R56 2008 Mini Cooper S auto

Description:

I recently bought a two-previous owner Mini Cooper S auto from a specialist.
I had various things done - new valve seals, new turbo, gearbox service, new brake pads all around, new springs, new brake oil, new air filter, alloy wheel refurbish, four new tyres and a new exhaust flexipipe.
The car has had a new timing chain, tensioners and water pump within the last 2,000 miles.
There is an MOT until May next year. There were two advisories on the MOT - one was a minor oil leak from the rocker cover gasket - this has been fixed with a new gasket, and minor surface rust on the rear subframe.

There really is nothing wrong with this car, however I bought it with the view to take it on trips to Europe, but I just haven’t gelled with the car like I have my other cars and so it is currently taking up a space on my drive that my wife isn’t too happy about.

The mini is not tuned and never has been. It comes with many factory extras such as a sunroof, lounge interior, flappy paddle gear box and so on.

Due to the exceptionally low mileage and history, this was bought for £4.5k - I never buy cheap as I always go for the best examples I can find, and the work mentioned above totals easily to over £4k, bringing the real cost to me to close to £9k. I’m not looking for anywhere near that value as to be frank, I don’t need the money and understand that the value of these cars is far less than what I’ve put into it.

Would swap for a 125cc decent geared road legal motorbike ideally, but am open to various other offers.