Where y’all getting parts for this barfed up piece of garbage?
Someone sold this thing to an extended family member for $1800 and OMG... I’ve bought better pos’s better than this thing.
Where y’all getting parts for this barfed up piece of garbage?
Someone sold this thing to an extended family member for $1800 and OMG... I’ve bought better pos’s better than this thing.
Rock Auto for stock like maintenance. Way motor works has lots of aftermarket better than stock parts like bushings, struts, crank pulley etc
is it worth while? You might be better off moving it along.
It still has a small loan against it.
My advice to you is to contest the will.
Can you make it look like an accident? 
No, really. I inherited an 03 that had regular, required, by the book recommended maintenance, and it still E36 M3 the bed.
Well I need it to pass VA bullcrap inspection. Plates are nearly expired. 
Time for an electric conversion?
Full coverage and accidental 10mm wrench short between the battery terminals?
And, in all seriousness, did you get stuck with the car and the loan, or just fixing it for a family/friend that made a bad decision?
Part out for fun and profit?
In reply to sleepyhead the buffalo :
I see nothing wrong with that plan.
Other clear-as-day option is to swap in a honda j35 from an odyssey. Whatever happened to the challenge guys who swapped a motor into the back of their mini? I think they were in Wisconsin?
You must be the black sheep of the family, because you're getting punished.
I would have to imagine Mini forums somewhere have good parts resources....such as a can of gas and a match.
Man that's rough getting stuck with that thing in an inspection happy state like Virginia
technically, VA is "safety only" state-wide. Emmisions requirements are by locality... so city/urban, usually required; rural, notsomuch
A few years ago, I bought a deferred maintenance 2003 Cooper S thinking I could catch up the maintenance and have fun for cheap. It threw a rod 125 miles after I bought it, no warning, just bang. Like so many cars, the cheap ones are the most expensive.
Carl Heideman said:Like so many cars, the cheap ones are the most expensive.
Huh...just like women, eh?
You must have done some really bad stuff in a previous life.
Can you go to the nearest body of water for a picnic and accidentally leave it in neutral without the parking brake on?
Oh man, is it a stick? In that case you're totally hosed, because you can't even do the "leave it running in front of 7-11 and take a REALLLLLLLLY long time in the candy isle" trick.
I'd say park it for sale in front of a local high school with a "pay off the loan" price on it and pray someone there is as dumb as we used to be.
Carl Heideman said:A few years ago, I bought a deferred maintenance 2003 Cooper S thinking I could catch up the maintenance and have fun for cheap. It threw a rod 125 miles after I bought it, no warning, just bang. Like so many cars, the cheap ones are the most expensive.
And this brings up a thought, has anyone swapped a Honda FWD drivetrain into one of these?
noddaz said:Carl Heideman said:A few years ago, I bought a deferred maintenance 2003 Cooper S thinking I could catch up the maintenance and have fun for cheap. It threw a rod 125 miles after I bought it, no warning, just bang. Like so many cars, the cheap ones are the most expensive.
And this brings up a thought, has anyone swapped a Honda FWD drivetrain into one of these?
It appears the answer is yes.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/mini-mini-builds/328954-k24-swap-into-r53.html
kazoospec said:Oh man, is it a stick? In that case you're totally hosed, because you can't even do the "leave it running in front of 7-11 and take a REALLLLLLLLY long time in the candy isle" trick.
It probably wouldn't stay running that long anyway.
In reply to Ranger50 :
Can you be a little more specific about what it needs?
kazoospec said:
I'd say park it for sale in front of a local high school with a "pay off the loan" price on it and pray someone there is as dumb as we used to be.
Yeah like 2007 when 40% of the cars you'd see at autocrosses were Minis
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
Number 2.
I'd love to dump this for something else but that loan consists of this Mini and a 98 Buick lesabre, that’s actually the better vehicle. So I have to make this pos work.
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