These might be aftermarket hood stripes on a not-very-old Mini (or Mini Hatch):
Must be heartbreaking to watch that happen through the windshield.
On the other paw, given the Mini’s reliability record, they might be OEM stripes:
In 2015, Consumer Reports awarded the 2006–2012 Mini Cooper S the title ‘Worst Used Car’, saying that while it was “cute and delightfully entertaining”, the repair frequency was “heartbreaking” because the magazine’s surveyed owners reported problems in the areas of “engine major, engine minor, engine cooling, fuel system, body integrity, and body hardware have issues at an alarming rate”.
One hopes that puppy had fewer internal problems …
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One would have thought that with the BMW acquisition, the infamous British Leyland heritage would have faded away.
One would be wrong, I gather. I’ll stick with Subaru Foresters and the Honda Ridgeline*.
((*)) Not suitable for all truck duties, but when it works, it works really well. It is allergic to 16′ travel trailers, IMHO. [wince]
It’s not an electrical issue, so Lucas (“The Prince of Darkness”) had nothing to do with it. Nothing at all. I’m certain!
I suspect its all a point of view (or depth of marketing budget) – this JD Power review suggests that Mini is the 5th most reliable car brand in the USA…https://www.voronoiapp.com/automotive/Toyota-is-the-Most-Reliable-Automaker-in-the-US–1738
Simon.
I have the (admittedly biased) view that JD Power hands out participation awards in very very narrow slices of the automotive market, sufficiently fractionated so everybody wins some category for something, with the aggregate results pleasing everyone paying for the surveys.
But, yeah, I know a couple of folks who are just tickled with their Minis, so they can’t be complete failures.
Difficult to know from this side of the pond – but I tend to treat all comms like this in the same fashion – “total disbelief” until proven otherwise!