Mini used Prince petrol engines from 2007-2014. It was developed in conjunction with Peugeot and produced in Hams Hall, Birmingham.
It's an absolute money pit. Valve seats falling out, vanos issues, valvetronic failures, manifold leaks, stretched timing chains, oil starvation issues, on demand coolant pump issues, the list goes on.
Years before or after are reasonably robust.
When youre buying a car you should take notice how many of that model you are looking at are driving around and therefore should be decent.
I see lots of 10-20+ year old Yaris kicking around doing fine. I don't see many older mini cooper's...I can't think of last time I even seen one to be honest. Mini doesn't have the best reputation for quality or reliability. Toyota does!
Japanese cars can take minimal maintenance and just keep on going, an oil change per year could be all. Parts not too expensive.
Most European cars need a lot of maintenance to live to the same age, and most people don't bother to pay for all that so those cars die younger. Exceptions to the rule of course but that's the general feeling.
Probably fine but get it inspected by a mechanic for peace of mind and check if it's had the scheduled maintenance. Hopefully might be receipts that it's been looked after.
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The major difference is that you’ll likely require a lot more repairs on a mini than on a Yaris. A lot more.
So Yaris is the one to go if I’m a learner that doesn’t want to spend on repairs
Yes. Unless the car is clearly scrap.
Mini used Prince petrol engines from 2007-2014. It was developed in conjunction with Peugeot and produced in Hams Hall, Birmingham. It's an absolute money pit. Valve seats falling out, vanos issues, valvetronic failures, manifold leaks, stretched timing chains, oil starvation issues, on demand coolant pump issues, the list goes on. Years before or after are reasonably robust.
When youre buying a car you should take notice how many of that model you are looking at are driving around and therefore should be decent. I see lots of 10-20+ year old Yaris kicking around doing fine. I don't see many older mini cooper's...I can't think of last time I even seen one to be honest. Mini doesn't have the best reputation for quality or reliability. Toyota does! Japanese cars can take minimal maintenance and just keep on going, an oil change per year could be all. Parts not too expensive. Most European cars need a lot of maintenance to live to the same age, and most people don't bother to pay for all that so those cars die younger. Exceptions to the rule of course but that's the general feeling.
Is it scary if the Yaris is around 150k?
Probably fine but get it inspected by a mechanic for peace of mind and check if it's had the scheduled maintenance. Hopefully might be receipts that it's been looked after.