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Norcy91

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15th Jul 12 at 19:28

Talk to me..

How much would you say a 54 plate Cooper S, 60000 miles, Full Service History, Grey, Chilli Pack? No mention of what tax and MOT is on the car.

I'm in need of a new car after selling mine yesterday and not having a way of getting anywhere, Mini's are appealing to me because of the handling etc.

Also what are the service costs like on these if done by BMW/Mini? I've read 60k miles is an Inspection 2 unless it's already had it done!

I believe a few of you have/had an R53, what were your opinions on them?

EDIT: Also, what are the common faults on these? If there are any!

Car in question! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230817722935?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_1041wt_1191

[Edited on 15-07-2012 by Norcy91]

[Edited on 15-07-2012 by Norcy91]

andys sxi

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15th Jul 12 at 19:40

£5000-£6000? Is it private or trade

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Norcy91

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15th Jul 12 at 19:42

It's trade, not at a BMW or Mini garage though

andys sxi

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15th Jul 12 at 19:43

How much is it up for

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Norcy91

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15th Jul 12 at 19:45

£5650, which seems about right compared to others. Parkers book price is £4810 with 80k miles. Could possibly get it for £5000 i'd have thought?

andys sxi

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15th Jul 12 at 19:51

Start at 5k and work up never much movement on traders could get it for 5350-5400 possibly

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Norcy91

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15th Jul 12 at 19:54

It's been for sale there for a while i think, so they might have a bit more movement on the price, all depends on what tax and MOT it's got on it really

Norcy91

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15th Jul 12 at 21:26

I'm going to look at it tomorrow night hopefully, so anybody got some tips on what to look out for on these?

R Lee

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15th Jul 12 at 23:43

Great fun.
Handling is spot on, enough pace to keep you happy, supercharger whine is addictive.
Fairly easy to tune 200+bhp.
Lots of aftermarket parts to keep mini looking individual.

Matty SRi

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15th Jul 12 at 23:44

Do a deal at the end of the month when they need their figures up and get it cheaper

Norcy91

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16th Jul 12 at 05:57

I can't wait till the end of the month though, this week is fine without a car because I can get lifts to work off a mate, but I'll be working different shifts very shortly which means I need a car

BeetleGav

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16th Jul 12 at 08:31

Haven't seen any posts from that guy who had the works mini with the red roof and was a strange greeny black. Where's he got too?

whitter45

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16th Jul 12 at 10:51

quote:
Originally posted by BeetleGav
Haven't seen any posts from that guy who had the works mini with the red roof and was a strange greeny black. Where's he got too?

you mean Matty

Ben G

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16th Jul 12 at 10:53

quote:
Originally posted by BeetleGav
Haven't seen any posts from that guy who had the works mini with the red roof and was a strange greeny black. Where's he got too?

died of gingivitis

Nath

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16th Jul 12 at 12:40

Barnes trolled him to death in Sports Day.

BeetleGav

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16th Jul 12 at 12:57

cant remember who it was. just really liked his mini

Ben G

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16th Jul 12 at 12:59

ojc had an r53 mini. sold it because he wanted a grandad car.

BeetleGav

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16th Jul 12 at 13:27

it was a brand new mini last year i think. started de-chroming it etc. ahwel

taylorboosh

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16th Jul 12 at 13:27

Ojc has a record with cars

mwg

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16th Jul 12 at 13:30

I'm alive so is the Mini

taylorboosh

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16th Jul 12 at 13:36

Lol mwg is always online

BeetleGav

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16th Jul 12 at 14:00

haha ohyeah! just couldnt remember who had the car.....its very nice!

Seany

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16th Jul 12 at 14:42

Common faults are Chewbacca noise from the clutch when pulling away, don't let that put you off though as most do it now and again. Steering rack noise also and can be a fairly expensive fix I'm told.
There will be some rattles and noises inside but that's just the plastics and an easy thing to sort with a bit cardboard.
Service can be a bit on the expensive side for a small hatch but its not wallet destoying stuff.
Other than that chuck a pulley on and a bigger intercooler and listen to the whiiiineeee!

Oh and some of the one with the chilli pack came with a diff.

[Edited on 16-07-2012 by Seany]

Norcy91

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16th Jul 12 at 19:20

Good job i took my brother with me really! They already had the car warmed up for when i got there

always a bad sign in my opinion!

Started it up, bad knocking noise from under the bonnet, turned out to be the flywheel!
Had two tyres on the front which weren't run flats and had cracks in them, one of the rear run flats was bald.
Bootlid was starting to rust in a few small places.
Although it'd had a service a few months ago at a BMW/Mini garage the oil didn't look like it had been changed, it had also had a random service abroad 4 years ago

Drivers door card was scratched to fuck! he said they could get it repainted but it was a brushed steel effect, so god knows how they were planning on doing that!
Also had a few scuffs and a dodgy bit of a respray around the fuel filler cap.

Seany

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16th Jul 12 at 20:23

For what you were paying you could get a tastefully modded one, loads for sale atm. Check out minitorque or totalmini.

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