Faults:

Transmission failure, oil filter housing failure, intake moisture freezes up throttle body.

General Comments:

Mild small town driving with occasional highway and the transmission bearings are cooked and the tranny whines like crazy. The dual mass flywheel is broken and clangs around, very embarrassing to drive. Oil filter housing cracked at the heat exchanger and nothing is covered by BMW on a recall or otherwise apparently.

I'm thoroughly disappointed with BMW's service; they won't even look at the car unless I shell out $200! Warranty is up because of age not kms. Now I'm stuck with a car that can't be driven with any expectation of reliability. They had to tighten subframe components before I picked it up at point of sale, should have seen the writing on the wall. Avoid this generation of Mini; you're better off with almost literally anything else.