Year: 2006
Make: MINI
Model: Hardtop
Price: $1
Mileage: 100
Color: red
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (Region): Midwestern

We’re there explicit instructions on where the dealer-tech should put the badge ?

 

http://www.motoringfile.com/howto/JCW_MCS_install.pdf

 

Yes, of course

 

i thought superchargers ended in 2006. Guess not.

 

First generation convertibles, with the supercharged engine, continued into 2008

 

The perfect place to add LOTSC tidbits...

...#99 of 100 sold here on NAM several years ago:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-of-100-a.html

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I love the special grill badges they got.



And,
the illuminated sills are awesome as heck too!

 

Seeing that bulldog reminded me of this old advert...

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...code=undefined

06 s and it looks like it checks a lot of your guy’s boxes.

 

Surface 7 interior, too bad no anthracite headliner, but definitely nice and will probably be gone tomorrow if not sooner. Looks like a dealer that sells a lot of r53s.

 

There's a Dark Silver '05 JCW on the "Mini Cooper - Buy, Sell, Trade" Facebook page right now. $10,500, 47k miles.

 

not the cleanest, or the lowest mileage - and not a factory JCW? Ambitious asking price.

 

I actually think it’s a very fair price. Has JCW tuning kit, JCW brake kit, and factory LSD. All the important stuff

The remainder is a low mileage blank canvas to make your own. Not a lot of cars like this have surfaced lately.

 

It's a 16 year-old car with 47k on it (3k miles/year...). I think it's clean, very low mileage, and worth the asking price.
BaT has done weird things to what people think a collectible -or otherwise worthy- car is.

Also interested to know why people have such an aversion to Dealer vs Factory installed kits. They all use wrenches.
I have a thoughtfully modded '05 JCW I'd let go for $8k

 

Dealer kit doesn’t include LSD and brake kit. The fact that this car has everything makes it a moot point.

 

Ask anyone with experience on a track with Mk1 MINI's, who have actually tracked both sans the LSD, and one with.....they will tell you the gains are marginal at best and typically unremarkeable ....I would not allow the lack of that component sway my decision.

 

I agree, it’s still a low mile JCW facelift with JCW brakes and the optional LSD. All things being equal, the only things a factory JCW would have on it is it would be a year newer, and the bragging rights of the option being listed on the window sticker.

This car sounds like a good deal if everything checks out. Under 50K is pretty low for a 2005 MINI which I think is in the “regular” car/brand realm and, except for the GP1 or GP2, was not even remotely collectible until very recently, even if a JCW.

The only real benefits of Factory JCW were the included brakes and LSD. Possibly not even the brakes since R56S front calipers and rotors are functionally the same and a cheap and easy upgrade.

 

I installed an LSD in my 04 JCW - and I won’t be bothering with one on my new 02 JCW

 

I have no aversion to factory versus dealer JCW, I’ve had one of each - but if I were looking at an 06 I’d probably prefer a factory one over a dealer one, since it was the only year they did a factory install in the R53

 

Is this the factory LSD, or any LSD in an R53 in general?

 

I installed a Quaife. ModMini has an install video on his YouTube channel - that was my car

 

Lowish mile 2003 MCS in the PNW:



https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/c...268313776.html

 

Wow so so many good ones lately coming out of PNW

 

And....this one even comes with the optional "Amazing charm" package at no additional cost!

Looks like a nice, clean blank canvas to start with.

 

Talking about "amazing charm",
here's a question:

if this thing popped up on CL for a low price,
would you consider it?

 

No