2002 BMW Mini Cooper S

Good luck with this build,it looks like you are doing a great job so far,my modern daily is an R55 Clubman and it's functional and fun.

they retain some of the cheeky character of the 'original' Mini but,I don't think the two should ever be compared with any scrutiny,they are modern cars with some retro styling and give a nod to where the story began and that's it.they make their own mark,with their seemingly bulletproof set up and all the after market stuff that's available there will be plenty around for years to come.

modern classic or future classic? whatever......

Great car and you're doing Top job of bringing it back.

Bryan

Made a nice job of that

I was originally on the fence about liking the mini2 as I had a mini special 1979 as my first car
A few years back we were in the market for a second car trawling available car parking lot. We came across a Cooper but they wouldn't let us test drive as it had a bald tyre.... looked about it and it set the seed
Then decided to look a bit more and found this
Ultimately it's turned out to be a decent car even tho the early ones have many niggles
Must say, it's grown on me hoot to drive when making pace

Just sold mine last month and it was the twin of yours.
Same rust spots on the tailgate as well.
I enjoyed it and even managed 38mpg on a run which was decent enough.
Only paid £800 for it so they are becoming easily affordable.

Love these things, is reliability an issue?

This caused quite a stir on the Pride of Longbridge site ; alot of people didn't want the Bini there despite many other cars being present that were not from Longbridge.

Anyway, we're straying off the OP's thread here a little! Hopefully he's still making great progress.

Thanks for all the words, I bought it as a whim, and judging by the number being broken, it'll probably be a rare sight as so many cars from the 80's and 90's are.

Who would have ever thought that all these cars are going for tens of thousands of pounds now......yet not that long ago they were the fodder of scrap yards

Well not much to add except it's MOT time

Expecting a few advisories as it's been off the road nearly a year

Well the time had come to sort the interior.  I can honestly say it was the worst one I've ever done.  The carpets were covered in fizzy drinks that had turned black, the cup holder had been used as an ashtray, there was ash and tobacco in all the cracks, and most of the plastic was covered in general grime






























And as we all know a clean car makes all the difference to the driving experience.

Next on the list is a rear wheel bearing, sounds like its cried enough

I do not understand what makes people treat their cars like a dustbin.

Things being inside the car I get but throwing drinks etc. onto the floor? No chance! The fags thing is grim!

It looks much much better for being clean now.