Hey, currently own a 67 Mini Deluxe as a daily driver and want to give it a bit of a rest! Still keeping it but looking for a MINI to enjoy daily as a second (third) car. Currently looking at a few 2002-2006 Cooper S models with under 100,000km around $15000. Are there any potential issues that i should be looking for, questions i should be asking etc... Any advice warmly received!

EDIT: Ok, been researching some vehicles as you can see below. Question, why can I not find a VIN beginning with WMWRE32050TC##### I can only find WMWRE32010TC##### WMWRE32030TC##### WMWRE32080TC#####

What Model/Year/Badge/Variation is this?

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1967 Morris Mini Deluxe

Hmm.......clutches usually get done between 80-120,000 kms depending on how hard the car is driven.
It's about a $2000 job to change it so keep that in mind.

Make sure theres no excessive noise from the supercharger, and that all the electrics work.........ones that can give trouble are door locks, sunroof and gauges.

If the tyres are worn it can sound like a wheel bearing is on it's way out! Or it could just be a wheel bearing is actually on its way out!!!

Check the service history and give preference to one serviced by BMW

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2002 Cooper, when New MINIs were new!

I'd give preference to one serviced by a european car specialist like bmautowerks over BMW.
They have no idea what they're doing from my experience.

Thanks for the advice so far - just to put things in context, this is the one at the top of my list!
http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/detai ... D-16311443

Also, any ideas on who to use to transport a MINI from Adelaide to Canberra and the cost?

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1967 Morris Mini Deluxe

Drive it

In addition to the comments above, a few things to keep an eye out for:
Plastic header tanks leak at the seam
Power steering pumps (they are noisy by nature) but a common failure
Thermostat leaks
Check the low speed fan (should come on with the A/C on) note the power steering fan should also come on
strut top mushrooming

The car you are looking at obviously has a non standard exhaust (ie only the 1 outlet) also looks to have some sort of earthing kit?? possible signs of previous modifications where parts may have been returned back to stock (but not all)
Check to see if it has reduction supercharger pulley, you wouldn't want it to be any more that 17% unless it has been tuned etc

I had thought of that! Would love to but don't have the time unfortunately...

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1967 Morris Mini Deluxe

Thanks junior - i was concerned about the exhaust and why it was only single outlet...

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1967 Morris Mini Deluxe

Buy me a one way ticket from Canberra to Melbourne and I'll drive it! (Seriously, I love roadtripping)

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1998 Rover Mk VII
2001 Honda CBR 929RR (street)
2014 BMW S1000RR (track)

OK, new one in the mix after the last one seemed modified and a little too hard to access:

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/deta ... AD-2936192

Is it just me or (and according to REDBOOK) are many of these MINI Cooper s's asking way too much? The above one appears to be one of the few in the acceptable price range for its k's

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1967 Morris Mini Deluxe

personal opinion only .
why do people have a fascination with black cars in this country of ours ??
hard to see in the dark aircon works overtime in the heat

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65 panel van Sprog
73 panel van Iggy

agree - would prefer blue myself - or white with black roof - but hard to match up awesome condition of car, low k's, well-looked after and colour of choice unfortunately!

AND I live in Canberra so aircon working overtime is only an issue for a few months of the year - not like in Brissy where it is coming from

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1967 Morris Mini Deluxe

good point
but coming from Brissy probably worn out any way (

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73 panel van Iggy