Next is the roof and mirrors

Just wanted to post here with all my fellow mini fans, saying farewell to my favorite car ever 💔 will not be my last mini but still, so sad

Just became a member of the Mini club a couple weeks ago. Always been a fan of the 2-door, and the recent ‘27 Paul Smith edition was enough to get hooked. Love the subtle color shifts and connection to Paul’s studio palette. I lived in London for a few years about 10 years ago and always loved his stores. The car is black, green roof and mirrors, and desaturated navy blue lower trim.

Super small + fast

Gas only, DTC
B38 1.5L
189HP
134" x 69" (would like to see it at 120")
2300lbs
0-60 5.8s

Focus on speed/lower cost/shared parts with f-series:
No sunroof
No park assist/AR/ACC
No power seats
Normal doors (no carbon fiber hinges)
No rear "tray"
Normal taillights

Went with my wife to help her test drive a Clubman. Saw this Hardtop in the “overflow” lot, drove it and fell in love with it after the first test drive. I’ve always liked the looks of an MC, but never seriously considered getting one.

Now I get it why there’s such a dedicated following! I forgot how fun it it to “drive” vs just getting somewhere.

I just got this 2014 mini around 2 weeks ago for my bdayy and it’s due for a wash. What’s the best recommendation for the fabric convertible top? I also saw some protection sprays from the sun and stuff do they actually work?

Ok so try again Deleted the last post as number plate was showing. Thank you so so much butty

So yeah couldn’t resist this purchase 2008 Clubman S, R55 yes I heard about how crap the engine is after I bought it but all is good
It’s mint for now inside and out
Paid £1200
100k on clock
Slapped the basket on myself roof bars cost £210 ish But I so use it
Tbh wish I bought one years ago shhh bit of a midlife crisis with the exhaust popping 😂 I really didn’t know that happened but I love it
Not named her as of yet coming up to three months old in my care
Tempted to fully Tidy in my eyes anyway Graffiti her
Guess I have joined the fam Hello 👍🏻

Pick up probably tomorrow. Test drive was incredible.
Still mourning my blown r56 but fate had other plans for me! More details and pics to follow!!!!!!!

Here is my F56 cooper S

Can anyone recommend what I can do to add apple car play to my mini?

Hi all,

I’m trying to decide between two MINI Clubmans:

2019 Cooper 1.5 petrol – green, 33k miles, 2 owners, automatic

2022 Cooper S 2.0 petrol – red, 47k miles, 1 owner, automatic

I’ll mainly be using the car for city driving in the UK (Birmingham) and probably around 5k miles a year.

For anyone who has owned or driven both, how big is the real-world difference in fuel consumption, especially around town? Is the Cooper S noticeably more expensive on petrol?

I’d also be interested in the difference in insurance, servicing, maintenance and general running costs.

The 1.5 seems like the sensible choice because of the lower mileage and better economy, but I also want something that’s fun to drive. Is the Cooper S worth the extra running costs, or is the 1.5 still enjoyable enough that I wouldn’t really miss the extra performance?

The Cooper S is also 3 years newer and has only had one owner, although it has 14k more miles.

Which one would you choose for mostly city driving?

Have recently taken my mini in to be looked at, at an independent specialist mini/bmw garage. I took it in initially due to a drivetrain malfunction warning/sometimes hard to start (this has only happened 3 times and last was few weeks ago).

Turbo has been noisy - dentist-drill type whooshing sound on acceleration + Have noticed light grey smoke a couple of times on ignition.

Otherwise drives fine and has had a recent MOT with nothing to fix.

The only fault they could find was mixture adaption rich. They weren’t sure whether my usual garage had wiped the error codes when they did diagnostics.

They have also noted the turbo is noisy and there is some smoke. The specialist thinks the turbo is giving out and has advised that it’ll need replacing sooner rather than later, says car seems otherwise in good condition but to consider selling due to cost of the repair.

The cost of replacing the turbo with them is estimated at just over £3000.

Does anyone have any experience with this as an issue? Any advice on whether it would be something worth doing at this mileage or whether I should just cut my losses and sell it would be great.

Thanks!

Hi, I have owned my F56 Cooper S for around 6 months and for most of that time the experience has been somewhat spoilt by some very annoying rattles, the most annoying of these being from the passenger door. I have tried lubricating the rubber as often suggested and that hasn’t resolved this issue. It seems to be coming from somewhere in the door card, but the dealer have been very unhelpful and said they can’t really fix it without it being very costly, as it is an Approved Used/CPO car the warranty does not cover rattles. Anyone have similar experience and how did you resolve it? I am desperate to get this resolved so I can enjoy my Mini again!

I hit a bad pothole on the highway that resulted in a total blowout. It was so deep that it damaged the knuckle and wheel hub bearing.

Had it towed to my local Mini because it’s a lease and I just wanted piece of mind.

Long story short I got insurance involved and they sent out and adjuster and they showed me the numbers and in some cases Mini is marking up parts 200+% and quoting 9 hours of service for a 3 hour job.

So insurance is going to pay for about 1/2 of what Mini is charging and the service dept is trying to say I need to pay the rest. I sent them the comparison w/ the part numbers and everything and am waiting to hear back but is this just typical of service departments to overcharge?

First Day of school photo. 😆

It went well, mostly.

2008 mini cooper hardtop model bought a month ago at 38,000 miles. Has new brake pads and tires. Super confused and concerned, have had no major issues with it other than a few quirks that don’t bother me. Have also popped the hood a few times and everything seemed to be fine other than needing to grab some antifreeze soon. I am a young adult female with limited vehicle knowledge.

Recently, I put down nearly $2K to fix a broken sunroof on my ‘18 JCW and it got me wondering if these cars will still be on the road decades from now. My other car is a MGB which hits 60 years old in a couple of months. I believe part of the reason a car like this can carry on is due to how simple they are. I tune the carbs myself, set the timing myself… Short of an engine overhaul, everything can be done with some spanners and YouTube.

While my MINI is more safe, more powerful, more efficient, I can’t help but think that just maintaining them ends up outpacing their value. It’s like they’re designed to be disposable, and it’s getting worse with each subsequent generation.

I have been looking around for a MINI upgrade from my 2011 Countryman, just recently I managed to come across this 2020 MINI Countryman in a color I've been wanting for a while.

The thing is the car has a history of being leased for two years starting in 2020, then kind of mysteriously doing nothing after that, maybe being driven a thousand miles more in all that time to end up a bit over 3k miles when I bought it.

The most immediate concern to me was tires, the dealer confirmed they were all original so they replaced them for me. But the last oil change was I think in 2022, should I get the oil changed, or any other fluids swapped out? I had read the battery should also be checked if a car had not been used for a while.

So far it seems to drive perfectly fine, I drove it from California back to Denver and had no issues or strange occurrences.

I am having my mechanic that has worked on my older MINI examine the new one but I thought people might have some advice on what to have them inspect more closely.

Thanks for any advice!

The debts are all the vertical lines and the weird square in the middle

Couple of rule #1s today, including a triple.

Seeing conflicting info that it's a 1999 40th anniversary promo item but also it could have been sold in the mid-2000s.