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Went to look at and bought a temporary car pending fixing the S Class properly.

Working MK1 facelift Bini Cooper with almost 6 months MoT.

Needs a few bits addressing, but actually drives quite well for what it is.

 Is owing a Benz,, the new Omega something needs fixing weekly.

I've often thought that Jay Leno would be a good bloke to have a pint with.

I wonder what the topic of conversation would be

I know, pick a car make, but lets sit in one while we chat.

Great pics, Jimbob! 

I've often thought that Jay Leno would be a good bloke to have a pint with.

Phew, it's a '55 plate

MoT history suggests that CVs done, suspension feels fine, car tracks true.

Showed no sign of overheating on the way home although I bought it knowing the fans weren't working. It's had a thermostat, but I will start with the fans and give the cooling system a decent going through in due course.

WOut of curiosity, what coolant should it have in it?

Couple of phone pics...

Fantastic show here in Flintshire, we were out till 1am watching, and looking at the graphs it may have got better still.

OK, I have two of these. The first I bought for £500 and fixed up.

The R50 is the one to buy. Cheap, easy to work on. The engine is sound. The Midland gearboxes before 2005 are pretty fragile. The Getrag 5 speed gearboxes from 2005 onwards are much better but can suffer problems.

You can buy them cheap because people think the head gasket has gone, it may have done if the car was seriously overheated. Generally it's a cooling system problem, most likely the electric fan which gives no warning that it has failed until the car overheats.

The car is easy work on and well engineered - with the Tritec engine. Parts are really cheap and easy to get.

You will need to fix lots of minor issues like CV boots, front top mounts. PAS pump. If you can do that yourself these are brilliant cars, 45mpg on a run, allowed in ULEZ zones, amazing handling. They are noisy on the motorway though.

DO NOT BUY the 2007 onwards, Gen 2, R55/R56 mini, it had huge engine problems. The engines almost always need a full rebuilt after 50k miles. They suffer from cracked valves and failed piston rings.

You didn't really expect any positive reviews from this lot did you Al?