Comments on: 200K Miles in an ’03 R50

By: Rowan

Rowan — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:59:24 +0000

Excellent writeup.

Here's to many many more happy motoring miles!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:15:33 +0000

I live in Wisconsin and saw and talked to the owner of a 2002 MINI Cooper with 310,000 miles. The gentleman said he’s a retired engineer, I think from Milwaukee – I did not get his name, but he said he said he posts on the MINI Owner’s Lounge. It might be nice to run a feature on the man and his light green metalic 2002 MINI Cooper.

By: therover413

therover413 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:47:02 +0000

Go Velvet Red!!!!!!!

Nice going, you kept saying that you have driven it without any problems, then list a ton of things that have gone wrong and are going bad!!??? Listen don't get me wrong here, I've replaced an engine, a transmission, belts, rotors, brakes and god knows what else, but I am a realist here. I won't trade my '03 Velvet Red for anything, but I will never not tell people of my woes of owning this car, it has cost me a ton of money, in my first year of owning it, it spent about three months in the shop, I have no idea how many miles on it now, the engine is a re-man. and the tranny was replaced with a brand new one, everything I seem to do myself still seems to cost about $200 bucks in parts.

Hopefully the fiancees soon to be clubman will fair better!!!

Cheer and congrats!!!! Brian

By: Liam

Liam — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:30:11 +0000

This is so cool! Thanks for sharing…

By: Dylan

Dylan — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:28:35 +0000

I hope you feel better and validated as a person veggivet.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:12:55 +0000

congrats! That’s quite a haul!

By: veggivet

veggivet — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:42:30 +0000

Dylan, the second word in your post is YOUR, not you're. The last sentence in that paragraph says you'll "let it go in the future".

This is my last word on this issue.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:08:44 +0000

Actually veggivet, if you read my comment more carefully you will notice that I did indeed use “you’re” and not “your”. Perhaps it is you who is the easy target? And here’s some free advice while I’m here – it’s not necessary to point out people’s mistakes to them, much less to give them corrections.

By: veggivet

veggivet — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:06:09 +0000

Can’t resist this easy target: Dylan, when you wrote “If your happy…”, your should have been you’re, as you were using a contraction of you + are, not the possessive your.

By: C4

C4 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:25:21 +0000

My '05 R53 S turned 50K miles last night @ 10:10PM (EST). It took 3 years, 7 months, 23 days, 10 hours to reach that mileage.

Officially, out of warranty!

By: MaxMCS

MaxMCS — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:52:00 +0000

Cheers, may the motoring live on for many more miles!!

By: ProfessorZoom

ProfessorZoom — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:57:56 +0000

Don- Cecil & I wish you and Roxy congratulations, I hope that my MINIs will be around as long. Great job! and i hope to see you next time in SoCal or MINI United.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:44:35 +0000

@DB - if your happy for the "Grammar Nazis" (your words) to point out your grammatical errors in the comments...then hey as I said it's your call but you probably shouldn't then complain to me about the number of comments related to spelling and grammar (unless you have a really good spell checker). I was just trying to stand up for you and make a point, but I get the message so I'll let it go in the future.

RE: my mileage...I'm only 22,000ks into my R56 Cooper S and already onto my second engine...both badly affected by the cold start issue that's been talked about in previous Motoringfile articles (which I've posted comments on).

Anyway congrats for reaching 200k miles and for writing a great article (grammatical errors and all).

Over and out!

By: DB

DB — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:47:14 +0000

Ah well - if youâ€™re happy with people pointing out spelling errors in the comments then hey, itâ€™s your site.

I know the grammar nazis are always out watching for mistakes. I usually appreciate them.

Personally I find it ruins the comments section but each to their own.

Personally, I find that the fact there are now 5 comment about a spelling error (including this one) have ruined the comments on, and if I can toot my horn a little, one of the best articles I have ever written.

I wasn't bothered. Lets get over it shall we? I have noticed that you haven't joined in on this conversation yet regarding your mileage experience. Now we be a good time to do that. :)

By: Tori - Future Queen

Tori - Future Queen — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:20:02 +0000

Congrats DB!! When you’re ready to fix it all, let us know ;)

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:06:58 +0000

@DB. Ah well – if you’re happy with people pointing out spelling errors in the comments then hey, it’s your site. Personally I find it ruins the comments section but each to their own.

By: DB

DB — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:30:03 +0000

You know, it is time that little car made a trip to Colorado in the summertime. MITM4 is August 5-9, 2009 and I cannot think of a better celebration. I will gladly give a prize for the high mileage car.

If I can get my suspension fixed before then, I might actually try to make it!

By: greg

greg — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:16:59 +0000

Jimbo. Gett a lyfe.

By: DB

DB — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:24:16 +0000

@Jimbo. Your personal off-topic insults are lame.

Actually not. I'm amazed I didn't catch that before I pressed the button. No harm, no foul (bonus I changed the post).

@everyone Thanks!

By: Pedro

Pedro — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:03:54 +0000

Congrats DB!! Wow – 200K miles :). Very cool.