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[@ristic_aca]

Matts videos are the only place I actually bother to watch the car vertical ads because it is an actual part of the video

[@MatthewJBD]

My app automatically skips them and I have to scroll back

[@posiub]

i always appreciate when people incorporate the sponsor into the video, even more when they include the bar at the bottom incase you want to skip. people can’t complain about sponsors with him

[@John.Winchester]

@@MatthewJBD what app is that ?

[@jms211]

It's amazing that this car is 20 years old. It just doesn't look 20 years old. It could sit quite happily amongst new cars and would not look out of place. I passed my driving test in 1984. Back in those days a 20 year old car might have been a Vauxhall Cresta which looked positively ancient parked next to a Ford Sierra!

[@goranbrajkovic9925]

Quality wise there is very little diference

[@ianfirth6524]

True however cars really do look all the same today and haven't changed style wise since early 2000s. The early 70s Vauxhall Cresta would look great now sat next to today's 'blow moulded' cars with its great metal chrome bumpers, mechanical AC Gauges and straight bodywork lines.

[@BobTheBlue]

That parcel shelf doubles it’s value all by itself! 😂

[@CT-oe1ug]

Wondergrip has left the building!

[@jasonelliott3162]

I know! We need the back-story.

[@calibrazxr750]

I recently bought my mum a 2005 Mini diesel for £500. It has a couple of small issues, but nothing serious and came with almost a years MOT. It is quite well equipped, aircon, cruise control, leather interior. Needless to say, she absolutely loves it. Cheap to tax and insure and practically runs on air.

[@lewispommells234]

This generation mini had the tritec engine, it was known for being relatively bulletproof. The engine you’re referring to with the chain issues is the prince engine codeveloped with psa from 2006 onwards

[@randomdaveUK]

Spot on 👍 They rectified that chain issue in mid 2010, 60 reg onwards for anyone looking at getting one...

[@harry-james-books]

Same engine as the PT Cruiser 1.6 which never made it to the UK - great engine

[@chrispenn715]

I think you should do a road trip with this. Put it in Rishi's name on the DVLA site and drive it down to Downing Street, then abandon it at the gates.. No need to pay the congestion charge either 😂

[@JeffPower-dv3zl]

😂😂

[@roger4880]

Nah, put it in Jeremy Cobyn's name and fill it with Vegan juice. Nob

[@ses6jwg]

​@@roger4880Bootlicker

[@S4MM7ify]

@@roger4880Oh Roger. Such a sensitive, woke little snowflake. It was a joke baby girl.

[@ooheaven1459]

And max the accelerator all the way down the M1 so he gets a few speeding fines and a ban as well!

[@adambrowning9215]

My wife has a 2004 Cooper. It's a really good spec with chilli pack leather and the sunroof etc. I'm really OCD with my cars, my wife is not. This Mini gets washed once a year when it rains. Last year it passed it's MOT with no advisories, it's an amazing car. My 2007 Alpina D3 E90 on the other hand is a pampered low mileage car. Mine spends most of its time in the garage wiping out my savings. The Mini on the other hand keeps going and going. It's bloody unfair 😂

[@ln5747]

Family has had 3 all super reliable on the most part, 2 to 150k miles plus and one to 200k miles. Not sure how people find them so unreliable.

[@Basexperience]

"Once a year when it rains"? If you live in the UK the last 6 months have probably washed the paint off 😀hahaha

[@jayallum2423]

I bought a R53 during lockdown, £1000 on a 52 plate. I rebuilt the engine, fixed everything,.new clutch, shocks etc ,all on my drive, spent about £500, then sold it for 2.5k,

[@anthonyxuereb792]

How many of us wish we could that.

[@benstevenson8874]

You bought a clutch, shocks and "rebuilt" an engine for £500? How

[@jayallum2423]

@@benstevenson8874 cheap parts for the mini, shocks were about £40 each, when I say rebuilt the engine, I mean oil seals, rocker cover gasket etc, and stuff that these engines suffer with, not pistons/valves etc. I think I got a brand new LUK clutch for about £80,

[@gileshalliwell3591]

I always loved the fun fact that this “Mini” had the same wheelbase as the original Range Rover!

