| We recently celebrated our Mini D's first birthday. It's been a solid worker so far and I've enjoyed driving it, although it's not as much fun as our old Mini Cooper S Convertible (or my MX-5). I do love having DAB radio and 6Music on the motorway, though. The Mini's first service had come up, so we took it back to Wellsway Mini in Bath. We were grateful we'd taken out the package covering service costs in advance. They gave us a bill to show what we would have paid - £206.80. WHAT? For an oil and filter change? That is pricey. Cracked windscreen I took it back a couple of weeks later because a vertical crack had appeared at the base of the windscreen, then taken a left turn. I wondered if it was covered by the warranty, but they had a look and said there was a microscopic stone chip, so it was down to me. We called our insurance company, Aviva; we were covered, but had to pay the £75 excess. Smiley Mark from Autoglass was dispatched to replace the screen. He called ahead, before arriving bang on time, did the job within an hour and even put our tax disc and National Trust sticker back. I was a little disturbed to hear that he does four or five Mini screens a week - they seem to be vulnerable because they're so upright. Apparently we could have left the crack a while, though. The screen is laminated so it won't shatter and it wasn't in our eye line. With Christmas sprinting towards us, I wish Wellsway had mentioned that. Miles too many Our main concern at the moment is the mileage. We bought the car on a PCP (Personal Contract Purchase) based on 14,000 miles per year. If we go over that, the car could be worth less than its agreed Minimum Future Guaranteed Value. We racked up 17,000 in the first year. Not sure how we're going to pull that back. We may end up having to take out another loan and keeping this car rather than trading it in. |
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