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Car Forum / MINI / February 2004Mini Mayfair Auto - Advice needed
I have the chance of buying a Mayfair 1992, that's done 11,000 miles for ?1650. The gearbox is automatic and I am a bit worried because of expense and availability of spares should the gearbox go wrong, has anyone out there got any advice for me re gearbox and is auto not so good with Minis? - my ideal would be a Cooper but they are a bit scarce down south. I have now sold my City and would really like to be back on the road asap! Thanks Had one for years and never let me down. Now looking for another but not many in Scotland. Not the best of things to drive though. sluggish and jerky at times. Other than that fine. regards Miyagi > Had one for years and never let me down. > Now looking for another but not many in Scotland. > Not the best of things to drive though. sluggish and jerky at times. > Other than that fine. You can adjust the throttle to gearbox linkage to alter the gearshift pattern. On my auto Moke, I fitted an LPG system with an Impco throttle. It had a larger throttle cable cam than the original HS4, with a larger total movement of the gearbox linkage rod between idle and full throttle, so I was able to get a more aggressive gearshift pattern without making it change down too early on a trailing throttle. > I have the chance of buying a Mayfair 1992, that's done 11,000 miles for > £1650. The gearbox is automatic and I am a bit worried because of expense > and availability of spares should the gearbox go wrong, has anyone out there > got any advice for me re gearbox and is auto not so good with Minis? - my > ideal would be a Cooper but they are a bit scarce down south. I have now > sold my City and would really like to be back on the road asap! Thanks if the gearbox goes wrong, do what a lot of people i know have done and simply change the whole engine unit - you can pick up a low mileage metro and use the whole engine from that very cheaply. Ed >> I have the chance of buying a Mayfair 1992, that's done 11,000 miles >> for ?1650. The gearbox is automatic and I am a bit worried because [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and simply change the whole engine unit - you can pick up a low > mileage metro and use the whole engine from that very cheaply. Except the auto subframe is different isn't it? > > if the gearbox goes wrong, do what a lot of people i know have done > > and simply change the whole engine unit - you can pick up a low > > mileage metro and use the whole engine from that very cheaply. > Except the auto subframe is different isn't it? So what? Auto motor and box assemblies are cheaper than manuals. >> > if the gearbox goes wrong, do what a lot of people i know have done >> > and simply change the whole engine unit - you can pick up a low [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Auto motor and box assemblies are cheaper than manuals. Duh, my bad - not having seen many Metro's didn't click they came in the no left foot required variety :) > Duh, my bad - not having seen many Metro's didn't click they came > in the no left foot required variety :) 8-) I think the auto is an underrated version of the Mini. Sure, a 998 auto isn't quick, but neither are the thousands of 850s that were sold in the UK. And a well set up 1275 auto in a Mini is at least as much fun as most manual Minis. It's like driving a road registered go kart! > > I have the chance of buying a Mayfair 1992, that's done 11,000 miles > > for £1650. Sounds like a bargain to me. I'm not familiar with UK prices, but any 12 year old car with only 11,000 miles is a good start. > > The gearbox is automatic and I am a bit worried because of expense > > and availability of spares should the gearbox go wrong, has anyone > > out there got any advice for me re gearbox and is auto not so good > > with Minis? First of all, it's only got 11,000 miles - is it really likely to have problems in the medium term? And if/when it eventually does, aren't complete auto motor and box assemblies are pretty cheap? > > - my ideal would be a Cooper but they are a bit scarce down south. > > I have now sold my City and would really like to be back on the road > > asap! Thanks If the condition of the rest of the car corresponds with the mileage, and if the price is reasonable by local standards, I'd buy it. > if the gearbox goes wrong, do what a lot of people i know have done and > simply change the whole engine unit - you can pick up a low mileage > metro and use the whole engine from that very cheaply. Agreed. I put two replacement motor/box assemblies through the Moke over the years, not because it suffered major seriously expensive failures, but because a complete motor and box only cost me Au$200 - under 100 pounds. I agree with graham. Autos are seriousely underrated, they are bags of fun round town. A car with 11,000 miles on the clock (if genuine) should be a good buy, change the oil AS SOON AS YOU GET IT. Continue to change the oil (Mineral!) regularly and it should give you miles of trouble free motoring. Remember the changes are more frequent then in a manual mini. I'm kinda dissapointed my new hornet is not an auto, they really are great town cars. Matt http://www.mattscar.co.uk > > > I have the chance of buying a Mayfair 1992, that's done 11,000 miles > > > for ?1650. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > years, not because it suffered major seriously expensive failures, but > because a complete motor and box only cost me Au$200 - under 100 pounds. |
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