2006 MINI Cooper S

Cheap R53 for sale. The time has come to sell my R53. Too good to break? I'll leave that up to you! She would make a good donor or parts car, but equally still drives well. 2006 Mini Cooper S, 6 speed manual, supercharged. ULeZ free. In the best colour of Hyper Blue with dark grey half leather interior and "marmite" Bullet alloys. Has a good spec. Possibly a winter or climate pack with heated front windscreen, xenon headlights, headlamp washers (currently not working) and air conditioning. I bought this from a Club member in 2022 (how time flies!) and have put over 20k miles on it, still using it as a daily driver, with the odometer now sitting at 145k. As you would expect, it's an absolute hoot to drive with a torquey little engine and go-kart like handling. It has been very reliable, apart from a (not uncommon) failure of the power steering pump and the rev counter, both sorted! Apart from this, I have kept it serviced and have replaced various brake pipes, discs, pads, tyres etc. and other consumable items as and when required. She passed the MOT back in March with just a couple of advisories - some minor corrosion on the rear discs and some minor cracking on the rear pair of tyres. Tyres are dated 2020 and still have around 4mm of tread on them so are otherwise ok. The bodywork is not immaculate by any means. Although there are no significant dents or scrapes, there are plenty of stone chips on the bonnet and some bubbling around the base of the rear lights which is a common Mini rust area. The tailgate looks absolutely fine. For clarity, it has not had a supercharger service during my ownership, although there is no telling what any of the previous owners may have had done. It also very occasionally brings up a knock sensor fault (we are talking every couple of months or so and it usually resets straight away). I have correlated this with wet weather so most likely a faulty sensor or damp connector. £1000 for a quick sale, no timewasters please. My kids used to love it but are now too tall to be comfortable in the back! Please note: radio head unit and phone mount NOT included in sale! Location: Maldon, Essex