The Mini is a goner. Guess what Matt Bird has replaced it with?
ByPride comes before the fall, or so they say. Doesn’t seem so long ago that I was contemplatingto get the best from a car I was really enjoying; some road trips, maybe a track day, that sort of thing. And here I am with an old man’s Mazda in front of the house and not a Mini, with barely a few hundred quid to show for it. Bloody cars.
My local garage that gave the diagnosis was willing to take on the remedial work, but reckoned it wasn’t really economically viable given their estimate and the value of the car . If I’d got it fixed then I would have felt obligated to keep the Mini for many more years to justify the outlay. Which I didn’t really want to do. Not least because I’d always be worrying about another big bill lurking.
Initially, the replacement seemed obvious: I wanted a Toyota GT86, and have done since having a long-term test car in 2015. My son had barely travelled in the Mini, so having limited rear room didn’t matter too much; they’re pretty tough and relatively simple, as well as great fun. There were plenty around locally but, as you can probably see, I bottled it. With a budget of around £9k , it was only the highest mileage, oldest cars I could afford.
The 3 had been taken in part exchange at the local JLR dealership and was apparently too good just to send to auction. There was lots of main dealer history, barely a blemish inside, and really nicely presented wheels. A couple of scratches would be sorted, it would be serviced before collection, with July’s MOT included as well, on top of an approved used warranty.
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