First time I noticed a Scion FRS from a distance, I thought it was an
exotic of some kind. Very cool looking car . . . and yet priced in Scion
territory.
I have not done any research on reliability . . but I would guess that the
car is well made? I have not heard negatives on the other Scion's.
Any experiences with the Scion FRS?
On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Dean Swanson <d.swanson@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> The New MINI Cooper is indeed a product of BMW and is therefore a "premium
> performance" small car (NOT an economy car) so the price of parts and
> repairs reflect it. It has leading technologies (for better or worse) that
> other premium performance cars have and increased maintenance cost like
> tires and brakes every 30,000 miles or less depending on how sporty you
> drive. They have direct fuel injection, so the fuel (with cleaning
> additives) are injected directly into the cylinders, so it does NOT clean
> the deposits out of the intake/off the back of the valves - leading to the
> need to have the intake/head ports de-carbonized (other car manufactures'
> with direct injection engines will have the same issue. I think some MINIs
> have a dual-mass flywheel which leads to increased expenses when a clutch
> replacement is necessary. There is a single computer controlling EVERYTHING
> making for faster communication, but that means any problem and the car has
> to go back to the dealer to be re-programmed - even adding factory fog
> lights requires dealer programming (because of the "soft switches" used. If
> I was looking to buy one (and wasn't set on wanted a new one) I would try
> to
> find a "certified pre-owned" example with the extended warranty.
>
>
>
> That being said, I purchased my 2010 MINI Cooper Clubman new in Feb, 2010 -
> It has had some issues covered under warranty:
>
> The brakes did not properly seat-in, so at 1500 miles it received all new
> disks and pads under warranty.
>
> Also around 25,000 miles the windows started to have a rubber squeak what
> raised/lowered so it received new driver's and passenger side lifting
> mechanisms free under warranty.
>
> It now has 37,000 miles and is out of warranty (more than four years old),
> so I'll see how it goes.
>
>
>
> You can go here to find out all sorts of stuff:
> http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/
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