Comments on: America’s Favorite Cars http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/06/30/americas-favorite-cars/ MotoringFile | MINI news, reviews and opinion. MINI Cooper, Cooper S, Clubman, Countryman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ramón http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/06/30/americas-favorite-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-227787 Ramón Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:06:38 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=6759#comment-227787 <p>Thanks, C4!</p> Thanks, C4!

]]> By: C4 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/06/30/americas-favorite-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-227355 C4 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:09:52 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=6759#comment-227355 <p>Nope. My 5 month old Clubman S with 3300 miles is solid as a bank vault. The car is extremely well built and solid. I have the standard suspension and 16" Goodyear Excellence runflats so that perhaps helps with the ride and NVH levels.</p> <p>Fantastic car all around and highly recommend it.</p> Nope. My 5 month old Clubman S with 3300 miles is solid as a bank vault. The car is extremely well built and solid. I have the standard suspension and 16″ Goodyear Excellence runflats so that perhaps helps with the ride and NVH levels.

Fantastic car all around and highly recommend it.

]]> By: Ramón http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/06/30/americas-favorite-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-227208 Ramón Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:33:57 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=6759#comment-227208 <p>Lawrence Ulrich wrote a Clubman review in the NYT on April 13,2008:</p> <p>"And even with their supporting gas struts, I thought the Mini’s tiny swingers felt a bit tinny — this in a car that’s already notorious for squeaks and rattles."</p> <p>Are MINI owners finding this to be true/accurate?</p> Lawrence Ulrich wrote a Clubman review in the NYT on April 13,2008:

“And even with their supporting gas struts, I thought the Mini’s tiny swingers felt a bit tinny — this in a car that’s already notorious for squeaks and rattles.”

Are MINI owners finding this to be true/accurate?

]]> By: SFRedMCc http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/06/30/americas-favorite-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-226925 SFRedMCc Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:52:24 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=6759#comment-226925 <p>More good news for Mini, but who decided a Mini Cooper is a “compact” car at 145.6 inches, and a Honda Fit is a “subcompact” at 157.4 inches? Even my Clubman is only 155 inches overall. And their other subcompact and compact "classifications" are just as confusing:</p> <p>Subcompacts: Honda Fit = 157.4 in Toyota Yaris = 147.0 in Scion xD = 154.7 in</p> <p>Compact: Mini Cooper = 145.6 in.; Mini Cooper Clubman = 155 in. VW Rabbit = 165.8 in. Ford Focus Length = 175 in.</p> <p>PS: This is my first posting. I just picked up my new Mini Clubman on June 21st at East Bay Mini, and it took only 9 weeks for me to get it! It also was fun tracking it it online all the way here. It turned out to be a real "head turner" with all red exterior and black rear trim, red leather and black cloth seats, anthracite headliner, and red door and dash trim.</p> More good news for Mini, but who decided a Mini Cooper is a “compact” car at 145.6 inches, and a Honda Fit is a “subcompact” at 157.4 inches? Even my Clubman is only 155 inches overall. And their other subcompact and compact “classifications” are just as confusing:

Subcompacts: Honda Fit = 157.4 in Toyota Yaris = 147.0 in Scion xD = 154.7 in

Compact: Mini Cooper = 145.6 in.; Mini Cooper Clubman = 155 in. VW Rabbit = 165.8 in. Ford Focus Length = 175 in.

PS: This is my first posting. I just picked up my new Mini Clubman on June 21st at East Bay Mini, and it took only 9 weeks for me to get it! It also was fun tracking it it online all the way here. It turned out to be a real “head turner” with all red exterior and black rear trim, red leather and black cloth seats, anthracite headliner, and red door and dash trim.

]]> By: Ken E. http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/06/30/americas-favorite-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-226711 Ken E. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:09:31 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=6759#comment-226711 <blockquote>Charlie Jun 30th, 2008 Link Voice Activation ? For what?</blockquote> <p>The voice activation controls the radio, GPS modes and phone using Bluetooth. It is a great feature, you don’t have to take your hands off the wheel, or eyes off the road, to change the radio or get a map on screen. MINI but out a bulletin on the issue after my car was at dealer for a software fix for those 5 weeks. I don’t have a problem with the hiccup or having an issue with a new car; it’s just the way it was handled. I recommend spending the extra on GPS for any new MINI. The features that it adds enhance the small car experience. My wife loves her new Clubman.</p> Charlie Jun 30th, 2008 Link Voice Activation ? For what?

