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The Golf was recovered a week or so back, sadly only my bobble hat was in it. I got a lovely letter from the storage yard, thinly disguised as if it was an offical police letter, telling me that as the registered owner I should come and collect the Golf and pay storage fees etc. Cue a 45 minute trai...

mik wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:05 am That.

Or I use Imgur

Ah, thanks @mik that is exactly the site! Mow, was it BB code...

First guess got it! Mini Cooper S. 2014 in black. White roof and mirrors. 60 k one owner. Seems to have a decent spec, no idea if it was standard though but has xenons, cruise control. Is 2014 an F56 ? No, the last of the R56 models. We did conisder an F56 S but my wife preferred the shape and size...

Broccers wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:16 am Pic?

Like I said in the other thread a jb+ box and k&n typhoon made our n18 so much better.

I will try and upload a picture, but I am useless with IT so may take a while!

First guess got it! Mini Cooper S. 2014 in black. White roof and mirrors.

60 k one owner. Seems to have a decent spec, no idea if it was standard though but has xenons, cruise control.

I suspect this may not take long to guess.

4 cylinder
180ish bhp
FWD
3 door

Havng done what I intended last year up the point of buying the Golf anyway for this year I will buy another Mini to replace the gubbed one, and I very much hope that is it for the whole year, maybe even 2 or 3!

Ah brilliant, thank you! Broccers just did a quick comaprison site for a Cooper, an S and a Works. Thanks, I suspect, to the loss of he two cars, I am between 450 and 550 so not too huge a difference. Now, will my wife believe me when I say a Works will hold it's value.. actually she might, as the T...

Late to the party here, sorry ! I just checked and our S was registered July 2011. It has the N18 so I guess it’s a 2012 “model year” thing rather than 2012 production. The Clubman I had last year had the N14 engine. The N18 is definitely nicer to drive. The headline power isn’t a huge jump but the...

Thanks all! So is the Cooper engine a different block? Would a 2009, say, Cooper be relatively OK?

I cannot find the info online regarding whether the Works got the N18 engine in 2012 or if it had uprated ancilliaries and therefore did not suffer from the chocolate turbo failures I was warned of ages ago when I considered a Cooper S. Is an S without the N18 worth the risk, will they have had bett...

Well the Mini made it into the garage, no leaks, no loosened mounts or suspension bits. It does need a new hub as that was causing the ABS light, it needs discs and pads, 3 tyres, and some other stuff this year, about a grand if all goes well, and will need "substantial work" on the "...

nuttinnew wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:28 pm I didn't know where to post this or how to title it.

Much respect to this gentleman; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67796155

THese are exactly the sort of people who should be getting honours!

I saw a meme which said "which group wouyld you rather be assocviated with" and I found that I much preferred the "no ta" group to the money grubbing parasites who had acepted. Of course some good guys get one - Sir Mo Farah for instance, but the idea that a security risk to the ...

Well I am very much hoping it is an engine mount. THen work out what is causing te brake orange light and pop some air in to get rid of the air pressure light and swap out the coroded subframe and it may just get through an MOT.

£250 for a whole new engine. @scotta how much to fit it though? That is remarkbly cheap though but not sure I can be bothered with the hassle. More likely to seel spares or repair f it it on the way out, someone will fancy it no doubt. Probably a days labour for a competent garage. The boys had the...

Drove my wife's Mini Cooper today for the first time in ages. Weird having to remember what a clutch is but the engine sounded absolutely awful, like a knocking lowdown in 5th at 55mph ish. I am sure it did not sound like that when we got it but not sure my wife would notice on her short commute as...

Drove my wife's Mini Cooper today for the first time in ages. Weird having to remember what a clutch is but the engine sounded absolutely awful, like a knocking lowdown in 5th at 55mph ish. I am sure it did not sound like that when we got it but not sure my wife would notice on her short commute as ...

So far this year:

Audi TTS
Golf R estate
Skoda Superb Sportline 220
Mini Cooper Works (R50 I think?)

Dull I know but I know heehaw about the market for life insurnace. We have the mortgage protections which includes GI til 23 or so, but not a decicated life insurance and it occurs to me that I should probably do something about that. Has anyone any insights or should I Martin Lewis it?