SIR -- We are all pleased BMW's Mini is such a success, but what about the effect it has had on the lives of the men who work there?

The shift patterns are impossible to live with and totally inconsiderate to workers and their families.

Husbands and wives rarely see each other, no matter which shift the man is on, and their children don't know what family life is any more.

Living like this for the last three years has brought many relationships to breaking point. It is a high price to pay for the Mini.

CAROLINE CIBALLI

Littleworth Park

Wheatley