My Wife sold her 2005 Mini Cooper last year and in the 8 years of ownership only cost her some tyres and brakes apart from an annual service. A great little car unless you wanted to do a long journey when I found it a bit busy on the motorway.
She sold it to my Sons girlfriend who had recently passed her test and was struggling to find a car in her budget that didnt look like it had done a million miles or was wrecked. Ironically within a couple of months the clutch started slipping so my son and I had to do that and that is not a job I want to do again even if I got paid for it. 8 hours of disasembley and making access for a job that should be thought about when designed.
I have a customer who had one that has been owned from new by people in the same family and has been a lot of trouble, wheel bearings, electrical problems and it even needed a gearbox at 50k miles. Some parts can be eye wateringly expensive so avoid dealers and used is often a good option.
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