Think the clutches are a bit of a lottery - mine went at ~70k but there will be others on the original with no issues on 120k, if I was buying another i'd probably hold out for one that's been done or at least give it a "proper" test before buying.
There are loads of R53s around that have been looked after & many will have the mods mentioned above to take them to ~220bhp, i'd probably go for one if I needed a nippy run around, only ended up with the R56 as it was cheap, pretty mint & had low mileage. And the clutch shit itself anyway.
Speaking of R56 minis - this popped up on marketplace, not cheap but looks an absolute riot
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Think the clutches are a bit of a lottery - mine went at ~70k but there will be others on the original with no issues on 120k, if I was buying another i'd probably hold out for one that's been done or at least give it a "proper" test before buying.
There are loads of R53s around that have been looked after & many will have the mods mentioned above to take them to ~220bhp, i'd probably go for one if I needed a nippy run around, only ended up with the R56 as it was cheap, pretty mint & had low mileage. And the clutch shit itself anyway.
Speaking of R56 minis - this popped up on marketplace, not cheap but looks an absolute riot
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/833284775598068/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A44290c39-0fe1-4e33-9a83-b5493554097c