SO WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ?

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Rat Look

This low mileage (we’ll talk about this later) R53 came to us with terrible paintwork and more rust than we’re comfortable with, so rather than paint it and spend a fortune trying to get it to another level in vain we’ve ruined it some more….  WHY ? 

We wanted a ‘promo’ car, something a bit different, a head turner. You’ll see it soon at MINI shows. We’ve gone over it mechanically and it’

Now on the opposite end of the scale:
2 owners - 103,000 miles
3 keys

Long MOT
Works just done:

Supercharger service Inc waterpump and all rings, fluids, crank sensor.
Thermostat, radiator fan.
Alternator.

New brake disks and pads all round (brembo covers)

Refurbished alloys.
Miltek resonated exhaust.
K&N air filter with modded airbox.
Full service.

Full leather interior & OEM armrest (rare)

MILEAGE. We all do it, an obsession with ‘low mileage’ let’s think about that for a moment. An 18-year-old car covering a modest 8,000 a year should be on around 144,000 by now. That car has been driven, used regularly and very likely got to temperature and had air-flow around it (that dries it off and helps combat rust) all the components have had the oil reach them and ancillaries like the bra