[@stewartken5120]

Thats mad

[@sha22276]

😮😮😮

[@kelvinogden4073]

I had two original RRs and pretty sure they were larger than the mini including my wife’s 18 plate clubman when she had that. Might be imagining that as it was30 years ago 😂

[@johnnunn8688]

Really? I’m very surprised.

[@michaelcallummayaka]

Remember wheelbase is not the same as size. It’s the distance between the two axles some of the replies don’t seem to know this 😊

[@JohnOHara-ol4yf]

CDs - get loads of them in charity shops - I bought 2 today for 20p each!

[@ph8077]

Matt's wearing a ~£10k Rolex Explorer II (I take it you bought it on the grey market, Matt)

[@matthewwalker2100]

Finally! A car that fits the parking slot! Hoorah!

[@SandraPhillips-cb5og]

Enjoying your videos, keep them coming!

[@timsaxon5825]

The DVLA process for changing owners is super easy but we got caught out by the system when someone registered a car to our address and started racking up parking and speeding fines. Took a while to get it solved but a right pain in the arse.

[@GrrMeister]

*They are all Working from Home at DVLA so registered around 5pm when they are getting their Fish & Chips !*

[@ldrc8878]

'rectified fault in washer jets' meaning poked a needle down them 😂😂

[@cartouchator]

or stuck an air line down the tube lol

[@amarii-]

First! The description of the video is for the Toyota Corolla video you posted last week, just thought i’d let you know before someone else does😅

[@HighPeakAutos]

Good spot! Thanks - Ste

[@adrianflower3230]

All I can hear is a whine from the Drivers seat 😲😲😂😂

[@lewis72]

I think £1195 for a dealer sale. It is a Cat D and only a MINI One.

[@chriswilkes4350]

I've had a Mini Cooper since 2009, and it's been great. Hardly costs me a thing and does 40 MPG. Love these little cars! I think your car is work 1,250 every day of the week. Great fun to drive.

[@davidmcgawn9078]

Great video Matt. Makes think back to the nineties when sub £1000 cars were everywhere and all us teenagers drove, with £5 worth of petrol in the tank to last the week. Best channel on KZbin right now, fills the void left by Top gear.

[@davidpegg4516]

It never ceases to amaze me the utter state people leave their cars in when they sell them. And where do they get these tyres from? Never heard of these brands.

[@hermanmunster3358]

To be fair, if your selling a car for £300, you're not gonna be too concerned about the state its in, as long as its road legal. But yeah, there are some "Feral" people around, who treat their cars like trash cans.

[@joshuarosen6242]

"...[P]uddle at a petrol station" is an almost poetic description and immediately conjured up a vivid but slightly unpleasant experience. Very nicely put.

[@philipcross5332]

I would say it's a £1000 car all day long ! Nice one matt 👍🏻

[@ged3680]

Hello Matt, not a bad little car, it should sell pretty fast. Thank you for taking the time to upload another video. Ged.

[@seany8787]

The mini one of that era has the exact same engine as the mini cooper, just slightly detuned. It can be unlocked to get the original (cooper) power of about 120hp, nice improvement from 90hp

[@ferrumignis]

The map simply limited the maximum (electronic) throttle opening so they drive exactly the same at lower RPM, the One just gets breathless more quickly at high load/high RPM. Rover did this on the 1.4 K Series in the 25/45 to make two different power versions, and VW do it on the UP!

[@seany8787]

@@ferrumignis I had a 1.4 MG ZR. It made 105hp compared to the Rover 25’s 70-odd (I think) because the throttle body was a bit wider.

[@johnnunn8688]

@@ferrumignisin English, please?

