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Thinking of buying a 2002.

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I am completely new to Mini's but a guy I work with girl friend has a 2002 for sale for $1000. It has high mileage (172,000) but the body and interior are in very good shape. They recently replaced the transmission, clutch and tires. It has a problem with the engine stalling. We drove it to lunch and it stalled twice while backing out at the restaurant. He says it has been stalling since July and believes it is a vacuum leak. They never had it smoke tested. I'm not confident he is right and worry it could be something far more expensive like an ECU. Like I said, I know nothing about this car and was wondering if this is a common problem with a known cause. Also wondering if 172,000 miles is considered extremely high for this car. It would be a third car for our family so it wouldn't be driven daily. Thanks
 
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