Just thought it would be a good gauge to have to see how many members think that their car (mini - overall opinion if you own more than one) is reliable or not.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

if you have a mini that has no problems THERE IS A PROBLEM

So my car has problems then? I've only been stranded on the side of the road 2 times in the past 5 years in my car (using it as a daily). One time I thought it was the fuel pump (turned out to be crud in the tank) and the other was the accel cable snapped - fixed that one though.

It doesn't feel like it has problems to me; my car must be just that much better than a normal mini

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

same here, mines NEVER broken down, once i couldnt get the fuel cap off, but i put it on wrong way in the first place

Now I've got the 1990 Rover lump in it I have no problems at all

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.

Will let you know after I drive it off the boat in Melbourne and head to Adelaide via Mt Gambier in early Jan. That should test it's reliability.
But so far it's been great since the rebuild.
Peter.

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1969 Mini Cooper S MKII (1330)
1972 Honda 750/4 (his),1976 Honda 400/4 (hers)
1982 Honda CB1100RC (ours)

my '92 SPi is my every day car and i don't pamper it. maybe that makes strong enough not to have problems

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Rover 214 atm ....

Mines has actually failed on me once. The 12v supply to the ign coil was intermittently making contact inside a spade crimp connector where its plugged onto the pos on the coil. Every time i accelerated the motor would rock ever so slightly, causing the connection to go open circut. Was a quick fix though.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/Hanras

Th only problems i've had with mini's (K and an S), that actually affect driving it every day are flat tyres, and that is over a span of 5 years.

My S does currently have busted exhaust, but it's still drivable with the exhaust tied up.

my main problem is running out of fuel (sender doesn't work , hasn't for years and i will get around to replacing the tank with a later sender unit one day ) untill about 2 months ago when the rod bolts let go near the hay shed at philip island at very high rpm...(not bad for 10years of very enthusiastic driving)...was a good excuse to make the new motor "more fun"!!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMkVq1jRGU

mine used to break down everytime it went to the mechanics, stopped taking it there does not break down now so yes mine is good

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

Of course it's reliable! It's a ROVER!

other than a wheel falling off - - it has never failed in its limited life

Mine is a freak, everything works fine, starts first time, and there are no oil leakes, runs like a dream, smooth as silk to drive.

you do realise that we are talking about your mini here