between what dates I don\'t know
July 2001 to May 2002.
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What an overhyped little car this is!
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I took one out for a spin a few weeks back - couldn't get comfortable in it. Also, my left foot (sz12) didn't have enough room, and kept snagging on things.
But it certainly had a lot of poke (Cooper S) and I can see the appeal to a certain market.
That said, it is very overpriced here - I don't know about UK.
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It's being marketed in the US as an ecological, economical marvel, which reveals its owner to be a free thinker. The tag line is "Let's Motor." Almost every American I've spoken to in the last month has asked about the MINI and how it's rated in Europe. Every one has also said they didn't like the look of it in a crash situation. And with the freeways crowded with F350 "Super Duty" trucks, I agree with them. Relatively economical it is, though. A friend of mine over here bought a Subaru Legacy because of its fuel economy: 25mpg.
I'm in California, so maybe things are different here, but Toyota seem to have shifted quite a few Prius in the US. What is the plural of Prius?
Chris
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What an overhyped little car this is!
Central News (Oxfordshire local TV news) reported tonight that customers are having to wait up to two weeks before BMW can check the cars over. BMW reckon that the recall check of the gearbox linkage cables won't take more than 35 mins to complete per car.
In the mean time it means that people are driving around in a car with a potential fault [1] waiting to happen.
[1] the car can get stuck in second gear if the linkage fails. Not the sort of thing you want to happen in the middle of overtaking another vehicle only to find that you can't select third.
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