N14 Mini Cooper Buyer's Guide | 2007 to 2010 Cooper S / 2009 to 2012 JCW 

@@TheMINIac - Really? Explain all of their experiences.

The tires were worn and a small oil leak was starting to develope. The inspector said that it was most likely a gasket leak. On top of that there were only superficial problems such as a broken hood grill trim and a busted wiper fluid tube that needed repair. I ended up buying it and taking on those repairs. Because of it's condition, we settled on 6500$

How's your experience driving it so far? I found one with similar price range on CarGurus, but not sure how reliable it is.

How do you like it?

@@TheMINIac thank you i was curious about the difference. Thank you for responding so quickly.

Lucky for you all. We don’t have the PSA products in the US but I guess we could order the parts from Europe.

There is a nice 2011 Mini with two women owners. I can buy it for $3,000. It has 170,000 miles on it but seems to run fine? Should I buy it or run from it? Just want a weekend driver.

@2007vwbeetle if it was well maintained yes. But that mileage, I would make sure it’s in perfect shape.

@@TheMINIac I did a fax check on it. It seemed to be from what I could tell on oil changes good except a couple times went over 10k miles. It had brakes front and back put in it a few times.A valve cover gasket replaced once. A timing belt tensioner pulley once ( didn’t see where timing chain was replaced. Transmission fluid I think twice. And other normal maintenance. It was involved in a minor wreck where she hit someone in the rear and was enough to deploy airbags so think grille, bumper and left fender was replaced and painted. I couldn’t tell it except the bumper and grille looked in better shape than most 2011. The rest of the car outside and inside seems to be in better than normal condition. I was mainly concerned it had 170,000 miles on it and how much more I could expect out of a 2011 engine? We won’t drive it a lot a pretty easy we are both retired. If it ran 220k I would be satisfied.Should the timing chain in that model been replaced not just tension pulley once? See no evidence of it ever over heating or any other major problems or work done. It list for about $5,200 this lady had went through a divorce and seems to have a gambling habit and debt. She went from $4,700 to $4,000. Then after I showed her the carfax of the other owner wreck and I think she got in more money problems she said if I brought cash she would take $3,000. She was entering in some card tournament. Very nice home worth 700k but she was only owner about a year and hadn’t used the car much. It was the owner before her who I don’t know who she was that had the accident and did most of the maintenance. Could I go wrong at $3,000 for a 2011. Was that year a decent engine?

@@LastTrump7 if it ends up needing any work, for $3000 it’s a steal.

@@TheMINIac ah I see. Misunderstood in the vid.

The MINIac So true have 12 r56 copper s. That Lead to a new timing chain an more.

@@TheMINIac How do I find out if the car has a good maintenance history? (Sorry if the question is dumb, I have never bought a car in my life lol)

Karen l got one for sale is mini s ‘08 manual super clean

@@TheMINIac thank you, so a 2009 cooper S clubman that has DTC means it got the ELDC?

@@TheMINIac ok but is there a diffence with the john hamilton edition

i forgot to ask is it ok to put oil catch can on there

@@TheMINIac ok thanks real appreciate it just got find a good mini mechanic carmax doesn't know what they are doing and i can't work on cars anymore

The heat shield on the hood is to prevent the hood scoop from warping due to the high heat from the turbo. It's usually only a problem if your running the car hard for long periods of time (eg track days). Usually just the upgraded heat shield over the turbo (like that JCW also has) will do the trick.

The new mini water pumps are aluminium. You can get one from the agents (they are not that expensive)

@@TheMINIac your opinion on the reability of r56, couldnt find anywhere is it the n14 or n18 engine

@@TheMINIac okay thx!

Cooper S N18, JCW N14, Cooper N16

@@TheMINIac is it a good engine. New to the mini. It is a nice looking car but has 170,000 miles on it? Can buy for $3,000 off lady who needs the money?

They only are on when the high beams are off.