Year: 2003
Make: MINI
Model: Hardtop
Price: $6100
Mileage: 103000
Color: green
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (Region): NorthEast

Selling my Mini Cooper S Hatch. It's hunter green, with a white top, one of the lesser produced color combos.
I bought this car back in November of 2014 at 98.5k miles. It sits at 102.5k now. Since I've had it, I have been fixing things and getting the car where I wanted, rather than driving it much because I have another car. At six foot-four, although there is ample leg room, I realized this car is a bit small for my taste. As soon as I brought it home I replaced the starter, bled the brakes, changed the oil and topped off all fluids. A lot of the expensive 100k maintenance items have been completed (starter & throttle body alone came out to over 1300). Overall, though, the car was in great condition when I got it and it's even better now.

All work completed at Benchmark Motors in Columbia MD; Service records are available.

Here's the specs:

Exterior 7/10
Interior 9/10

Engine
- Alta 17% Supercharger Pulley
- Alta Charge Pipe
- MSD Coil Pack and Spark Plug Wires
- DDM Works Cold Air Intake System
- DDM Intercooler
- Supersprint Exhaust Header
- Borla Full Catback Exhaust

Suspension
- Meagan Racing 32 Adjustable Full Coilovers
- Meagan Racing Rear Camber Arms
- Cross Drilled and Slotted Rotors (all four)

Exterior
- JCW Front Grills
- Carbon Fiber Hood Scoop
- Factory Upgrade John Cooper Works Option Wheels 17x8.5 (very rare, to this day I've never seen another R53 with these)
- HID Headlights (6k white)
- HID Factory Foglights (yellow)
- Alta Stubby Antenna

Interior
- Factory Red S2000 Race Seats (No tears)
- JCW Dash Trim
- JCW Door Panels
- 3 Spoke Mini Sport Steering Wheel
- Autometer 30 PSI Boost Guage
- Autometer AF Guage

Recent maintenance
-New starter at 99k
-New spark plugs at 99k
-New Tires at 100k
-New throttle body at 102k
-Super Charger oil serviced a few weeks before I purchased.

Cons
These are typical Mini issues that I didn't have time to address because they were smaller issues. Low cost fixes.

-Needs Power steering lines from reservoir ($120 dollars on ECS tuning for the kit.) Leaks over time. I've had to top it off twice since owning the car, not a big issue.
-Needs upper motor mount ($88 dollars on way motor works)
-Slight rust under driver side tail light (my paint shop quoted $200 to repair)

I've been as honest as possible of the condition of the car. It's a lot of fun, quick, with tight go kart like steering that takes full advantage of the suspension. The exhaust set up sounds amazing and captures that classic Mini tone.
Lot of higher end after market parts here.

Asking $6100 picked up in Catonsville, Md.

 

Good luck on the sale. S2000 seats. Never seen one with them. Pretty different.

 

The wheels look similar to 17x7 R108 but they are not OEM ...



GLWS

 

Thanks! Appreciate the feedback. Yeah the seats are the thing about the car that sticks out the most I'd say haha

 

Possibly so! Just going off what the PO told me about the wheels, never looked into it myself. They look well on the car though !

 

Bump, price is negotiable

 

Bump, price reduced to $7k

 

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reduced price of $6700

 

Pmd you

 

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Bump. Reduced price to 6400

 

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Bump, new pics added, price drop to 6100

 

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still for sale?

 

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