Hello everyone,
I bought my 2003 MINI Cooper second hand from a car dealer. When I saw the car I fell in love and thought everything seemed fine. I went to see it with my mother and her partner. We looked under the bonnet and saw the engine which turned out to be a Bosch engine but we thought it may have been normal. After taking my car home, I thought that the original MINI engine could have possibly been replaced with the Bosch engine and sold off. We brought my car to our local MINI dealer to have a check up. They told us it was a death trap..... So we brought my car back to the car dealer I bought it from and he said he would repair the things the MINI dealership listed which he did. I'm not sure if it's normal for a 16 year old car but my car struggles at 100kmph in 6th gear. It also has a high pitched noise when I drive but that doesn't bother me that much. It just kind of seems off and I'm wondering if it's worth replacing with an original MINI engine or something else. I don't know that much about mechanics at all so I would appreciate your advice on the situation.
Thank you,
Béibhinn.