I think the green ones were more reliable than the blue ones, but the red ones used more fuel as they went faster.
ru referring to the 60s style or the later ones
davey42,
Jul 28, 2:07pm
By the way its a 2002 model thanks
saffa2,
Jul 28, 2:08pm
the red one!.
trouser,
Jul 28, 2:32pm
Yip. Had an 02 cooper manual. Very reasonable on fuel and no issues a quick search of the web couldn't fix. Things that are likely to be near the end of their life is drivers window mechanism, headlight motors and possibly power steering pump. If an 'auto' then I would look into the last time the cvt fluid has been changed.
We managed to easily fit our fortnightly shopping for four in the boot too.
thewomble1,
Jul 28, 9:09pm
Double white stripes makes them go faster. Fuel.depends on what size boot you have.
pebbles61,
Jul 28, 9:21pm
The new 'Mini'.pfttt mini my arse lol.
icemans1,
Jul 28, 11:20pm
new ones look more like an obese mini
whqqsh,
Jul 29, 4:50am
agree, BMW cashing in on a name more like it, I dont even think of those when someone says 'Mini'
smac,
Jul 29, 5:16am
What these guys actually mean is they've never driven one, and can't help with your question sorry.
What they MAY also be asking (hard to tell), is what engine you're talking about, there's been a few.
pebbles61,
Jul 29, 7:57am
More like a 1300 lol
Overall length
New 'Mini' - 3723mm ADO16 (AKA, the 1100/1300) - 3704mm
But sayingthat, of course modern cars need the impact zones etc, but they could still make it a bit smaller.
And I still like it over the 'new' beetle, that thing is ugly!
doctor_evil99,
Jul 29, 8:51am
Ask your hair dresser and their hair dresser mates, they all got one.
msigg,
Jul 29, 9:51am
Yea there cheap to run, good economy. good little car.
the-lada-dude,
Jul 29, 12:41pm
no, but i did race a mini 7.if you owned a genuine low mileage in mint to excellent condition 970s /1275sand the other ' s 'model ( escaped my memory @ the moment ) i'ts probably worth twice as much as a new( BMW ) mini
cloffie,
Jul 29, 9:09pm
I have a Mini Cooper Davey [auto] a mighty little car . Its fuel consumption is aboutsame as the Nissan Pulsar I had Love the run flat tires!
lynkyn,
Aug 10, 9:11pm
I bought an 04 cooper a few months ago.Had 1995 Honda Civic; which is still a great car but tired - but at 250 000 km only ever did tyres, brakes and recently a wheel bearing.Spending about the same on petrol. Havent worked it out.I would google reliability (and that is a little scary). Was told to get a Cooper, a manual.It has very low km.I bought it from a dealer with a warranty. It is a fun car and great for me -they really are one - two people cars and the boot is "compact".Mine has had normal tyres fitted.From googling is appears many overseas change their tyres for a better ride.(Theres "goo" in case of a flat).
franc123,
Aug 10, 10:17pm
Lol nothing is really new is it, what many don't know is that the run flat tyre idea was tried in the 70's with Clubmans and 1275GT's and was ditched after a couple of years because.the tyres were too expensive and the ride was too harsh! While modern Minis drive nice and look the part, BMW have made a mess of some things IMO, the whole thing is a bit too large and space utilisation isn't wonderful, the boot could be 20% bigger if you got rid of all the stupid plastic panels around the inside of it. Having the headlights lift with the bonnet isn't ideal either. But for all that they did a much better job than VW did with the Beetle in those regards.
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