Faults:

The day after received the car I noticed a puddle of oil on the floor underneath it, when I opened the bonnet I found there was no dipstick and an engine covered in oil.

On the chrome headlamp surrounds, rust had already started to appear.

Still in the same week, I noticed there was damage on the rear. It had been driven into something and had had the scratches touched in with the wrong colour!

Eats tyres for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. A front set of tyres would on average last about 1500 miles.

Passenger sun visor kept on falling down.

General Comments:

I just could not stop smiling every time I went around a corner.

If you're over 6ft then it isn't a very comfortable ride.

Excellent miles per gallon, Even with a very heavy right foot I could still get 43 miles per gallon.

Which other car gives you leather interior and a wood dashboard for under 9 Thousand pounds?

Faults:

Temperature sensor causing the fan to run constantly.

Steering geometry losing the plot after hitting pot holes, etc. Rack is not located so slops around.

Managed to get stuck in 4th gear whopping it round the M25, after about 1,500 miles.

General Comments:

What a car!

It is complemented well by a brilliant S-Works conversion, which increased the power by 30% to 90bhp.

It handles like no other Mini I have driven before, sticks like glue, as I can't even get sideways around roundabouts, what fun!!

The interior trimmings are superb, and complemented well with cream dials all round, with a nice helping of full leather upholstery and an aluminum dash.

This car is the nuts!!!