[@ses6jwg]

Bluefin

[@ferrumignis]

@@seany8787 No, the lower powered 1.4L K series had a mechanical stop in the throttle body that didn't allow it to fully open. Since this was a mechanical system rather than electronic, simply swapping the throttle body for the higher powered version, or one from the 1.8 would get you the 105bhp. The 1.8 did have a larger throttle body, and plenty of people used them on the 1.4 but the truth is it made very little difference to the smaller (high power version) 1.4 throttle body.

[@orthodoxblue7252]

Another good, honest review, Matt. Thanks

[@poppyneese1811]

Growing up our neighbor that was a railroad engineer had a late 60’s Mini, in Southern West Virginia it was like an owning a spaceship, nobody had any ideal what it was. My dad made a lot of snarky comments about his toy car, then my dad went for a ride in it and for years he talked about how roomy the little Britt was compared to his Ford Cobra Jet 429 Torino and speculated our neighbor was getting 109 mpg 🤣😂🤣😂, I’m not crazy about these Mini’s, they do look good, but a far cry from the originals!

[@treacadelic]

My dad is a driving instructor and is on his 3rd Mini One. Each has done over 250,000 miles. They're great cars if looked after properly

[@stephenlane9168]

Thanks Matt. I need a video like this after a long stressful day to unwind to. Always entertaining buddy 👌👏🙏

[@allenuk2599]

I'd pay £995, and put four decent new tyres on

[@serenityinside1]

Agreed. Not worth more than that surely ?

[@johnnunn8688]

@@serenityinside1and don’t call me Shirley.

[@mustardcrumbles]

Amazing , I watched 1 of these a couple of days ago and the top comment was "why do a car vertical ad after you have bought a car blind " this one starts with " should have done this earlier really "

[@Ian-ev5tg]

I had 2 of these at similar year within 6 months. One had a burned exhaust valve and a bad misfire because of it. The other overheated, rocker cover leaked, clutch release bearing noisey and needed a coil pack. These engines are also pricey to have fixed. Clutch is about a grand because of the limited space. Same with timing chain and they almost all overheat and drop their coolant. It’s almost impossible to bleed the air from the system and the coolant pressure caps fail constantly. I got rid of

[@dereckteveraishe1087]

Love your videos man🙌

[@vangestelwijnen]

Those tire-names are so fascinating. Like exotic cocktails. Or porn starts. "Ah, a Christel Montaro".

[@ferrumignis]

About as grippy as the rubber porn stars use too.

[@GrrMeister]

*Don't Mention **-Stormy-** Paul Daniels the Magician !*

[@ferrumignis]

I like to think that the Chinese deliberately give these ironic names. _"Real name Deathmaster Ultragrease 2000, we call it Star Performer for silly Europeans"_

[@dawidskrzypczak7735]

it's a Fulda KRISTALL MONTERO 3 a decent German brand. As I remember it was produced in 2015 so its really old. However, it's not this chinese crap as usual in his videos

[@MrSparklespring]

@@dawidskrzypczak7735 Indeed Fulda is very good.

[@indesitlghotpointwashingma8305]

I absolutely love minis. like a go kart quick compact relatively cheap reliable

[@trishellis]

My very first car was 2001 mini same as this one just in silver, such a fun car and great memories, I love them.

[@garyjames4319]

I'm sure I saw mini "cabrio" on your car vertical check?

[@cowtc]

I’m learning the different tyre makes never heard of from your videos

[@user-ch1yy2vo9h]

Great video as always Mat love Mini’s and Range Rovers Always. Great watching about both brands 👍

[@meister_harris5623]

Love my mini, got an 03 R53 Cooper S and came from a 3 litre Mondeo ST thinking it would be a downgrade, but my god is it great, and touchwood reliable

[@rob_lightbody]

The R50, including the ONE, is a genuine proper future classic. More and more people are appreciating these now, compared to the later models.

[@branimirbuncec3538]

Matt, that fear tyre, Kristall Montero is actualy a Fulda brand!A decent winter tyre 🤗

[@dawidskrzypczak7735]

so true. He thought it was chinese crap as usual in his videos.As I remember it was produced around 2015 so it's really old.

