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• MINI Cooper D - Mini CooperD DPF fault light - needing urgent help 2 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  Hi Guys n Girls Newbie to the world of mini's here so go easy on me! I am hoping that one of you nice folk will be good enough to lend 5 minutes of your time/knowledge. I've just bought my first ''Dooper'' which I absolutely love.
• MINI Cooper S R53 (2002 - 2007) - Rejecting cherished MINI Cooper S 13 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  At the end of August of this year I purchased a Mini Cooper S from my local dealership (I will call it delearship 1), I'm now sick to the teeth of the car due to various problems. Here is an email I sent to "dealership 1" The problems started the first day I bought the car.
• Main dealer used John Cooper Works Mini Clubman - Haggling 18 Aug 2025 (Forum)
  I really don't like haggling. On a 5live interview with a couple of motor trade professionals, it was said that these days car dealers cut margins so...
• MINI Clubman - MOT minor defect 18 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  It's MOT time again and I've just remembered last year although the car passed I had a 'minor defect - repair as soon as possible' due to a small crack...
• MINI Cooper S - Sticker removal.... 17 Aug 2019 (Forum)
  What would you guys say is the best way to get a "sticker" off the back bumper of a Cooper S  ??  I definately would call it a sticker rather...
• BMW Mini one 2009 - Washer bottle 11 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  My daughter's washers have packed up, you can hear the pump working just no water out of the jets front or back screens. Running the garden hose...
• 08 Mini Cooper petrol - Water leak 7 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  while getting mot, my girlfriend was told a slight leak at water pump. She then noticed blower was taking ages to heat up . I assumed loss of water causing...
• We Are All Getting Bigger! 25 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  Whilst I have enough headroom in many classics (e.g. Mk II Zephyr) I struggle with my friend's Mondeo. Same with original Mini vs new Mini. Obesity is avoidable whilst being tall is not!  
• Taxing old vehicle for the sake of a few hours.... 28 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I kind of know the answer to this one but hope there is another way. My tax expires on 31/08/2008 but I'm picking up the mini on the 01/09/2008. I really don't want to fork out £125 for the sake of a few hours and get 5 months back worth of tax from the DVLA for the sake of a few hours use on the 1st month! Mini MAIN dealer tells me not to bother and risk it.
• MINI Cooper S R53 (2002 - 2007) - Convertable - I am just about to buy one... 7 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Can anyone help me work out the best way to pay for a new Mini Cooper S convertible and how new compares to buying second hand? Dealers PCP? Personal Loan? Leasing? I'm trying to figure out the bottom line cost so I can make a valued decision. A car is going to cost me money so I have been trying to put together a spreadsheet to work out what each option will cost when taking into account all the different variables, interest, depreciation, deposit etc.
• 1980 Mini 1000 - Running far too rich 26 May 2005 (Forum)
  I am desperately trying to get my 1980 Mini 1000 back on the road and need your help. To cut a long story short, a so called 'friend' offered to fit a 1275 engine, I bought the exhaust system to use with it, but my 'friend' then disappears leaving me with a half completed job - and as it turns out an engine which is completely seized.
• New Mini Monopoly 19 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Just another example of the supposedly free new-car-buying market being 'interpreted' against the private buying customer. I've just committed to a new Mini for SWMBO - no question a high quality car with a comparably high price to match. Negotiating with a Mini dealer left me walking away from my local vendor, who had let me have a car for an hour and spent another hour afterwards talking things through.
• Mini Cooper S - Older Purchase Advice 15 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  I have always wanted a Mini as a fun 2nd car - that's all it would be used for, generally at the weekends and enjoying the drive. As such then I don't want to spend the earth on one but wondered if anyone with either experience of them or in the trade (where are you SLO76?)
• Mini Cooper - Blue Smoke from exhaust 10 Mar 2022 (Forum)
  Hi My son has just spent £3000 on an 09 plate mini cooper (1.6).  It has done around 60k miles.  He has noticed that there is a bit of blue smoke coming out of his exhaust when he accelerates.  I believe that it is likely to be piston rings or something similar, which ive been told is an expensive fix!
• BMW Mini Cooper S R56 - Headlight issue, Xenon Headlight 21 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  Hope " elekie&a/c doctor" is still around giving excellent advice ! I've recently become the owner of a 2007 R56 Cooper S. My third mini and I love it :-) The N/S headlight has a funny quirk. When I switch the headlights on, they both come on and rise to the correct height, as they should do. After a few seconds, the N/S headlight switches off and on a maximum of 3 times a second or so in between and I get a "light alert" come up on the tach and then the flashing headlight stays on and operates perfectly.
• N/A - Taxi/Mini Cab Licences 11 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  I thought it might be limited to my area but when I visited Folkstone recentkly I saw three examples of dangerous/inconsiderate driving by taxi/mini cab drivers in just over an hour. Is it not time councils considered tightening up - maybe asking potential drivers to pass the IAM test?
• MINI One - Paid for part/labour that did not fix problem 4 Jul 2020 (Forum)
  Engine fault light came on. A mobile mechanic came and fitted a new part costing £200+ plus labour which said fixed problem. Having paid,...
• MINI Cooper JCW - What oil 31 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  Hi there guys wondering if you could help me my cars engine oil needs changing I know that I have to use a fully synthetic 5W - 30, I've just ordered 5...
• Why doesn't somebody make a small car? 7 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  Why doesn't somebody make a small car? I was watching TV a few weeks back and somebody was test driving a classic mini. He loved the mini and it looked really good. Good ones sell for over £10,000, so why can't somebody make something similar but with modern stuff. Give it modern rust proofing and a modern 1.0l engine would be economical and give reasonable performance.
• Autotrader - Possible Scams? 23 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  Example is the Mini One D seen twice on this page: http://tinyurl.com/6l42vg Do i smell a scam?