Play Mini on order

[AndyP & Lenore]

Our fist proper Mod for the red MINI. Ordered a cat back Play Mini exhaust. Shipping Friday, delivery Monday.:D

Bring on the roar.;)

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[N12 JLK]

Bugger;):( :)

[Craig]

about blooming time...! :)

[RyanK]

Cool Mod Andy, Can't wait to hear it at a run!!

Where can you buy these PlayMini exhausts? Am I right in guessing most are buying off of www.playmini2.com (http://www.playmini2.com)

Edit - Ok I don't know :p

[Craig]

bought mine from P & L Minis in Rotherham Website HERE (http://www.plminishop.com) :D :D

[AndyP & Lenore]

Same for me. That's where we bought last time and were pleased with the service. So went straight back there when we decided to put a play mini on our current R53.

TBH, they just act as the middleman, they don't even touch the exhaust. They take the order, punt it on to Play Mini themselves and Play Mini ship the exhaust out to you. I think it is marginally cheaper to buy from P & L mini rather than Play Mini direct, and I haven't had a good experience with dealing with the Play Mini guys in the past, so although their products are first class, I avoid dealing with the company as much as possible.

A.;)

[vintageb3]

You could have your old one back you know!;)

mark

[ianking]

Who is fitting the exhaust for you Andy?

[AndyP & Lenore]

You could have your old one back you know!;)

mark

You're joking right? That old thing? It was tarnished, battered, un-polished and looked terrible. I was even thinking it was starting to sound a bit ropey when I sold it to you. Damaged goods mate. Glad to get rid.:eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D :D :D

A.:D ;)

[AndyP & Lenore]

Who is fitting the exhaust for you Andy?

Ostles.

Stuart reckons it will be about £30 to £40 ish.:D

A.;)

[drb5374]

How loud are they? Intrusive at all?

[AndyP & Lenore]

How loud are they? Intrusive at all?

Not intrusive at all. They have a deep growl and when you floor it, you know about it. But with just a cat back system it is nowhere near as loud as a full system. Don't get me wrong, I love the sound of Elfman's MINI. And we may well move up to the full system eventually, but £readdies prevent that at the moment.

A.;)

[ianking]

Thats a good price for fitting and you know that Stuart will do a good job and if there are any probs he will sort it no bother and no hassle.

[zimbo]

I bought both my MINIs exhausts from Playmini themselves, excellent service as well. You never know one day I might buy from them again... :D

[ELFMAN]

Get right in there Andy and Lenore!!!! You know it makes sense..... and NOISE!

Intrusive? Only when you WANT it to be! Manifold def. does let it rip a bit more, but the system alone is worth it as it changes the 'character' of your MINI from 'sensible' to 'Bring it On!' Best mod I ever did.

[vintageb3]

You're joking right? That old thing? It was tarnished, battered, un-polished and looked terrible. I was even thinking it was starting to sound a bit ropey when I sold it to you. Damaged goods mate. Glad to get rid.:eek: :D

A.:D ;)

We are definitely talking about the same item;) :D

You could add...overpriced and doesn't fit the convertible all that well:rolleyes:

Only joking....love the wee rusty thing to bits:D

mark

[AndyP & Lenore]

Update:

After ordering on the 21st January - still no exhaust.:(

It was supposed to be delivered yesterday and I stayed in all day waiting for the delivery, which didn't come. I called PL Mini today and they called Play Mini and it seems the parts Play Mini were waiting on coming in, came in faulty, or something like that. So instead of calling their agents (PL Mini) so that they can inform their customers, they decided to stick their heads in the sand and hope we don't notice. If they'd just called, I wouldn't have lost a days work.:rolleyes:

Now they think the parts will be in by midweek, so hopefully by the end of this week we'll have our new exhaust.

I understand things go wrong - happens all the time, and if a supplier lets you down, or anything like that, it's not something you can plan for. But why oh why don't they call the customer and tell them?:confused:

Very frustrating for me as a customer and for P L Mini (agents of Play Mini).:mad:

A.:mad:

[Gismo]

Been there many a time, as you say, very frustrating and very annoying :mad:

[AndyP & Lenore]

Been there many a time, as you say, very frustrating and very annoying :mad:

With Play Mini BS? Or just in general?

A.

[Gismo]

With Play Mini BS? Or just in general?

A.Just in general, i've never had a playmini exhaust :eek:

[AndyP & Lenore]

Just in general, i've never had a playmini exhaust :eek:

OK.

You don't know what you're missing.;) Sounds luuuuuuuurvely.:D :D When you eventually get it.:rolleyes:

A.:D

[Craig]

I had the EXACT same problem with the EXACT manufacturer. :mad: They also didn't tell PL Mini that they didn't have the parts in stock, so the customer (ie myself) thought that the parts were in transit (as were PL Mini), however they told no-one and both were left feeling let down.

As you say Andy, simple as a phone call and you know you can do other things rather than wait in for a bit that hasn't even been sent yet. :rolleyes: ;)

just another lesson, if they didn't make some of the best exhaust in the industry for MINI's I doubt people would put up with their bad customer service :(

[Gismo]

Of course, you could have asked for the thing to be delivered to the place that's gonna fit it, that way you don't have to take a day off your work ;)

[euan]

Of course, you could have asked for the thing to be delivered to the place that's gonna fit it, that way you don't have to take a day off your work ;)

Ah, hindsight :D Wonderful thing ;)

[AndyP & Lenore]

Of course, you could have asked for the thing to be delivered to the place that's gonna fit it, that way you don't have to take a day off your work ;)

Never thought of that. Alan, you'd be a great one to have around, AFTER an emergency.:rolleyes: :D

A.;) :D

[AndyP & Lenore]

Exhaust arrived today.

Booked into Ostles in Gala to be fitted on Monday.

A.:D

[Gismo]

Exhaust arrived today.

Booked into Ostles in Gala to be fitted on Monday.

A.:D
Better late than never :rolleyes: :D

[AndyP & Lenore]

Better late than never :rolleyes: :D

Absolutely.;)

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[AndyP & Lenore]

Exhaust now fitted and sounds very very :cool: :cool: :cool: .