[@jimmyquinn9639]

Lovely job nice little car Matt 🚘🚙🚗👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

[@dmc9487]

Come up well that has. A very light car so 90bhp goes a long way. £1350 with some fuel in the tank. Happy to help.

[@parvinkukar1259]

Love the cheap car vids. Personally if I was buying privately then I’d looking to pay £800 to £1k, but if it’s from a garage like yourself I’d be happy to go to £1,200, assuming I’d get a 3 month warranty at least

[@Oyvind88]

Great video and car😀

[@johnoshea470]

Best car channel on youtube , hands down

[@clonmult]

I had a slightly older (2002) Cooper - that had "oil leak" mentioned on most of the MOTs, but the oil level never really changed. So it was leaking from a break in the fabric of space time (the oily dimension?). I do miss it - great fun to drive, more practical than I ever expected, but I needed four decent seats. That's a cracking car - it is rare to find one of those fully working without any major problems.

[@minibus9]

excelent video again, glad you got a profit on this one

[@markgollan]

Rishi also now owns my neighbours offensive Qashqui, Keir has a truck in the village car park that has 'Police Aware' on the windscreen and Caroline Lucas owns your L405!!

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video HPA, great work,1295 all day long 👍😀👌

[@zapod20]

I had an 03 Cooper (Chilli pack, natch), and it indeed had a sloshing sound when it moved. Turned out to be water ingress above the headlining that conveniently drained via the rear view mirror when braking. I still loved that car though…

[@TheTwingoChannel]

Been looking for a cheap daily while my Peugoet 206 was in the garage having major surgery. Came down today to take a look at the mini. Even with the bad leak on the valve cover gasket billowing smoke out the bonnet I was interested. Wanted to take on road get thru gears check for any noises - output shaft bearing failures are common on Minis.. Was told I could only drive the car round the car park (

[@APT79]

With a mere 90 BHP a Mini attempting to overtake a National Express coach will become a long drawn out affair.

[@nicholasrivero3067]

😂

[@michaelbradley4552]

Definitely a good £1195 with a full mot great little buy

[@Shyted]

My dad has got a mini and whilst I don’t really like driving it, it just goes on and on. Every MOT they say it won’t pass next year, but without any major work it always does and they say the same again. Few little issues but has never let him down.

[@RoderikvanReekum]

Top quality English craftsmanship!

[@zdendaderman5253]

Good job 👍

[@Jamesbaker123]

Great video as always - great little cars and would be great for a cheap run around or even a first car for a youngen. I feel this is worth right around 1,195 ish, as you said under 100k with a years MOT and in all around decent condition for the age and mileage. I cant believe it doesn't have AC (even being older and a basic spec)!. Id buy it for one of my kids first cars that's for sure.

[@robgibbsofficial]

£15 for a mini Valet sounds very v good value. I bet you are their best customer! Always look forward to your videos. One day is the lovely Boxter next day in an 04 mini! Topsy turvy world of motor trading:)

[@colincleary8669]

Another car saved matt nice one and will sell at £1295 look forward to the next video 👍

[@bobbyboy6397]

As soon as I upload your vids I automatically like them 😅😊

[@jasonallen890]

I always like the format where you just dont know what to expect and then after a good clean it looks great, sort of when you go to sell your own car and you spruce it up after neglect. 1299 I would say because it looks fine.

[@djbazzmaster]

could you make a video from the car wash people? what they do, and how?

[@V111HRD]

That sl55 is sublime 😍

[@jonford6119]

Funniest comment ever from High Peak. "What I know about the previous owner is they now have diabetes". Literally, laughed out loud.

[@peterlaverack7518]

I particularly liked the reference to "orange peel in the footwell".

