Hello together, for my girlfriend a Mini Cooper S due to the price limit of about 10 – 12T€ and not too much km, it must be a R56 with 174PS. I have read through some forums and unfortunately read again and again that the 174PS engine should not be so great. Now I have the opportunity to come to one of the first Cooper S with 174PS EZ was in early 2007. The vehicle is apparently from first hand and has quite good equipment – Hifi system, Panoramic adach, partial leather, chilli package, seat heating and still a little snappy. Vehicle has almost 79 TKM and is first-hand. Checkbook-kept – brakes, air-conditioning evaporators and chain tensioners were changed only recently (chain tensioner already for the second time at BMW). What do you think you can pay for the vehicle 10 T€ and have the feeling that you had a good offer and a normally good car. Nobody is inside but for me the question arises, if the Engine series up to 120 Tkm is recommended or rather less… Vehicle had no chip tuning and was rather leisurely driven by a woman – so the theory :-). For me the following questions arise: – Is the 174hp so much worse than the 184ps – so in terms of stability – Is the purchase price good or does the vehicle bring in three four years with 120TKM still 6-7T€? current DAT is about 6500… – Would it be better to save a little and then a Mini JCW to the engines are supposed to be a little better.. If our first mini and liked it I also do wg. of the Go-Kart-Feeling… Would be grateful for one opinion or another.