe they will get the kinks worked out of the FR-S/BRZ
Also determined I need 2 wheel sensors on the R53 and an oxygen sensor on the R55.
Sorry to hear you guys are having so much trouble with your cars. My R53 is the first car I bought slightly used and have done my best to stay on top of its "quirks". I've been relatively lucky with it, less so with the R55. I guess it's luck of the draw, but I'm not inclined to replace the R53 or purchase another BMW product any time soon. Not sure what I would replace it with anyway. Not much else out there that is reasonably priced and reliable. Maybe they will get the kinks worked out of the FR-S/BRZ
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