Suddenly, a new want appears.

"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo) 01/19/2017 at 19:06 • Filed to: None

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I think I need a Mini Clubman in my life. I even found a nice brown one!

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TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Alfalfa 01/19/2017 at 19:21

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Be warned that the 2007-2010 S variants use the N14 engine which is notorious for having issues (BMW even got sued over issues with the timing chain tensioner). It is generally recommended that you avoid those cars. The 2011+ models with the N18 are much more reliable. The N18 also gets you an additional 10 hp over the N14 along with nice burbles in sport mode.

4 or 5 years from now I will probably be looking at replacing my R50 with one of the new Clubmans. They are a really cool design.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Alfalfa 01/19/2017 at 19:42

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I don’t blame you. I really want one of the new Clubmans with the 1.5 turbo 3 cylinder and the 6 speed automatic in Pure Burgundy Metallic.

RallyWrench > Alfalfa 01/19/2017 at 19:50

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These engines are horrible, you don’t want one.

CB > RallyWrench 01/19/2017 at 20:15

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LS swap.

... how sacrilegious would it be to mid-mount an LS in a Mini?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > CB 01/19/2017 at 20:32

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meh.

sellphones2493 > Alfalfa 01/19/2017 at 21:48

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Get an S.

115HP is never enough.

Tapas > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 01/20/2017 at 00:26

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I don’t like these Minis....the bloat has gone out of control here