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5 out of 5 stars

Every day is fun on this car!

jswcat, 07/09/2014
2013 MINI Cooper John Cooper Works 2dr Hatchback (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
21 of 24 people found this review helpful

Having owned over thirty cars this is the only one that I look forward to driving every time I get in. The absence of electrical overkill (nav,sensors,power seats, etc.) is refreshing especially with a REAL steering wheel with NO buttons! A real driver's car with plenty of torque and not unusable excess for the sake of numbers.

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2.75 out of 5 stars

Brand new, within the first 9 months, I’ve visited their service facility 8 times

mycar0000, 05/20/2015
2014 MINI Cooper John Cooper Works 2dr Convertible (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
23 of 27 people found this review helpful

1 speaker making humming noise, they claim it was designed to make the high pitch noise to sound more sporty. Plastic rail end cap snapped off and broke. 2 Found proof that shows them the noise is not a designed feature. They admit the problem and ordered a new amplifier from Germany. 3 Recall service 4 Brought it in for broken tire 5 Amp arrived, that was three months of waiting. they installed it 6 brought it back again, the speaker was never fixed. I told them I do not want to pick up my car until the noise is gone. 7 Went back to pick up my car, noise is gone. 8 2 weeks after my speaker noise gone, I got

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1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT BUY A MINI COOPER S

Jordan, 03/19/2019
2013 MINI Cooper S 2dr Hatchback (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
10 of 11 people found this review helpful

This car handles great, gets great gas mileage, etc., but there is a problem with the engine that BMW hasn't acknowledged: Excessive carbon buildup. The S models have direct fuel injection engines, so no matter what fuel you use or what additives cleaners you use, you will experience excessive carbon buildup on the engine valves at ridiculously low mileage. My 2013 Mini Cooper S has fewer than 40,000 miles and is already misfiring due to carbon buildup. There are hundreds of forum posts about this. Nobody has come up with a solution other than to have the carbon deposits sandblasted off at regular intervals. Any fix-in-a-can remedies are untested at best. My local mechanic says only Mini dealerships have the tool necessary for sandblasting the valves, so this is clearly something that Mini knows about. UPDATE: The Mini dealership ruled out carbon buildup as the cause of the misfire. Instead, it’s a faulty engine computer. It’s normally over $2k, but Mini has a half assed program to replace it for about $1,900. THEY KNOW THAT CARBON BUILDUP AND FAULTY COMPUTERS ARE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CARS, but a recall has never been issued. These are fun cars, but the litany of problems straight from the factory floor and their unwillingness to issue recalls makes them more trouble than they’re worth.

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1 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

My Speedster

Phil E Souder, 11/23/2015
updated 12/01/2019
2014 MINI Cooper S 2dr Convertible (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
13 of 15 people found this review helpful

Always wanted a fast car, and this is it. When the turbo kicks in hold on. This is the culmination of years of go cart desires, exact the world is your track. We took a 45 day trip around the US, 10,000 plus miles, fun, fun and more fun. Plenty of room for the 2 of us and all our luggage. Best of all you really learn how to pack. One of the best cars I have ever owned. Thanks BMW for making this possible. The car is a convertible , not a hatchback.34000

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5 out of 5 stars

Prepare to be Mini'ed!!

Lynn Malmstrom, 06/19/2016
2013 MINI Cooper S 2dr Convertible (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
9 of 10 people found this review helpful

Three and one-half years into this car, I have never been disappointed. Kickass performance, BMW-equivalent service levels, and go-kart like handling says it all. Holding on to this one!

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