Minis For Sale on BAT

[Jims5543]

While not a classic (future classic maybe?) this jalopy ended up in my garage last month.  My first BAT purchase...although I've bid on a few (typically when I should have been keeping myself to the drunk thread):

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2006-mini-cooper-s-jcw-gp-37/

Item not as described!  I suppose as a 18 year old used car with 45k miles on it, it is very nice.  Just a couple little problems I didn't expect - loose inner balljoint had the car scarily all over the road, and looks like whoever put the tires on broke their tire machine in the bead of one of them - tire wouldn't hold air for more than a couple days.  In the future I might ask the seller - 'anything you think you should be telling us about this car or is it actually as nice as described'?   

LMAO!! BTDT!  I won a 1981 320i on BAT when I had no business being on there.

I would love to get my hands on a R53 GP,  I am pretty biased, I prefer the first gen Supercharged Mini's over the subsequent turbo models. I like they are still small (that just keep growing every generation Maxi Cooper is more fitting now) and the spuercharger whine is so damn addictive.

That is why I have owned on and off 3 R53's now.  I would love to add a GP to the collection, maybe one day if I get tired of the E30, which I doubt, I love that car.

Nice score and amazing price!  Even considering the flaws.

[MiniDave]

I've had both R53 and R56, I think they're both close enough in size, it was the F series that really grew.....I prefer the immediate response of the turbo models, and the better fuel mileage.

I'd like to find a 2013 GP, but right now there's a low mile MINI Cooper S Roadster BaT that's very tempting. But I just bought a car this summer (well 2 actually) so I have no bidness even looking at BaT!

[tmsmini]

Great purchase. My son's 2003 R53 is getting long in the tooth. I remember when they delivered the first batch of these at Laguna Seca. I have a picture somewhere of about 100 of them all lined up predelivery.

[tmsmini]

Found one of the pictures

[Mudhen]

 

Wicked cool!!!

[Mudhen]

One day left on this peach.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-morris-mini-3/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_2648450

[94touring]

Wonder what compression ratio he has.  As well as cam and redline. He didn't go past 6k rpms in his video.

[MiniDave]

Sure ran sweet, short gears and a weber for great sound!

[Mudhen]

Wow - BAT premium or fair price?

[94touring]

I was watching it. Strong price.

[MiniDave]

Wow - it was a very nicely done race car, but $53K?????