Early Cooper S?

[Gavin]

With the supercharger rather than the Turbo. Any good?

Am getting hacked off with constant problems with old Swedish metal so seriously thinking about a bloody Honda Civic or similar, at least for the Mrs to have reliable transport!

[JLv3.0]

Mate of mine had one. Lovely to drive, tons of fun but with a crazily high first gear that makes it unusually hard to get moving (for me - maybe you get used to it). Surprisingly thirsty as well.

[Rich B]

Yeah, very thirsty, not that fast and not very reliable. Still quite appealing though for some reason.

[Nic]

You can get a pulley for buttons and a remap to take them over 200bhp at which point they’re a lot of fun. Had one new but I’ve no idea how reliable they are.

[Zonda_]

I see a lot of early ones round here and they are all very rusty on the leading edges of the doors.

[integrale_evo]

Yeah, very thirsty, not that fast and not very reliable. Still quite appealing though for some reason.

I like them too, they'll be a bit of a classic in a few years, far more so than any of the other modern era minis.

[Foz]

Cooper the more fun arguably, can be driven absolutely flat out everywhere!

[integrale_evo]

That's because they're barely quicker than walking

[scotta]

Out of all the cars I’ve owned over the years by far and away I spent the most amount of time fixing the Mini Cooper we had.