Trading down to a F56 Cooper?

[Youreterriblemuriel]

Well my N18 R56 is deciding to be a R56 so it's going tomorrow, my dilemma is what to replace it with. My requirements are something that will get me across the city for work, be mildly entertaining when I want it to be and be mildly dog friendly.

Normally I buy sheds and keep them until the invertible happens, my cheap N14 clubman lasted for 5 or 6 years with regular maintenance but I've only gotten two years out of the N18 with a bucket load of receipts.

With this in mind I'm thinking of upping the budget to around 5 or 6K and getting something less troublesome. Having a look around it looks like I could get a standard well equipped Cooper quickly or a Cooper S if I travel. Early Cooper S's seem to have a few issues so I'm wondering if others have made a similar change and regretted it?

I'm of course open to other options if anyone has any opinions?

[Crumpet]

Slightly alternative choice, but an i3 might be fun if you can charge it and live with the range?

[Youreterriblemuriel]

Crumpet said:

Slightly alternative choice, but an i3 might be fun if you can charge it and live with the range?

I'd get it if I could charge at home but it's not an option, although not sure I'd want to deal with the suicide doors again, found them more annoying than useful