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Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2026 11:09 pm
by simon_g
A clean MOT pass for the nearly 20 year old Stepwagon. And the front suspension advisories from the last two have gone away with no action from me
The best kind of MOT day.
And thought I may as well save myself a delivery fee on some solar panels:
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Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2026 9:53 am
by Delphi
928 passed its final MOT with flying colours. Not a single advisory.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2026 7:56 pm
by PaulJ
Well done that car/man!
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2026 12:46 pm
by Sundayjumper
Not mine; BiL's wife's MINI. 2017 Cooper 1.5 petrol, just under 70k miles. Rough idling. Dealer says VANOS fault and it'll be £2,670.40 to strip it down and confirm
Googling backs up the filter bolt being likely, and other possibilities too, including needing new camshafts
They can afford it fortunately, and like the peace of mind having the main dealer do it. But still. MINI's aren't cheap to run are they ??
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2026 6:14 pm
by Mito Man
I don’t know if it’s just because they’re popular so there’s millions of them about but they do seem to have a lot expensive issues.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2026 10:28 pm
by Alex88
Same Mini as ours, and we also had a rough idle problem. Was a surprisingly cheap fix - PCV diaphragm/PCV hose for about £20/£30 or so. I think I also replaced the purge valve. That solved the bad idle.
It was everything else I had done that was expensive!
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2026 6:54 am
by Gavster
I've been enjoying the mechanics 'rate the car brand' series on Instagram and BMW/Mini don't score very well.