Before you say “You shouldn’t have done that” Or “Dummy”, I really like the car, it’s different just like me. The car I speak of is a Mini Cooper S 2005, 120k showing. Everything works, windows, cruise, ect., great tires, run flats. The thing just stopped running at a gas station, just one hour after I signed the papers. The car is mine free and clear, but I have not seen that car since that night, a month+ ago now. The car lot I bought the Mini from, has had it in and out of its own shop and a “Mini” shop several times now. To get too the point…I will need and MUST learn how too work on the thing myself, when and IF I ever drive it again. If anyone has any real advice on the 05Mini Cooper S, please reply and I’ll look you up at a later date. Thanks and God Bless!!
Oh I’ve heard hahaha, definitely not saying the n18 is good I’m just not sure if they had similar issues so just wanted to put out there what happened with mine in case that gen had some similarities
Oh yeah no very different problems in both. W10/11 both suffer with overheating which by extension means head gaskets. The whole cooling system is an issue primarily on a r53 due to the supercharger, and if you have a Midlands (2001-2004 r50’s)/cvt gearbox you chew threw clutches, howevef the getrag is a resilient clutch in the cooper s (2001-2006 and the r50 2005-2006) it doesn’t have any major issues compared to the r56 after that, but suffers from age related niggles.