I bought an 05 John Cooper Works Mini about 3 years ago and holy hell I love the thing. 95K on the clock and never had a single issue with it. Course it’s the supercharged r53 model, not the turbo’d r56 so maybe that’s the difference. I’ve never heard anything about Mini unreliability until this post though - just got…

2J swapped widebody 280z and a stockpile of body panel spares... for reasons.

See this is why if I ever have the fortune of getting a Ferrari, I’m gonna Liberty Walk kit the thing. Can’t baby something you’ve taken a saw to.

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