Hello folks!
This is my first time posting over here, used to only be an avid anon reader for a year, not sure if this is the right place to post this.
As the title says, my dad finally got his dream car: the Mini Cooper, not the countryman, but the smaller 2 door sibling. He has been eyeing this car ever since The Italian Job came out in 2003.
He's been looking at prices in the secondary market for a long while now, and recently we got a really good deal from a relative, he does car brokering on the side. The car originally belonged to a celeb, whose pretty big in the south (whose name I can't disclose for obvious reasons), and with 10k on the odo. He said that the owner looked after the car very well; it was so barely used that no one had sat in the backseat. Furthermore, he had hired a service team from BMW itself to look after the car, and it shows (pics attached below).
But when we got the car, we were informed of some 'minor' issues.
1. Torn sunroof screen
The Mini has a netted sunroof cover, and this net is kinda busted on the sides. Dad said he wants to replace this with an opaque one, as the sunlight seeps in through the net and makes it hot.
2. Entertainment dash
The entertainment unit on this one is pretty analog, which is nostalgic and everyone in my family adores, but the display has a lot of scratches and has a yellowish tint to it. Apart from this, its small, and the lack of GPS and Bluetooth playback seem like a dealbreaker to us. Is it possible to get the latest entertainment unit which is Android Auto/Apple Carplay enabled?
3. Worn out paint an some places
The paint on a few places are worn out; for example around the gearstick it shows its age. How much would it take to get it all repainted?
4. No spare key; the current key is broken
We didn't get a spare key with this; the other key apparently was broken. I was skeptical about this, but the dad trusts the broker so I couldn't really say much. What's worse is the key that we got is also broken and taped, but works perfectly fine. How much would it take to repair the key and get another one?
Apart from these, we haven't been informed of any other issues and we haven't found any either. What else should we check for, especially under the hood, as i couldn't ask here before the purchase; dad had kept it as a surprise for the family.
I would love everyone's opinion on this. Kindly add the approximate cost it would take for each of the repairs and modifications.
Lastly, she's a looker. The car is really good, the most powerful car I've ever driven. Sports mode is absolutely phenomenal. I've attached the pics to the above mentioned problems and of the car.
Thank you so much for your valuable time.
PS. How do we use the paddle shifters, and are they any good or just a gimmick?