Rate this Mini Cooper please!

[Accy cyclist]

It's got the integrated ironing board option. Get it bought.

What's that when it's at home?🤔 😉

Edited, nearly two hours later. Do you mean the rear spoiler that pops up when you reach a certain speed, so a video about the car mentioned?🤔 😉

 

[Accy cyclist]

Mmm, I've just inquired here to be offered much more than the 'We Buy Any Car' offer! 🤔

If any of you can't see/access it, it's £1,850

https://motorway.co.uk/MT12DKL?mileage=86000

I've seen the same model and year of my car going for £2,500 to £4,000 online at car dealers, not private sales. If I tried to sell it privately I'd ask £2,500, accepting a minimum of £2,000, so for £150 less I could sell it to 'Motorway' without the hassle of time wasters and weirdos wanting to test drive it, burning my fuel than saying they don't want it, or making daft low offers for it.

 

[Accy cyclist]

A £1,447 offer from these.

https://www.thecarbuyinggroup.co.uk/result

 

[Accy cyclist]

Thats probably ex Katie Price. The inside will look lime a plasterers radio!

They actually want a fiver short of 5 grand for that 15 year old, basic 'Pop' model!😲 They are seriously taking the pee!!😏

 

[vickster]

We buy any car will knock a few hundred off immediately if it has scraped alloys, any dings, scrapes, scratches, marks to the roof/interior etc etc
Motorway might be less fussy

 

[Bonefish Blues]

We buy any car will knock a few hundred off immediately if it has scraped alloys, any dings, scrapes, scratches, marks to the roof/interior etc etc
Motorway might be less fussy

The motorway proposition is different and the pre-sale process is much more detailed up front, involving many photos and much more information about services etc. That allows dealers to bid against each other for your car. However if it has been misrepresented then the dealer has the right to adjust the offer to reflect that.

 

[Webbo2]

1,145 I've just got a 'We Buy Any Car' online valuation of my 2012 Fiat 500C. It has a 6 months MOT and has done approaching 86,000 miles. I was offered £1,145, actually expecting around 8 or 9 hundred. I think if I'd part exchanged it with that first Mini Roadster that was sold I'd only get around £800 for it. My car has a few not too serious, but still there faults with it. Is £1,145 a decent offer I wonder?🤔

I was offered 1200 by we buy any car. When I took it in they said they could only offer 800.

 

[Drago]

Seriously Accy, steer clear of R56 Mini's in general and 1.6 Prince engined versions in particular. Even when it's going well you need deep pockets, and when it's going badly youll be bent over quicker than an 18th Birthday boy on a Philip Schfield chat show.

 

[Shortfall]

Seriously Accy, steer clear of R56 Mini's in general and 1.6 Prince engined versions in particular. Even when it's going well you need deep pockets, and when it's going badly youll be bent over quicker than an 18th Birthday boy on a Philip Schfield chat show.

Accy old bean, I'm not sure why you're soliciting our opinions if you're gonna press ahead anyway and ignore all the red flags about that model of Mini that you've been warned about. On the part ex or sell side of things, we've done ok selling two cars through Motorway recently. It does involve taking plenty of pictures and being honest about damage and condition, and the dealers will still try and haggle you down a bit, but just accept that as a fact of life and be prepared to be hard and even walk away.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I was offered 1200 by we buy any car. When I took it in they said they could only offer 800.

All three potential buyers I tried said they come to you, so you don't have to take your car to them.🤔

 

[Accy cyclist]

Accy old bean, I'm not sure why you're soliciting our opinions if you're gonna press ahead anyway and ignore all the red flags about that model of Mini that you've been warned about. On the part ex or sell side of things, we've done ok selling two cars through Motorway recently. It does involve taking plenty of pictures and being honest about damage and condition, and the dealers will still try and haggle you down a bit, but just accept that as a fact of life and be prepared to be hard and even walk away.

I always appreciate advice and opinions, even if not always following it/them, but how can a car's engine go kaput these days, unless you let the oil level go dangerously low? I'm asking, not saying, as I know feck all about engines. I've been driving now for a month short of 47 years and the only car engine fault I've encountered was when the oddly named Citroën LNA11RE I had caught fire on a motorway 30 years ago, and I'm not sure if that was the engine or not. My back street mechanic always says that BMW Minis are crap, but then he supposedly fixed my raining in via where the wipers are mounted on my Fiat 500, only for the problem to become worse, not resolve it, so should I value his opinion so much?🤔 If the engines on Mini Roadsters were so bad, wouldn't BMW have recalled them all to fix the problem(s), or at least make an effort to fix those problems?🤔

 

[CXRAndy]

I always appreciate advice and opinions, even if not always following it/them, but how can a car's engine go kaput these days, unless you let the oil level go dangerously low? I'm asking, not saying, as I know feck all about engines. I've been driving now for a month short of 47 years and the only car engine fault I've encountered was when the oddly named Citroën LNA11RE I had caught fire on a motorway 30 years ago, and I'm not sure if that was the engine or not. My back street mechanic always says that BMW Minis are crap, but then he supposedly fixed my raining in via where the wipers are mounted on my Fiat 500, only for the problem to become worse, not resolve it, so should I value his opinion so much?🤔 If the engines on Mini Roadsters were so bad, wouldn't BMW have recalled them all to fix the problem(s), or at least make an effort to fix those problems?🤔

They have through several revisions improved the weak points of the engine, so modern minis are pretty reliable.

To keep all cars in reliable condition, requires regular maintenance

 

[CXRAndy]

Pre LCI model with the 1.6 "Prince" motor co-developed with Peugeot.

They go well enough but its a very troublesome unit.

It looks pretty, the mileage is reasonable for its age, it has FSH, and the price is OK, but those motors really aren't at all reliable.

MOT history isnt bad, although it shows the owner has a habit of wearing their tyres to the bone.

Its a nice car, nkt badly priced, good spec, but I just cant get past that engine Accy.

A cycle read this forum for common problems with early mini/psa petrol engines

https://www.mini2.com/threads/n12-n14-n18-common-issues.326570/

 

[CXRAndy]

We changed from a 1.4 Mini to a Ford Ka back in 2012. The Ka suits us better than the Mini. The Mini was almost out of the Mini second hand car warranty it went back to be fixed many times for free by BMW Mini it was very unreliable car we ever owned. Our Ka is so reliable we love it.

Did your daughter fix her Corsa with a braking issue?

 

[Shortfall]

I always appreciate advice and opinions, even if not always following it/them, but how can a car's engine go kaput these days, unless you let the oil level go dangerously low? I'm asking, not saying, as I know feck all about engines. I've been driving now for a month short of 47 years and the only car engine fault I've encountered was when the oddly named Citroën LNA11RE I had caught fire on a motorway 30 years ago, and I'm not sure if that was the engine or not. My back street mechanic always says that BMW Minis are crap, but then he supposedly fixed my raining in via where the wipers are mounted on my Fiat 500, only for the problem to become worse, not resolve it, so should I value his opinion so much?🤔 If the engines on Mini Roadsters were so bad, wouldn't BMW have recalled them all to fix the problem(s), or at least make an effort to fix those problems?🤔

You're buying a car with known reliability issues that will be expensive to put right and you're buying it an age and a mileage that makes it more likely you'll encounter them. We're just trying to save you a load of money and aggravation. You might get lucky of course.