Meet The PERFECT First Modified Car - R53 Mini Cooper S! 

2005 Cooper S here, Also driver window scratched to bits :')

There fun but the transmissions aren't very good I have one that I want to make a sleeper

@@explodingbullets4972 I’ve heard the pre facelift rover transmissions are bad but I haven’t had any problems with mine so far and owned it for a few years now

Yesss feel this rn 🤣 feel likegoin for moooooch 🤣🤣

Same can't beat em

I have an old 205. Does that count?

Must be fun sitting on the drive

Me too

It was diluted coke 👀

@@AdamC3046 😂

@@AdamC3046 Haha that’s brilliant!

So R.I.P.I.P. Then? Sounds like a Honda exhaust 🤔

had a low mileage r53 cooper s...great fun until it hit the 100,000km mark...then the fun stopped and despite perfect maintanence the repair orgie started...tear in the exhaust manifold, timing chain tensioner, ecu problems,waterpump and kompressor,engine mounts...and the list goes on and on, just one thing after another...you repair one thing then the next problem shows up!!! these cars are a blast to drive on b roads until they just are´nt anymore and become permanent guests in your local repair shop...had a real love hate relationship with that car...great performance and handling but absolutly sh*tty reliability!!! eventually sold it and now i´ve had a Abarth 595 competizione as my little b road fun car the last 5 years...and honestly i´ve got almost a 195,000km on it now and have´nt had a single issue with it yet! ya they are a bit expensive even as used cars in compairison to a mini but just as fun and tenfold more reliable...what the mini comes cheaper buying comes back to haunt you in repair costs! still love the mini´s just would never buy one of the earlier models again!

Maybe this comes a little late, but a R50 Cooper is an amazing first car. Best is if you get a 2004-2006 with heated seats and Automatic AC. Amazing vehicles and fairly reliable. I myself have one with over 160k miles.

A cooper s as a first car????

@@hardc0reloonasimp keep it on the downlow😉

fair play, hope I your run went well

@@555jaybo had 17 cars so not bad

I don't think you are correct there, sir.

I was thinking the same thing but $400 seems like a steal. I paid just over 2k for my insurance on a 1.1 peugeot 106 when I passed. I guess the insurance on the mini offsets the cost if you've paid close to 3k for a first car though.

@@burgerbait that’s true. My insurance was also only just over £2k, with a black box too; for an ‘09 Renault Megane 1.6. My car was my dads however and had sat still for about 5 years before I had it, insurance priced it at being worth around £2500.

Its not too bad I payed 1800 and it was the same for a corsa

Try an r56 jcw at 18 yrs old apprentice wage 😂

Depends how handy you are with tools. There is huge aftermarket support for repairs etc and the owners group is brilliant

It s like 10 bolts or less to remove all the front end.

Run hot? Leak? Nope.

Congrats🎉

I can confirm it was diluted coke

I’m not 100 per cent sure as I don’t have an Abarth, but they say that MINI provides better chassis and steering, as well as power potential. From an engineering point of view MINI is overall more efficient. My R53 is almost 20 years old. I bought it 7 years ago. I’ve used it as a DD quite intensely as it’s the only car I have. The mileage has gone up from 180.000 km to 420.000 km. The car has obvious mods and 200 HP. I must admit, that It’s been repaired for many-many times. Love-hate relationship continued for the first 3-4 years. But after that it suddenly stopped braking. No huge troubles since then. I traveled for 5-7.000 km several times with no problems as well. By the way, I’m not a mechanic at all. So, I am pretty sure that if this car is carefully looked after it is reliable. The main issue is to find a good one on sale. They are rare in general and good ones are hunted for. Frankly speaking, a few weeks ago while speeding on streets I burned an exhaust valve and currently ride with only 3 cylinders running. I am waiting for my friend mechanic/tuner to install Cat Cam, TVS, BVH and remap the controller. He is genius and the one who found a way to do whatever he wants to the Siemens controller. His tune to Sprintex SC is way more efficient then the original one by Bytetronik… So, we will deal with the burnt valve as well. R53 is a great car. The only real (!) issue is squeaking plastic. I don’t really care about it, but my wife does. That annoys…

@@alexfluxx3358 as somebody that has had both i can only say that yes the mini is tons of fun and has huge potential...and yes the stearing is a bit better then the abarth aswell as the seating position...as for power potential both are really good, my abarth went from 180hp to 220 hp just with a remap and a better air intake...and with a turbo and intercooler mod + some bigger injectors you can reach reliable 300+hp no problem...when it comes to interior quality both are a mixed bag of cheap plastik and some quality things like leather and alcantara...at the end of the day the power and quality diffrences are slim to none...the main issues and diffrence between the 2 is reliability and repair costs and thats where the abarth is a big jump ahead of the game compaired to the r53...my abarth is a 2012 model and allthough not 20 years old but 11 years without problems speaks for itsself...regular maintanence and two new timing belts that where changed out of percaution is all it took to run perfect until now...things that will probably need some atention in the near future thow are the clutch and two new wheel bearings in the front..and if you ask me that sure beats the many repairs that i went threw with the mini and the ones you had the first 4 years as you said. so to make a long story short eventhow the mini still has a place in my heart, my personal opinion is the better daily with cheaper longterm runningcosts from my expierence is the abarth 595...not saying you can´t get lucky with a r53 aswell and it just runs without problems, but i was just sick and tired at the end of depending on luck when it comes to a small reliable daily with enough power under the hood and nice styling. and lets be honest if it was´nt for the styling of both mini and abarth nobody would drive these cars...there all about the looks...there are a ton of better quality and more reliable cars on the market with simular specs for much cheaper... just for example my second car is a lowered white merc 190e from 1987 with a 2.3 16v motor 185hp that does 235kph and 0 to 100kph in under 7,5 sec. on the autobahn and i shot it cheap for under 3 grand about 15 years ago...the thing handles better then any mini or abarth and i even did the same lap time on the nürburgring as with the 220hp abarth and almost 3,5 sec. faster then the r53 without any mods except some sporty coilovers, and have had to do nothing but the typical services/maintanence on it and i´m currently at around 385,000km with it...those are the typ of cars that are real keepers that even are starting to increase dramatically in value these days...as for minis and abarths, these are just fun cars and when and if they start having problems its best to just let them go and buy the next one...they are not worth the longterm investments and headaches.

It's fine, it was only diluted coke

Your loss. You're talking about things a decade ago. We have checked the MOT history, there's nothing to be worried about, and the car's a gooden'

It’s a nail

I sort of get what you're saying, however those MOTs are a decade ago...a lot can change between then & now. If this car is worth say £3000, if you won this for £5, then you've got £2995 leftover to repair anything (which it won't need anyway) 🤷🏽‍♂️ I'd say thats a bargain...

Cider 👌😎

it was diluted coke

as desirable as 911's not too sure about that but they are great fun

@@555jaybo Give it some time. We'll see. Hard to tell what becomes a classic, but the MINIs have always punched above expectations.

it already is

Congratulations 🎉

@@-Torii- thanks!🎉

Needs Minilites 😂

I averaged 30mpg on my 250 mile stint of hooning and cruising.

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