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I was riding VOXY on a family car, but I chose MINI as my car. It’s time to accelerate the moment you’re looking at the engine. MINI and MINI days were filled with such a little happiness.

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- MINI Cooper S R53 Park Lane
- MINI Cooper S R56

Why choose MINI

I usually used to ride a bicycle, but I wanted to use one of my own cars. I remembered the Rover MINI where my father was riding. When I was a university student, I was riding when I came home, but it was fun to operate the compact body manually. A bitter memory is that a hole opened in the muffler when descending from the side road with a step. It was about 15 km to my home. I could not get out of the station 30 km/h. That was Trauma.

When I found a MINI that I can buy in the vicinity, I visited because there was a used store specialized in MINI. I just visited by the feeling of seeing it, but if I see the actual car, it is. Although the mileage exceeded 80,000 km, it was decided as a used manual, so it was a reasonable price and contracted R53. It is a car of the first generation at that time.

MINI I was on the R53 for a while, but there was a big failure, and I changed to R56. I was very worried, but I didn’t have a manual at the timing, so I thought I could enjoy automa too. I took two MINIs.

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Lovely form with roundness

The rounded design of the entire vehicle, the front round light, the soft 形のezoidal light of the rear, and this three senses were Donpisha to my taste. "MINI" is expressed from any angle. MINIMINI is the most favorite design because it tends to be attracted by curved beauty rather than straightness.

High-quality interior space

The roundness of the meter, switch, and buttons is unified. At night, the orange illumination that lights up gently warmed up, and it became a feeling that it is wrapped in warmth every time I sit on the driver's seat. Both R53 and R56 are old models, so the functions were not enough, but the interior space was very stylish, and it was a very comfortable time.

Go Kart Feeling

The power is packed in a small body. If you step into theセルelerator, you will be able to accelerate the response. It is often expressed as a go-kart feeling, but the ride comfort is transmitted directly to the sense of "running". It was a manual at R53, and there was a pleasure to accelerate while changing gear, and there was a feeling of slowing down while feeling resistance with engine brake, and it was really a fun car. When I was riding on R56 (Automa), I was sometimes 気にed to sleep. However, when I was using R53 (Manual), I didn’t lose it. I may have a manual.

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Oil leak

MINI "Oil Leak" is like a promise. I noticed that there was a little trace on the parking lot, and it was necessary to check it regularly. In particular, R53 is older, so even if you think it is correct, you can go over time. I didn’t completely re-do it. Home R56 had a little oil leak, but I changed my head cover.

Ceiling Fabric

This was more European car problem than MINI, and R53 had a ceiling fabric. It seems that when the sponge deteriorates, the deterioration of the adhesive due to the high temperature and humidity Japanese climate increases. I bought a pin of worms and set a fixed interval to sting on the ceiling. By the way, R56 has a sunroof, and it was new from R53.

Vehicle inspection cost

When compared to domestic cars, maintenance costs will be higher. Of course, I think that it will change depending on parts and work、s, but it was a feeling of cost as follows.

Oil replacement 1 to 1.5 million
Battery replacement 3 to 3.5 million
Air conditioner gas cleaning 1 to 1.5 million
Vehicle inspection 25～300,000 ※Including oil change, air conditioner filter, minor repair

Every time I looked at the estimate of the vehicle inspection, it was necessary to make a little effort. In addition to the above, it is also true that the oil leak counter。s, R53, such as alternator repairs, had a cost.

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I was going to ride a MINI, but I decided to think about changing the three events.

Car inspection cost
When I talked about a friend or a person in the workplace, I heard that the car inspection cost is 30,000 or 100,000. There is a memorable memory that I am surprised how many times a car inspection. There is a memory that was about 100,000 when riding VOXY.

Recent car inspection costs
I received a car inspection in the near future, but I thought it would be 200,000 because there is not much place to maintain it. In this way, the amount of 300,000 and 4,000 has been improved in the brain as the repair increases when the annual formula is overlapped.

Skiing and distant comfort
It is a compact car because it is a 3 door. Although I like that compactness, there was a limit to the luggage that can be piled up when going to ski or going out, and there was a very difficult part to stay in the car. I don’t know how long I can enjoyスキー, but when I want to move actively while still energetic, it has become a little worried about MINI.

最終的に乗り換えを決意して、MINIを個人間取引で売却することになりました。売却には半年近く時間がかかりましたが、現時点ではもうMINIは手元にはありません。

引き渡しをする最後の日、洗車をしてきれいになったMINIと何枚か写真を撮っておきました。乗っていて楽しい車だったのでいい思い出がたくさんあります。今までありがとう。