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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6
Great information, thank you John! With the low entry price, seems like a good commuter car except for the gas. I drive the hell out of my 07 328i M sport to work (just hit 263K miles, original clutch), very little traffic, and 70+ in empty clover leafs is the norm. I'll keep an eye out for one on FBMP, could be a fun commuter car. But still want an 89-91 Si.
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Cheap, high mileage R53s are a dime-a-dozen but should be avoided at all costs. Good cars are so cheap that you would have to be a fool to get "bargain" R53 Mini.
The conventional wisdom is that '05/06 cars are the best but there are plenty of people on the big Mini forum who prefer the '04...bugs were worked out and last year for 2-spoke steering wheel and certain other styling cues that went away in the last ones. I now have a clean '04 with ~80k miles and an absolutely mint '06 with 40k miles. The '04 is the tighter car as far as interior squeaks/rattles go, (it has none), both cars have had fastidious, enthusiast owners since new, (with the exception of the short term owner I got the '04 from).
I haven't driven the '06 yet but I rode in it when it was on the road a few years ago. It's waaaay faster than the other one, with the JCW package and the mods that took it up from there. I need to see which one to keep.
