Just like those people who accidentally hit their shins on your truck.

Or your motorcycle exhaust.

It’s not a big deal. People don’t look out for hot exhaust pipes from a Mini. For that matter, unusually, defective hot tail pipes. Sometimes people rub against things accidentally. It’s not like their sticking their feet underneath there. How many times have you accidentally dropped a wrench in the garage because you brushed against the table? Or spilled your coffee cup accidentally? It’s not something that happens because your not being careful, just being unaware. And the fix is so simple- their taking off a freaking exhaust extender. A piece that cost a dollar, that’ll just save BMW a buck or two later.

Gundy- “But, are the exhaust tips really THAT hot?”

That’s what’s called a design defect.

How about taking some responsibility for yourselves, people.?

I tried to grip a tail pipe of a VW bug when I was four. Dumb? Maybe. But I never did it again. I never cried about it nor told my parents, just ran my hand under some water until it stopped hurting. No, I didn’t burn my hand. If I did grip that pipe I might have.

The tailpipes on a MINI Cooper are not too long. The Trial judges are too lenient to even hear stuff like this. This car has been out of at least four years and it took till now, when every one seems to be going broke, to bring this up.

Spare me.

God bless them all, every one of them.

All the same, I guess it’s better to do it this way instead of having another McDonald’s hot coffee bimbo situation.

NRG – So have I. On multiple occasions. As well as my arm, lol. Can still see the scar on my arm too.

Anyone else here seen the movie Idiocracy?

If not… watch it… you might learn something.

You are presupposing that people touch the tail pipe purposely. What the NHTSA is protecting is inadvertent contact with the tail pipes. Have you considered why this recall ONLY affects 2007-09 Mini Cooper S, and not other cars? That suggests that this is indeed a design flaw, and not stupidity, unless you have some statistics of Mini buyer being more stupid than Camry buyers, etc.

“next thing you know someone will blame an oven manufacturer for making the heating coils too obtrusive even though they simply burned their hand like a retard.”

Purpose of an oven is to heat up food, so people assume the risk of being burned. But you don’t assume getting burned by your car tail pipe while loading grocery. Again, no one in the right mind would touch the tail pipe on purpose, nor would anyone assume the tail pipe on their car would stick out so far that they have to be walking around it. Perhaps Mini/BMW should include a pair of motorcycle boots for their buyers.

Ketzer, when is the last time you look down to make sure you don’t touch the tail pipe when you loaded grocery? Like NEVER? How many of us actually check the position of our tail pipe on a regular basis? This is not the same as if someone sees a sheet of ice on the sidewalk and decides to walk on it anyway. This is neither open nor obvious.

No one would have thought Mini-BMW would design such a long tail pipe, but they did, so they should recall it. Also, Ketzer, unless you own a 2007-09 Mini Cooper S, your low tech experiment is irrelevant because the designers of the car you own probably did NOT design such a long tail pipe.

New law for all new cars starting in 2010… turndowns that do not extend past the bumper will be standard.

Just went out to the garage and tried my best to shin ours, gimmie a freakin’ break. Get off the phone or spit out your gum or whatever it is thats causing you to be such a dumbass and LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING.

I knew this would be full of comments ridiculing people who walk too close to the back of a car.

The next time it happens to you, or your kid, let’s see what you have to say. If you saw the burn that these extenders cause to people’s legs, you should shut up.

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