Greetings,
I'm looking to buy a used MINI for my wife. I've done a fair amount of reading about various issues. Pre-July 2004 gearboxes, steering pumps, track rods etc.
We have a limited budget of £3.5k. Any advice on what to go for? There seam to be a lot of MINI's about. My instinct is to go for a diesel. Did they always have the (better?) getrag gearbox? Failing that the petrol post July 2004 model? We can get ~85k miles for this budget on a 2004 facelift model.
Any particular areas prone to rust? Things to look for when viewing?
Any advice would be very useful. Seeing a couple tomorrow...
Many thanks
I'm looking to buy a used MINI for my wife. I've done a fair amount of reading about various issues. Pre-July 2004 gearboxes, steering pumps, track rods etc.
We have a limited budget of £3.5k. Any advice on what to go for? There seam to be a lot of MINI's about. My instinct is to go for a diesel. Did they always have the (better?) getrag gearbox? Failing that the petrol post July 2004 model? We can get ~85k miles for this budget on a 2004 facelift model.
Any particular areas prone to rust? Things to look for when viewing?
Any advice would be very useful. Seeing a couple tomorrow...
Many thanks