244 replies to this topic

[cagy]

Dont get me started on europe, useless melons, this scheme isnt helping anyone the car manufacturers are still laying off!!!

[benb12]

Maybe that Mini isn't going to be scrapped and they only said it was to make you consider trading in your own...

[dsgoody]

This makes me hate BMW even more than I already do. I've joined the facebook group and it seems that even MiniWorld have cobbled onto this story.

[THE ANORAK]

but i have realised that moaning about BMW is absolutely pointless

Bit like moaning about dogs being in a magazine?

well no, not really

Funny how people change.....

hilarious

[cagy]

Good atleast someone picking up on it!!!

[HippoHen]

JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP I HAVE JUST CREATED CLICK HERE TO JOIN

Joined

[rimmer1993]

JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP I HAVE JUST CREATED CLICK HERE TO JOIN

Joined

x2

[Alex_B]

joined bookface group and tmoz i shud be able to see if the BMW/ BINI dealership near me has got a poor lil mini outside, blimmin hope not

[leaky]

Joined. I think people should post this on other forums.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Yeh by all means scrap the old skodas, volvo's, saabs's, beetles but save our poor little mini and all those employed in it's restoration and parts, and all the other proper classic cars!! We are in a recession and they thought this would help but it's potentially putting people out of more jobs who are employed with the repairing etc... of these cars!!

Something needs to be done!!!!!

No! All classic car scenes need to come together if this is going to work at all. Beetles have alot of people that will take part, and older skodas and volvos etc are alot more scarce than the mini is so these need to be saved even more so! We all need to unite.

[Hughes]

This is clearly a disgrace but I do think its unfair to bash BMW here. They are not responsible for the acts of the dealer.

Its the DEALER that should be getting the brunt of the rage.

This issue is not really just about this particular Mini, its the scheme as a whole. I see no reason why people cant protest in a big way in London or something. People protest about anything these days!

Best thing to do is strike a sneaky deal with the scrapper, buy the classics on the cheap and hide them in a lock up for a few years where they can 'loose' their identity....!!!!

Rather have a classic on a Q plate than no classic at all.

*This is of course a joke and I wouldnt actually recommend this...LOL

[captainjack15]

Wander what make that car is?? And wander if there is a forum where they are all complaining???

[Pitcrew6464]

t@ssers emails sent
# customer.information@mini.co.uk
# margaret.mcneice@parks.uk.com
# bmwgroup.customerservice@bmwgroup.com



not usually one to go against BMW but this is the last straw, utterly discracefull

and for the goverment to be encouriging us to scrap out british heritage! disgusting makes me feel sick

many people that dedicated thier lives and careers to this classisc cars and its all being uundone



i vote classic mini only forum.



ps so happy i chose not to goto the silverstone event now

Edited by Pitcrew6464, 04 June 2009 - 09:28 PM.

[nicksuth]

I like the quote..........

MINI sales boss at DP, who identified herself to us only as Margaret (But we now know who you are!!), told MiniWorld that this Sports Pack Rover had indeed been swapped in for a MINI under the new government car scrappage scheme for private cars of 10 years old or more.
The owner may have received up to £2000 for it. Margaret added that their choice of an original Mini to advertise the car scrappage scheme was not official BMW policy.

We asked her if she understood the importance of original Mini as a classic car but she was unable to comment further. Douglas Park has no current plans to remove the Sport Pack Rover from their forecourt.

She was later heard to mutter under her breath "it's not a real Mini"

[nicksuth]

.......................and later that night on Sky midnight news............





..............................it was reported that only the classic mini had survived

Edited by nicksuth, 04 June 2009 - 09:56 PM.