Hey there people.
As you can tell from the name.... I'm more of a Japanese car enthusiast. However, that looks like it could change for the time being as I'm 99% sure I'm putting down a deposit on a 2003 Mini Cooper S tomorrow.
Just some general advice would be great!
It has the Chilli pack and the visibility pack (whatever that is!). It's a gunmetal grey with black mirrors. It looks really nice - well would be my colour combo if I was choosing one from new!
It's covered almost 38,000 miles and had some dealership history but last service I believe was carried out by "a well respected garage". The indicator is currently showing 13,500 miles until the next service! Should I not be changing oil between then or not?
What should I be looking out for? Anything prone to go wrong/break/not fuction properly on these?
Another thing - the front bumper doesn't look like it sits properly - it sticks out where it meets the front quater panel on the passenger side but sticks in where it meets the quater panel on the driver side - like it doesn't look 100% aligned correctly - I will ask the owner tomorrow about it, but has there been problems with slightly mis-aligned front bumpers before?
I'll check the oil tomorrow as well - I assume I am to check oil after a run out in it first rather than from cold, correct?
I'm sure I'll have more questions, but hopefully by tomorrow I'll be the owner of a Mini Cooper S! My friends have already started makign jokes.
