Hello,

I'm looking at buying an '04 Mini Cooper, but it has a couple issues. The driver side door makes a pop going up when it gets about an inch from the top. It does it whether or not the door is open, so I think something is binding with the regulator.

The other thing is the passenger seat back won't go to the normal position. When you fold it forward and then back, the first click that will engage is with the seat about halfway reclined.

I think I can get another seat from a junkyard or something. How hard is it to change the seats on this car? It has manual seats, not power ones. I've changed bucket seats in older cars. They just have four bolts, though you can do it in ten minutes. This has an airbag in it, and that makes me nervous. Do you just unplug a couple electrical connector and have at it?

For that matter I've changed the mechanical window regulators (twice) in an older Miata. How hard would it be to replace the power window regulator in this car?

Also, the clutch engagement point was rather close to the floor and was a bit stiff (this is the first manual Mini I've driven), is this typical?

Sorry for the double post. I tried changing the subject of the first one, to fix a typo and it created a duplicate. The Edit button says that it can Edit/Delete, but I can't figure out a way to delete.

Thanks,
Eric