TBH, as it is an S (ie turbo engine), at 54k miles it may well be in the realms of a full engine refresh. Can you verify if it has had the full TC kit, piston rings, valves ten oil seals etc, etc as per our engine guru refreshes @mike1967 ??

Otherwise you could end up with an expensive repair bill, even if you do the work yourself

 

certainly in the range of needing the timing chain kit done as a maintenance item.

As Phil mentions, they all go the same way: valve seals, piston rings, etc.

Prince engines are a real Pandora's box once you crack them open.....very much an "all or nothing" type of proposition.

As far as price goes: you're in the UK, so listen to what the UK guys are saying. Price varies everywhere. At least guys commenting that are" in country" will be in the ballpark.

Are you sure that's an "S"?

I'm not up on UK models, but no hood scoop, no boot "S" markings and that single side exit exhaust seems to indicate to me it's not a turbo car.

Nice and shiny though. But shiny doesn't mean reliable......

 

I would say......YEAAAAAAAAAAAA. IT'S worth it. If you only could of seen what one of those looked like on the showroom floor. That roadster is defiantly one of them. Polished and shined up. IT's the favored. I would check that right trailing arm bracket against the body to make sure the body itself is not warped where that bracket is bolted but off hand it looks good. 2500 not a bad price relize the roadster commanded more money to begin with at the dealerships. It all depends on the package too I guess. Some mini coopers had the good wood rolls royce interior package.

 

This is rather overpriced, it’s a cooper not a cooper S. so I would want to pay £1550 to £2000 max especially if you need to do the repairs as well.

 

As others have said this is not a Cooper S but on the plus side the mileage is low and it has a good MOT history.
I bought a roadster a few weeks ago and I love it.
These cars are very hard to sell so try chipping them on the price.