New car choices. HELP!

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:48 am

Test the reverse gear if you do drive it. I have had a few loaners and it often is a challenge to get it in

beanie · Post by **beanie** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:05 pm

My brothers got a relatively new JCW Clubman and it’s a really nice car. Quick, practical and is feels like a quality product inside. A perfect daily for someone who wants a bit of speed so I would imagine the countryman is pretty similar in those respects.

M1k3yC · Post by **M1k3yC** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:12 pm

jock156 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 9:51 am Seeing this on Saturday

www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211111581526

Thoughts?

A big nope from me. It has a 1.6 twin-scroll turbo engine, not the 2.0 B48 of the second gen car - also found in the F56 hatch (such as my JCW). I'm assuming that this is broadly accurate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Countryman

I'd guess that the 1.6 I4 is the same as the one in the R56 Cooper S / JCW that had a lot of issues, particularly timing chain problems. I believe that later cars were supposedly better (I had a 2007 R56 and the timing chain needed doing) but either way I would want the 2.0 engine.

Regarding the car in general, I had a loan Countryman when my JCW was in for some warranty work. I disliked it - felt like a van to me. It wasn't a JCW version, though.

M1k3yC · Post by **M1k3yC** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:15 pm

beanie wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:05 pm My brothers got a relatively new JCW Clubman

Is this the one with c. 300hp and on the new 1 series platform? Different beast I imagine.

beanie · Post by **beanie** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 1:04 pm

M1k3yC wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:15 pm
beanie wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:05 pm My brothers got a relatively new JCW Clubman
Is this the one with c. 300hp and on the new 1 series platform? Different beast I imagine.

Yeah, it’s the latest version. Thinking about it, he had a Cooper S before that which had a fairly serious issue with the engine. No idea on engine code, model year or even what went wrong

Might have been a chain problem.

An old boss of mine had a Cooper S hatch some years ago (previous generation I think) and that also had fairly hefty issues.

On reflection, don’t buy a mini unless it’s the latest and greatest!

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 1:18 pm

Our 2017 Clubman Cooper 1.5 turbo hasn't missed a beat in 3 years and is now on 68k miles. Its a very good drive too, with go kart handling and just enough power to have fun but still return 40+ mpg and have me pay (IIRC) £30 pa tax. I even retrofitted a CarPlay module to its centre nav.

jock156 · Post by **jock156** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 1:49 pm

Hi Steve, I did notice the tax, but I could swallow that once a year. It’s fully loaded and ticks near enough every box

jock156 · Post by **jock156** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 1:56 pm

Guys above, thank you for your responses

DevonPaul · Post by **DevonPaul** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 2:02 pm

Just a thought on size - some of those are big cars.

The other days one of the big minis was coming towards me on the lane into the village. It was starddling the centre line. Behind it was a 1980s Landy which was about 6 inches to the left. The thing is, they were both pretty close to the kerb.

jock156 · Post by **jock156** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 10:57 pm

Shook hands on it today! Linda is happy, have to admit it’s growing on me.

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