I had a 2008 and now have a 2013 and both have been excellent. The 08 was in an accident but seriously I don’t get the poor reliability stigma these things get. I think it’s just that the people who’s work fine aren’t online posting about it

I have an 2 R56’s since 2011 (first one was in an accident) and I never had reliability issues with it. Never had any issues really. I’m just leaving this here because people only ever read the bad reviews, but I’ve had a decade of reliable fun in my R56’s. 1st was pre facelift and 2nd was post, both non-turbo sadly…

We won the lottery with our R56's reliability. I maintain it with all the love and attention of the average Nissan Altima owner. And somehow it just runs.

I daily drove a first year R56 Cooper for several years. The worst thing about living with it as a daily wasn’t the small size. You expect that when you buy something with the word MINI written on it. No, it was the catastrophically poor reliability. After buying an NA Miata as a second car, I quickly realized I…

lol

Those costs will just get passed on.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a small segment of drivers who don’t use it as a full time gig also voted against it.

My Uber drivers the week before the election suggested voting “yes.” I didn’t see a gun to their heads. While I do think those drivers could probably get paid better, as someone who does a lot of freelance and pays for my own healthcare I see driving for Uber like one of those envelope-stuffing jobs—if you’re doing it…

if your business model only works because you use slave labor and treat employees like shit then your business model doesnt work at all.

Classy.

They are slaves? No.. it is by choice. Actual slaves  would be horrified that you made this comparison and you should be ashamed.

It only marginalizes people if they let it.

Any Californian of voting age will be familiar with the basic tactic of Prop 22: getting the good outcome for gig workers meant voting “no” on your ballot.

Correct. If you decide to take ”gig” work... don’t complain about not having full benifits that a fulltime job offers and then cry to the .gov that you need them.

Excuse me? Some of us who live in California can read the ballot propositions and decide on our own what’s good for our state. Gig apps shouldn’t be full time jobs. Gig is right there in the name. I’m done with this site and it’s BS condescending articles.

I’d wager most Californians voted it down because they know it will mean either the end of the services or an big increase in prices.

I have a few friends who don’t care about cars, make low 6-figures a year, and would probably do this

That’s the same thought I had, but I guess that’s the common theme with new car buying these days.

It’s not often that the base model looks *so* much better than anything else in the line up.
 
I’ll take that 2-door with the steelies, please!
(Who are we kidding, I’m not spending $30k+ on anything that isn’t a house)

No they can’t lol the base model is like $10k over priced for its feature set