[@br4kecheckd]

My neighbours daughter loved these. They always had the flag on the roof. He got her the first one back in mid to late 00's. They would always fall apart in 3 years max. Interior would break, rust, engine and gearbox problems, faiding color it had it all. She got through a couple of them but nowadays drives a Smart. Not gonna lie when supercharged they're still cool.

[@christineayres7199]

The Supercharged ones were made in South Africa if i remember right and a lot more reliable than the newer ones with the Turbo engines

[@LOTPOR0402]

Asolute bull .A lot of these cats are still going strong today A smart car is a toy joke compared to even a gen 1 mini one

[@christineayres7199]

@@LOTPOR0402 The early ones were good 👍 it's the ones made after 2007 that are bad but only mainly the Turbo version or Automatics as I test drive a Countryman Automatic nice car but the gearbox was awful , sadly for me I bought a Fiat 500 🤣 even bloody worse as I've spent £1000 on repairs after 2 months and paid £3 grand for it

[@LOTPOR0402]

@christineayres7199 Like I said gen 2

[@christineayres7199]

@@LOTPOR0402 Ah ok 👍😁

[@smithcj218]

I have had a few Mini's and have always found them to be very reliable; if I am honest I'd get the dent fixed and sell between £1200-£1400 as it'll be a great local runner for someone and the Mini One can be remapped to match the Cooper of the same Generation; then they can go with Mini Styling like most do.

[@timgutsell450]

CDs - charity shops! Some great stuff for 50p! 😀

[@martynlewis9020]

After watching Matts videos, I sometimes think I'd like to start a used car dealership business with the sole objective of acquiring CD's. If I made money selling cars, that would be a bonus.

[@matthewgodwin3050]

I do most of my shopping at charity shops these days. They're the only places that sell the things I want.

[@RoderikvanReekum]

It used to be the same with vinyl records but they no the value now. Get those CD's before the CD revival.

[@MrColnagoCLX]

@@RoderikvanReekum Our local Oxfam books is knocking out CDs for £2 each. IT'S ALREADY STARTED! 🙂 I did buy Curtain Call by Eminem for the MX-5 though!!

[@MummaBear]

eBay. Amazon music shops. Hmv online.

[@richmaniow]

Do you remember when a classic car used to be anything 20 years old, now it's 40 years, shows how much cars have improved. I would say around £1200 is a fair price as it's not just the car you have to pay for but the your whole business, forecourt, monster fuel bills and all those sandwiches.. 😉

[@mrlister2000]

The Kristal tyre is a winter one, and will definitely be a part worn. The others are budget brand tyres

[@titan_bg6293]

Matt , i'm big fan , and for the price of the mini it is fair to say with the remaining months of MOT , damage and the good condition of the car , price will be fairly 975 or 1095 pounds ( i'm from Bulgaria , and here the prices are crazy even for normal mini )

[@frogfoot6218]

nice SL ❤

[@megat3d561]

I'd pay about £1200 if it drives as well as you say. Remember when the top gear lads did that race around a farmyard. Scrapper racing. Come on Matt you know you want to! My mk2 superb also has a cd player. To to charity shops for CDs. 10 for a quid and there's some gold there.

[@sarahcarter824]

Nothing like a car that's been used as a mobile 'buffet'. A veritable smorgasbord with a lindt dor wrapper and a bakewell tart case.

[@chrisstyles4630]

Matt matt matt cds are still widely available in this digital age

[@johnnunn8688]

You think Matt would sully himself, by entering a charity shop?

[@ph8077]

@@johnnunn8688 He could get some nice retro Tommy Hilfiger gear in there.

[@berwhaletheavenger]

£995 (and no offers) is the right price. It just looks and sounds right, 'priced to sell m8'. The Tritec engines on the R50 Mini were good. The odd head gasket but waaaay better than the Peugeot/BMW 'Prince' abortion in the R56 with its oil leaks and timing chain issues.

[@MK-1973]

Great video, good little car. I was going to say £1195 but several others beat me to it.

