JCW Thoughts on this JCW, possibly purchasing
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Thoughts on this JCW, possibly purchasing
hey guys, I've been gone for awhile since selling our last Mini but am in the market and looking at this one and would like your advice/suggestions on it since I haven't owned a JCW before.
The car is a 2011 (yeah I know the dreaded N14) JCW with only 20k miles on it. It's still stock with the exception of the Alta hot side pipe. Even with it being the N14 I'm not overly concerned with it due to the low mileage. I'll just keep the oil changes frequent. But aside from that, do any of you guys have any thoughts on this car? Any reason NOT to buy? I'm not aware of any other issues with these other than the timing chains but again I'm not real familiar with them either. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
The car is a 2011 (yeah I know the dreaded N14) JCW with only 20k miles on it. It's still stock with the exception of the Alta hot side pipe. Even with it being the N14 I'm not overly concerned with it due to the low mileage. I'll just keep the oil changes frequent. But aside from that, do any of you guys have any thoughts on this car? Any reason NOT to buy? I'm not aware of any other issues with these other than the timing chains but again I'm not real familiar with them either. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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I put 156k miles on my N14 S, now I'm driving an N14 JCW....the problem areas mentioned above are accurate for both. In other words, I don't think that the JCW has any additional problems over the S. The extra cost for the JCW is worth it in my opinion....the S is fun, but the JCW is funner!
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So now there's this.... I found another one. It's a 13 with 40k miles on it for $1k more. So it's 2 years newer but twice as many miles, yet it doesn't have the N14.
Woukd that hat be a better deal? To pay a little more for a 2 year newer car with more miles but to avoid the N14?
Woukd that hat be a better deal? To pay a little more for a 2 year newer car with more miles but to avoid the N14?
You have a better bet on a 2013 if you can find the maintenance records and how many previous owners it went through. Furthermore, it may still be under warranty.
I am the first owner of my JCW Coupe now at 32K with absolutely no mechanical problems, still under factory maintenance until July.
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Definitely go for the n18 2013. The mileage is low regardless but the n14 has many more issues, even if you keep up with it. You'll likely save more than the $1k in additional cost on the replacement of those other items like the timing chain, hpfp, etc.
That's said, there are always the other factors...which one has multiple owners? Are there service records available?
That's said, there are always the other factors...which one has multiple owners? Are there service records available?