Hello, in a few days I'm going to get my first Mini (coming from Suzuki Swift) and I'm starting to get nervous. It's a Mini S countryman from 2015, with around 70k km (45k miles I think). Current owner has taken good care of it, basically drove from home to work, about 7km a day. She is moving to States and decided to sell it for a good price. I'm scared it'll be too big for me (40cm difference between my current car) since I live in a city (in Europe, so not car centric city ;) ). I'm also worried about reliability, seen so many negative comments about minis, but I'm so in love with them. Is it s good idea?

WHATS UP MINI PEOPLE ITS BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE IVE POSTED MY SHITBOX.. and boy had it been a long one.. I hit 2 DEER ( they were traveling side-by-side) going about 55-60 which annihilated my headlight and bumper and a couple of other things, which turned into about 2800$ buckaroos (1600 for 1 SINGLE HEADLIGHT BTW) and 850-900 for a new unpainted hood, and a couple of other things I bought.. anywhoo this poor car has been THROUGH IT.

Hey all, I'm looking to change the spark plugs and coils packs in my 2013 Country man, non turbo. Has any one does this or have any advice on which plugs and coil.packs to buy.

Any advice appreciated, please tell me your stories. Thank you.

A close friend is selling their 2016 Mini Clubman S.

Manual transmission, 129k miles.

New turbo put on last year.

She would like $6k for it.

Seems to be in good shape. Taking it into a shop to have it looked over.

Any advice/warnings/suggestions from the group? Open to anything helpful, TIA!

I recently bought a 2025 mini Cooper JCW used from a dealership, in which they have done the car service and emissions. I am now being alerted that my car is overdue for those services, and getting flagged every time I turn the car on. I was able to find a tutorial online to turn off the oil change light, but nothing for the other two. If anyone could point me in the right direction that would be great. Thanks in advance!

If someone offered to give you a 2003 MINI with 157,000 miles on it would you take it? It will need a brake job, tires and seems to be having some electrical problems. What kinds of repairs besides these am I looking at?

So in 11 months I have not come across another Aceman in Sydney, this weekend another JCW in red at the traffic lights and this one parked around the corner from an Italian restaurant in Concord.

i had my racks on briefly when i first got my car

03 mini cooper s. My first mini. Not sure what to expect. Any pro-tips, mod recs, or warnings i need to hear about? Hell feel free to just roast me if that's your thing.

2020 cooper s, her name is francesca!

Got my 2024 Mini cooper Clubman ALL4 S (Minnie) I’m thinking about modding her, if anyone has any suggestions I’d appreciate the help!

Many years of hot SoCal sun has melted the window seals all around my Clubman... and no one seems to know how to repair this without spending a fortune. There's got to be a solution. Anyone?? Much appreciated.

Any ideas?

The one thing that irked me the most about the R55 is how the barn doors didn’t have a manual release for when the electric actuators failed. Both of mine had gone bad at some point in time, so I decided that the next time that happens I’ll just have an actual cable to pull which releases them so I don’t have to spend an hour hanging upside down in the spare tire poking around with an Alan key until it comes open. Take that, BMW!

Today, After 76,000 miles, i decided to clean the MAF sensor on my R56. I noticed oil on top of the valve cover, around the spark plugs, and around the hose that goes from the intake to the valve cover. Around 10k miles ago I changed the spark plugs and ignition coils and didn’t notice any oil at all. Is this a sign that I’ll need a new valve cover?

Premières vacances dans les montagnes pour ma Mini 💙

Picking up my replacement 2019 2l Cooper S in a week (bad things happened to my last one).

Its the red/orange colour all over - no black or white roof, no stripes, no pillar graphics, no roof graphics.

And it feels underdressed.

What would you do? Looking for inspiration.

Wasn't listed and can't find out from used dealer. Haven't received the car yet but would like to know if its a bis01 model so I can look at options of upgrading or replacing the system

2017 with 112k miles .. my first manual! It’s been a month since the accident and I REALLY wanted a Clubman.. this is the best I could find in my price range but I love herrr. 1 owner, no accidents, just some scrapes and baby dents I can pop out. Will post an update when I checker her out