[@AndrewMcGuire-bf3cp]

Hi matt love your videos.some of the cars you right off I would love. As living in East London the chances of being written off by a prius or a police chase is so high a few blemishes really doesn't matter

[@guitarste]

I do like these videos Matthew Goodwin 🙂👌🏽

[@matthewgodwin3050]

When I worked at a main dealer back in the day, part exchange cars that looked awful usually drove brilliantly. And cars that looked amazing, often drove appallingly. You can't have it both ways apparently.

[@debbiepeter112]

These don't have the timing chain issue, that applies to 2nd Gen Minis. But these do suffer from oil leaks, usually nothinf that cannot be sorted though

[@robertmessam103]

The mini vallet is certainly living up to its name.😂

[@gordoncuckoo2150]

Spot on love the old mini really fun to drive but shit engines had 3 all had head gasket issues 😬

[@leeholden8658]

Got to be £1,295 retail even if it is 20 years old. It’s a great first car for someone

[@ginarae5739]

Exceptional video again Matt .!!🎉 I'd happily pay £1200 for this grade of vehicle ... on proviso: it lasts 12 months, 12000 miles, without further garage-bills (other than standard consumables). - Thereafter if it fails an MOT, at a cost of £300+, yep I'd scrap it/trade in. ❤

[@thisiszaphod]

Needs the covers for the rear clusters, Matt!

[@stevie007]

Hey up Matt👌👌

[@hehanster]

Nice watch!

[@johnpeace23]

I've got one, an 04 mini cooper s r53, just gone through 100k miles and it drives amazing! No way would you think that it's 20 years old, but believe it or not it's got an oil leak,rear washer blocked and remote locking not working!

[@randomdaveUK]

Were decent engines pre-2006 👍 I've got a 2012 Cooper. Such fun to drive

[@johndoyle4723]

Thanks, yes it is a 20 year old banger, but all credit to BMW, it still works. All my early years driving were old bangers, which were only 10 years old, but that was all I could afford, cars in the 60s rarely lasted much longer than 10 years, engines were rebuilt after 40-50,000 miles, but they taught me how to fix them.

[@davidwood4271]

Not a bad little car 👍

[@pauljeffries]

That car is worth £800 at an absolute maximum, I've recently purchased a 2010 mini R56 Cooper D with full BMW history for £1000

[@Trickydicky99]

I used to dislike BMW Minis until I was offered one for the same price as this one. I've since been converted. It's like an old school hatch of years ago, fun to drive, handles well and not enough power to get you into trouble. I can still work on it myself, parts are reasonable and it still looks modern. We've even added another to the family.

[@dospalmascb]

A gestoria is a business manager not a lawyer. You can do car transfers at the police station and it is significantly cheaper than using a Gestor. You need to have your NIE to buy or sell a vehicle too. I always find it amazing that people in the uk Buy Spanish regiserted vehicles here, and we know they are in deep poop when they try and take it to spain. (Had spanish residencia since 200, don't live in Spain anymore and the corruption and Bureaucracy is just mind boggling.)

[@matthewtooley3771]

You’ve gone £1495! Bit steep for a 20 year old cat D

[@tron520]

Well Matt, this one was like the rabbit coming out of the magic hat, we know there is something in there, but do not know what, then out comes the rabbit and we all gasp! You have pulled this one out of the hat, Matt 😉🐰🎩

[@vintagereborn1]

Can someone explain why would V99 WJX worth £200-300 for anyone? I really don't get it. Thanks :)

[@mikes747]

My friend had a cooper s back in the day. It was one of the early supercharged ones. It was an absolute riot to drive but i couldn't have put up with the bone shaking ride that it had on a daily basis!

[@kaiwilliams5134]

i enjoy these cheap car vids, as i just got my first car for a bargain of £400 not a bad price for it too!!. Mk5 Astra SXI 1.4 5 door, great car and good on fuel too only thing it needed was a wash and brakes and was back on the road. only bad thing about it is the insurance is steep for being 18y old. im paying 275 a month with a blackbox.