Son Looking for a car Civic Type r or cooper s

[Mark CSL]

Hi
I am looking for a car for my son he wants a
Honda Type R
or
Mini Cooper S

Any one here have any thoughts what would be the best any info on what to look for would be good

looking to spend 3k to 4k range

[Equinox]

3 or 4 k wont get a very good example of a civic, a Civic is the better car IMO pretty strong cars and dead easy to maintain. I can sell him loads of bits for one, exhausts, filters, suspension, brakes lots and lots of bits for them most of which we stock at work.

[O'Neill]

Originally Posted by Equinox

3 or 4 k wont get a very good example of a civic, a Civic is the better car IMO pretty strong cars and dead easy to maintain. I can sell him loads of bits for one, exhausts, filters, suspension, brakes lots and lots of bits for them most of which we stock at work.

Mark, Civic for ease of ownership but looks like a van.

Equinox do you stock stuff for all Honda.

[Monkey]

Not sure about the Honda, but I've worked with Mini's since they were re-introduced into production by BMW

For that price you're looking at an early supercharged version. Little if any engine issues, very reliable.

As always try to get the highest spec possible.

Areas to look out for:
Noisy gearbox -whine when driving. Seen a few
Heavy/noisy clutch - relatively long labour time to replace
o/s engine mount - leaks black fluid on chassis leg
Sump gasket - leaks
front wishbone bushes - wear and split, a lot!
rear exhaust silencer brackets - break and leaves exhaust moving around
front seats - make sure they move forward on runners when flipped forward
dashboard - rattles. Easy fix if its the early 2 piece dash
BC1 - water ingress into o/s/f kick panel ruins main control unit
Airbag light - normally a repair loom under the seat required

Few other bits and pieces but by and large they're a cracking little car. Just make sure you check it over properly to avoid any issues.

Easy to tune too, a smaller supercharger pulley is about 1.5hrs to replace and gets you 30bhp easily

Good luck

[Mark CSL]

going to see mini tomorrow 2004 with 48,000 miles and has the satnav and air conditioning, climate control 4k if its a good one was thinking 3.5k

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by Mark CSL

going to see mini tomorrow 2004 with 48,000 miles and has the satnav and air conditioning, climate control 4k if its a good one was thinking 3.5k

Bit of a girly colour Mark, but not a bad first car.

[O'Neill]

Originally Posted by lawsy

Bit of a girly colour Mark, but not a bad first car.

Girly, more like ladyboy blue

[Equinox]

Originally Posted by O'Neill

Mark, Civic for ease of ownership but looks like a van.

Equinox do you stock stuff for all Honda.

Depends what your after but can do a fair bit.

[O'Neill]

Originally Posted by Equinox

Depends what your after but can do a fair bit.

PM'd

[Eduardo]

Originally Posted by Equinox

3 or 4 k wont get a very good example of a civic, a Civic is the better car IMO pretty strong cars and dead easy to maintain. I can sell him loads of bits for one, exhausts, filters, suspension, brakes lots and lots of bits for them most of which we stock at work.

I can vouch for very good service from those boys, they worked on my friends Integra and very good work.

Regarding a Civic type R an other friend got one for 3.5K and it's very good.

The one on background



Eduardo.