Not a reader's car but - Engineless r56 MINI CooperS

[briSk]

I was just looking around the web and stmbled across this potential project. i couldn't decide where best to post so decided the PPC style of this part of the site might be best!

EVEN SO IF ONE COULD JUST REFRAIN FROM POSTING IF ONE DOESN'T LIKE NU-MINIS THAT'D BE LOVELY. Thanks.

so what i am thinking is, if you could chip the price - what about this fitted with a honda k20a and gearbox:

http://www.douglasvalley.co.uk/item.asp?prodid=106...

[madmat]

Why and where has the engine gone then?

[Baffled Spoon]

madmat said:

Why and where has the engine gone then?

It's on the BMW options list
The buyer thought BMW were joking when they said you have to pay extra for it.

[Catherine197]

How bizzare, would love to know the story behind this.

[briSk]

Catherine197 said:

How bizzare, would love to know the story behind this.

i reckon it's the victim of an arse driving through a flood. failing that maybe it's slipped through the bmw recall net... there's an engineless e90 335d on there too...(up for £20k uch: )

[flattotheboards]

Seems quite expensive, so does the bmw.Does anybody know why they have no engines?

[briSk]

flattotheboards said:

Seems quite expensive, so does the bmw.Does anybody know why they have no engines?

that firm do seem to be a bit dear on virtually everything 'in stock'.

i'd be interested to hear what's happend to the engines too.. am i right (flood damage or bmw giving up on a warranty issue??)..?

[bighoody]

Weird one if it was flood damage, you would expect it would need a new interior and the electrics seen to.

[jatinder]

engines stolen?

[Roop]

Ten grand for an engineless Mini - They are having a laugh aren't they...?

If you wanted to go down the aftermarket route, how about getting it to Z-Cars and having a RWD conversion with full weld-in subframe and an M motor like the straight six or previous gen M5 V8. Tasty. Bit expensive mind.

[mattiselvis]

Roop said:

Ten grand for an engineless Mini - They are having a laugh aren't they...?

If you wanted to go down the aftermarket route, how about getting it to Z-Cars and having a RWD conversion with full weld-in subframe and an M motor like the straight six or previous gen M5 V8. Tasty. Bit expensive mind.

Agreed, but if you were going RWD, you might as well buy a Mini One for half the price. Seems awfully expensive engineless.

[matt21]

hasnt even got chilli pack

[dawson2k5]

salesman: "your new mini cooper S madam"

Woman: "the car won't start"

Sales man sies
"have you checked there is petrol in the car"

woman: "petrol, yes engine, no!"

salesman: "what!!!!!"

[900T-R]

I always wanted to know what the promised road going version of that Britcar MINI with E36 M3 running gear would be like - but indeed, you'd be better off starting with a MINI One.

I happen to know of an R50 One with about 100,000 miles (one careful user-chooser) coming off lease in a month or two...

[Marki]

How strange