A cure for 'mid life crisis'

[mikyman]

Having just got to the ripe old age of 70 and been married for 50 years next year the subject came up in our household of how to mark such momentous occasions.Cruises and expensive holidays were discounted and it was agreed that a sports car was in order to join our Volvo v70.But what to buy?With a budget of £6k for fun. Perhaps a 60's sports 2 seater spitfire, tr, etc that we had before children and responsibilities got in the way.But needed reliability,tried modern 2 seaters,but no space for kiddie seat.We then read all the reports on the Mini and decided a Cooper S was the way to go.I checked all websites, the one proviso was that it had to have the pan roof.Luckily a car was advertised by a local dealer. 55 plate,2 owners,71 k miles, met blue,loaded with extras.He admitted that he had had it in stock for 10 months and £2k was negotiated off the price,down to a reasonable £3490,a small price to pay for fun.
After a week its lived up to all the reports,just had it checked over by a specialist dealer.
Lots of open 'b ' roads in the north to play on!

[E-bmw]

Well done, enjoy, although I balked when you said you got £2k off & it was still £3450!!!!! What was he thinking? Even £3450 is a bit rich unless it is PRISTINE.

The most important thing is that you are happy & enjoy it both of you.

[mike9009]

Enjoy - the R53 MCS is a great car - still miss ours, the best of the 3 MINIs we have owned.

.....and 'mid-life' crisis ... come on


Mike

[NotBenny]

And you didn't buy an S4 cabriolet because...

ETA not a pan roof but surely better? And double the power, 4 seats, great noise, well within budget...

[E-bmw]

But, unfortunately it's an Audi!

[mon the fish]

I'd wager taking an S4 and an R53 back-to-back down a B road, you'd end up grinning more in the R53

[alanyork]

E-bmw said:

But, unfortunately it's an Audi!

Nothing wrong with my Audi, Much better than the lesser brands ??? , Anyway re mid life crisis, got my wife a 1 owner mint 8000 mile cooper S convertible , Its good.

[E-bmw]

alanyork said:

E-bmw said:

But, unfortunately it's an Audi!

Nothing wrong with my Audi,
got my wife a 1 owner mint 8000 mile cooper S convertible , Its good.

And it's not an Audi!

[mikyman]

How on earth could someone compare a Cooper s to a posers Audi A4.The A4 is not a sports car,its a saloon with the roof cut off! I maybe old but still want some fun in life.
.I've had BMW's and Audi's as company cars,frankly they both did the job in a boring tutonic way.
I've had the car fully serviced and next week it goes to a mini specialist to replace the drive belt.I checked the original build spec on the Bimmers web site.It seems the original purchaser ticked all the options boxes,so its fully loaded.It has the roof I wanted and the colour wife wanted,so was worth the money.
Off now to find some local 'b' roads for fun!

[E-bmw]

Well said sir.

[Leins]

Congrats OP, R53s are great little cars

mon the fish said:

I'd wager taking an S4 and an R53 back-to-back down a B road, you'd end up grinning more in the R53

That even holds true with an RS4 MINIs really do come alive on a B-road