The voice activation controls the radio, GPS modes and phone using Bluetooth. It is a great feature, you don’t have to take your hands off the wheel, or eyes off the road, to change the radio or get a map on screen. MINI but out a bulletin on the issue after my car was at dealer for a software fix for those 5 weeks. I don’t have a problem with the hiccup or having an issue with a new car; it’s just the way it was handled. I recommend spending the extra on GPS for any new MINI. The features that it adds enhance the small car experience. My wife loves her new Clubman.

]]> By: JimMINI http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/06/30/americas-favorite-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-226612 JimMINI Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:24:20 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=6759#comment-226612 <p>I'm with jarrett. I love the heck out of my '05 CR/W Cooper. Maybe just maybe not the white wheels (brake dust). I also get a few looks, but more about the MPG. She still gets 35+ MPG on the highways.</p> I’m with jarrett. I love the heck out of my ’05 CR/W Cooper. Maybe just maybe not the white wheels (brake dust). I also get a few looks, but more about the MPG. She still gets 35+ MPG on the highways.

]]> By: jarrett http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/06/30/americas-favorite-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-226606 jarrett Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:24:44 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=6759#comment-226606 <p>why am i not surprised, I still get people asking me what is that car, and nowdays what's the gas mileage probably as no dealership within 200 miles. yet as a 2004 cooper owner, i'd do it all over again and not miss a heartbeat</p> why am i not surprised, I still get people asking me what is that car, and nowdays what’s the gas mileage probably as no dealership within 200 miles. yet as a 2004 cooper owner, i’d do it all over again and not miss a heartbeat

]]> By: Charlie http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/06/30/americas-favorite-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-226604 Charlie Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:08:29 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=6759#comment-226604 <p>Voice Activation ? For what ?</p> Voice Activation ? For what ?

]]> By: RB http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/06/30/americas-favorite-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-226568 RB Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:03:00 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=6759#comment-226568 <p>Name the offender... Mine was Assael here in the Pasadena, CA area.. They are now Monrovia BMW/MINI. Have had a chance to try them yet.</p> <p>I hear this a lot.</p> Name the offender… Mine was Assael here in the Pasadena, CA area.. They are now Monrovia BMW/MINI. Have had a chance to try them yet.

I hear this a lot.

]]> By: Vanwall http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/06/30/americas-favorite-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-226552 Vanwall Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:34:27 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=6759#comment-226552 <p>I don't think the Clubman per se was the winner, it was MINI as a whole - the Clubman piccie was there as an example. Just my take.</p> I don’t think the Clubman per se was the winner, it was MINI as a whole – the Clubman piccie was there as an example. Just my take.

]]> By: Ken E. http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/06/30/americas-favorite-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-226548 Ken E. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:02:41 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/?p=6759#comment-226548 <p>Our Clubman was delivered with the voice activation not functioning! I was not able to sit in the car as the sales man explained every system to my wife, the main driver, but if I had we would’ve waited to take the car home until all systems where operating.</p> <p>The dealer had my car for FIVE weeks! Bull SH#*. This issue was not acknowledged from the start and let to wasted time driving to and from the dealer, five hours total, and no answers about how the car was delivered with out this issue being addressed. If the dealer would have acknowledged the issue and assured us that it would be addressed, the situation would have been easier to deal with. But the dealer really dropped the ball, second and probably last car from this Northern Illinois dealership.</p> Our Clubman was delivered with the voice activation not functioning! I was not able to sit in the car as the sales man explained every system to my wife, the main driver, but if I had we would’ve waited to take the car home until all systems where operating.

The dealer had my car for FIVE weeks! Bull SH#*. This issue was not acknowledged from the start and let to wasted time driving to and from the dealer, five hours total, and no answers about how the car was delivered with out this issue being addressed. If the dealer would have acknowledged the issue and assured us that it would be addressed, the situation would have been easier to deal with. But the dealer really dropped the ball, second and probably last car from this Northern Illinois dealership.

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