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It held for over 8 years but I would not consider it an ideal design. However, whoever designed this had probably no idea what rough road conditions the vehicle would see. A good bump will dislodge the fastener. I may replace both components and see if they hold tight.It’s surprising how well that little strip of plastic tied on holds…
I’ve got the front end off of my R56 Mini, and the things that held on tighter and didn’t break until snipped were zip ties.
Don’t assume the engineers didn’t test out that fastener type in durability testing. It’s what I’m doing now for Mercedes and we’re to let things break so they can be studied (and hopefully redesigned). That odd clamp passed their testing.
BTW, we’re also doing durability testing on Minis. Unfortunately I haven’t had a chance in one as they’re electric and only go out in daytime.