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 Too short to close trunk lid

 Created by: ronaldcarr
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 Posted: Mar 22, 2019 04:51AM
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I'm actually surprised that those new cars don't have an automatic electric lift gate. I took a quick look around the interwebs, and you're not the only ones who have a similar issue. One of the suggestions that seemed like a good solution is to replace the gas struts with shorter ones so the door doesn't go up so high. Maybe if the car makers wouldn't keep making them so damn huge. I'm 6'1" and I almost need a stepladder to get up into my RAM truck.

 Posted: Mar 21, 2019 05:45AM
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We took delivery of a 2019 Mini Cooper 4dr hardtop today.   My wife will be driving this car exclusively and she is too short to reach the trunk lid to close it.   The dealer and mini cooper USA does not have a solution.   Has anyone else encountered this problem and found a solution other than carrying round a step stool?
Hi Ronald, don't mind the colorful suggestions - let me try...

I wonder if you might be able to attach a Velcro strap of some kind to the inside of the rear hatch - I don't have an F55 4-door here to see where you might attach it but maybe something simpler than these seat pulls. You can maybe even use some of the panel screws - just one won't be strong enough but if you can fabricate a bracket that goes across a couple or more screws and attach a strap to it?

 Posted: Mar 21, 2019 04:40AM
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Should have bought her a smaller car. Like maybe a Suburban or an F350.

 Posted: Mar 20, 2019 07:28PM
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trade wife in . get younger model.. with less miles and less mouth.. and longer legs.. ps.. should have bought a  REAL classic mini..

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Pictures of the wife, and the car. Mount a strap to the trunk lid that she can pull down, or buy another car.

 Posted: Mar 20, 2019 03:16PM
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Buy her some taller shoes!

"Retired:  No Job, No Money, Wife and I!  Will travel anywhere for Minis"

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Platform shoes? Mount a strap handle that drops down enough for her to reach it? This cannot be a problem had you purchased a classic mini.

 Posted: Mar 20, 2019 02:50PM
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We took delivery of a 2019 Mini Cooper 4dr hardtop today.   My wife will be driving this car exclusively and she is too short to reach the trunk lid to close it.   The dealer and mini cooper USA does not have a solution.   Has anyone else encountered this problem and found a solution other than carrying round a step stool?