We are thinking about buying a used MINI Cooper for our college age daughter. Asking advice about what are the best years, should I stay away from turbos, and we need an automatic because she doesn't know how to drive a stick. Please someone tell me if there are certain options we should seek or stay away from? Also, how far will these cars go? I see a lot for sale with around 90k miles on them. What maintenance needs to be done on them at that point? (Is there a reason people drop them at just under 100k?) We've owned several BMWs and know they'll go over 200k miles, so just want to know if the MINI will do that.