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It's a nice little car, but it's rather high milage. (MINI's are not noted for their longevity as far as I know.) Also it is a very plane car. I didn't see a single option listed. If you're looking for a platform to do a lot of modification on it will be OK. Otherwise you may find it a little lacking.

My own experience was: I bought a very plain R53 (that's a series one coupe) MINI Cooper with very low milage and kept it one year. Then I traded it for a medium high milage R56 MINI Cooper S to get more performance and more goodies. The R56 is a lot more fun.

 

That looks very reasonable. I'm partial to that color combo. If I was in the market that one would be high on my list!

 

You can get an S with similar mileage for about that much. The S is significantly more fun to drive.

 

yeah drive an S before you make any decisions

 

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