Rate this Mini Cooper please!

[CXRAndy]

IT'S A CITROEN

They aren't too bad if you keep ontop of servicing.

True they will grenade if poorly maintained

 

[dicko]

Did your daughter fix her Corsa with a braking issue?

We haven’t a daughter never sat in a Corsa.

 

[CXRAndy]

We haven’t a daughter never sat in a Corsa.

Oops
Sorry, must have wrong poster.

 

[Emanresu]

This thread is waning a bit. There's at least 50 more pages of complaints and observations to go. Time to introduce JD Power's list of reliable cars for 2015 which are now 10 years old. Best City Car in 2015 - Fiat 500c

https://www.jdpower.com/cars/ratings/2015

 

[Drago]

Accy could have a blower Bentley if he hadn't wasted it all on clothes.

 

[DRM]

As I said better the devil you know, if it's a good one, fair enough, however if it lunches the engine, or has irreparable electrical gremlins, you've lost £5,600, if the BMW specialist is any good, get him to give it a once over when they bring it look at, it would be worth the cost to avoid buying a pig in a poke

 

[CentralCommuter]

Drago and DRM. When you DRM say 'start buying used cars....', most of us buy used cars! Buying brand new is very expensive as we know and most new cars lose value the day you drive them out the showroom, as we all know. My current Fiat 500 is third, not second hand, yet it's been relatively problem free. I thought last night of a way to resolve the should I buy the Mini Roadster dilemma or not. About 40 yards across the road from me is an MOT centre. It also advertises as specialising in BMWs and Audis. When I go out later today as I post, I'm going to go there to ask the owner, who once told me he's worked on mostly BMWs and Audis for 40 years, so he knows his stuff, if that Mini Roadster is worth buying, mostly regarding the engine. If he says no, I'll 100 percent take his word for it. If he says yes, I'll buy it. If he says it's a gamble, like buying all cars I'll probably take a chance and buy it. The seller phoned me yesterday evening, after I sent him a text message asking if he could bring the car to me, rather than me travel to them as I don't fancy trying to find their place after a 36 mile journey. He said he's going to take a video of the car, inside and outside and send it to me. If I still like/want it he will then get someone to bring it to me to have a look at it. He also asked if I was selling my current car, saying he'd be interested when I told him what it was. I just have to have a 'new to me' car! My Fiat has given me wonderful service and I'd miss it if I part exchanged it, but being slightly eccentric I do get attached to inanimate objects, which some might not 'get'. Yes, it's given me wonderful service, but I've had it now for three and a half years, and I feel I need something different, but kind of similar to my Fiat 500C.🤔 I've had a few health scares lately that have made me think that I'm not going to make a century!😉 I do not have any intentions to leave my dosh to any relatives or friends. I'll leave some to animal charities as I value animal life far more than human life these days! But then why leave money when it's there to be spent, not saved for someone to get their mitts on when you're brown bread. Therefore spending a mere £5,600 or whatever, if it gives me pleasure is worth it! I love soft top cars! I can only drive small cars due to disability problems. A new to me nice car will give me pleasure. I do not want to drive round in a car I'm running into the ground DRM! I'm 65 in less than a month's time and I think a nice car, if the engine gets the MOT centre's thumbs up will give me pleasure, which we all seek, wouldn't you agree.😉

Did you ask him today? Did you buy it? Did you air fry a baked potato?

 

[Accy cyclist]

As I said better the devil you know, if it's a good one, fair enough, however if it lunches the engine, or has irreparable electrical gremlins, you've lost £5,600, if the BMW specialist is any good, get him to give it a once over when they bring it look at, it would be worth the cost to avoid buying a pig in a poke

No, I didn't see the MOT centre owner as of all days he was closed for some reason, but I did ask a lad who works in Tesco, who's dad owns a car accessories shop in town about Mini Roadsters. He dabbles in cars himself, so he's quite clued up about them. He said that a clutch replacement for my Fiat 500 would be around £250, while a clutch replacement for that Mini would be a crazy £1000!😲 He said BMW parts are crazily expensive, so I think that's enough to put me off buying the Mini Roaster! He also said the 'road tax' will be over £200, compared to my Fiat's £35 and the insurance would/could be about 4 to 5 hundred quid annually. 🙄

 

[Bonefish Blues]

That's an extremely low figure for a 500 clutch replacement Accy, I'd suggest you'd be some way North of that.

 

[Accy cyclist]

How about this one in my favourite Fiat 500 colour!😉
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/33625573...edIQ289SgVYDM4UswFMWKUTw==|tkp:Bk9SR56Byq3GZg

 

[Accy cyclist]

That's an extremely low figure for a 500 clutch replacement Accy, I'd suggest you'd be some way North of that.

That's what he told me, so....He does them himself as a sideline, so maybe it'd be all cash in hand, no invoices stuff to avoid the taxman.🤔

 

[Accy cyclist]

How about this one in my favourite Fiat 500 colour!😉
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/33625573...edIQ289SgVYDM4UswFMWKUTw==|tkp:Bk9SR56Byq3GZg

Sod that, it's collection in person only and miles away from me and it's a high mileage for the asking price!👎

 

[dicko]

No, I didn't see the MOT centre owner as of all days he was closed for some reason, but I did ask a lad who works in Tesco, who's dad owns a car accessories shop in town about Mini Roadsters. He dabbles in cars himself, so he's quite clued up about them. He said that a clutch replacement for my Fiat 500 would be around £250, while a clutch replacement for that Mini would be a crazy £1000!😲 He said BMW parts are crazily expensive, so I think that's enough to put me off buying the Mini Roaster! He also said the 'road tax' will be over £200, compared to my Fiat's £35 and the insurance would/could be about 4 to 5 hundred quid annually. 🙄

My son had his Cooper clutch replaced when the clutch release fork failed. Actually this is a common R56 problem. It was nowhere near £1000 more like £350 but I can’t be sure, it didn’t take long to do.

 

[Accy cyclist]

My son had his Cooper clutch replaced when the clutch release fork failed. is a common R56 problem. It was nowhere near £1000 more like £350 but I can’t be sure, it didn’t take long to do.

Maybe this lad in question is trying to put me off buying it for some reason, either good or bad.🤔 I'll see if the MOT centre across the road is open today. If it is I'll ask the owner about the price of BMW parts, compared to Fiat, Ford, Nissan etc parts, especially asking him how much a new clutch on a Mini Roadster would cost.

 

[CXRAndy]

If it is I'll ask the owner about the price of BMW parts, compared to Fiat etc parts

If you didn't know, German vehicle spares generally are very expensive, compared to other car makers.

There maybe an odd part which comes in cheaper, rarely though