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Minis have a shed load of options, try and find one that has a few of the packs fitted and not a poverty spec one. We have had 4 in the last few years. The soft top didn't seem all that robust and was quite noisy,and not a lot if room in the back.
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My Mini Cooper is currently on 111,000 miles. Bought it about 3 years ago on 85k or so. When I bought it it had just had the clutch done, apparently that is relatively expensive on Minis so good to find one that has been done. Since then it has needed a new rear wheel bearing and an ABS sensor, and a gearchange cable. The passenger window is very temperamental.
I really like it - my personal preference is to get one with a sunroof as it makes it lighter and feel more spacious inside. EDIT I've also just swapped the 16" runflat tyres for 15" steels and bigger sidewall regular tyres. Ride is definitely better but steering feels slightly less precise. Next mod is to delete the rear wiper as it is useless.
EDIT 2: just remembered I also needed to change the indicator stalk as it was putting the high beams on every time I indicated.
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Can't really answer what to look out for. My folks have my 2010 mini r53 and it's still going well. Something gear related recently went, I can't remember exactly what went and what was replaced, could have been the clutch. It was c.£2.5k to replace with BMW. Pricy compared to its value but it now drives like new. Casualty of London clutch riding I guess.
Electric windows are a common thing that goes wrong/plays up.
If you get R53 I would strongly advise making sure it's got whatever the nice hifi option was called as the stock one is pretty shit and it's very hard to upgrade. Xenons are great so I'd get one with those if possible.
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Paging @NurseHolliday
From the PSA perspective, the Prince engine fitted to the mini and the BMW have timing chain and tensioner issues. The bit that BMW designed ;)
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Any Mini owners in this thread? We’re looking at fairly cheap/high mileage options for my other half.
Most examples we’ve seen online have similar recurrent issues in the MOT history and none of it is particularly scary, but I’m interested to know if there’s anything major we should look out for after 100-120k miles?