http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2022889954_apxvehicledependability.html "The race to increase vehicle fuel economy is taking a toll on quality. Owners of three-year-old vehicles are reporting more problems than they did a year ago, according to J.D. Power and Associates' annual survey of vehicle dependability. It's the first time since 1998 that the average number of problems per vehicle has increased." ... "Mini, Dodge and Land Rover had the most reported problems. Mini, the worst performer, had 185 problems per 100 vehicles." Wow, that's a lot of problems for Mini.
I don't see my 2003 Mini lasting as long as my E36s. I guess I forget that it's a 10 year old car. My E36s are even older.
Start stop is bad enough from the standpoint of extra wear federal mogul has developed specially coated bearings to deal with the repeated starts.
