Hi, just thought I’d introduce myself. I recently bought a 2013 Mini Cooper S and am loving it so far. It is a second car and I bought it with the expectation that it’ll need some work once in a while, but I’m hoping it won’t be a total money pit. I have been wrenching on motorcycles for years and consider myself to be somewhat competent mechanically, especially with a good shop manual (it’s on my shopping list), but have done relatively little work on my cars in the past. We’ll see how I adapt. First things on my list: it leaves oil spots on the driveway, so I’ll need to figure out where that’s coming from. I think the struts need replacing, it wants to jump into the next lane when you hit a pothole. New tires, and the rear passenger side has some abnormal wear, so need to figure that out. It’s coming up on 77k miles, so I assume a timing chain will be in my not too distant future. Otherwise, it’s a nice little car! Runs beautifully and a joy to drive, even with the bad struts.

By the way, speaking of struts, I’m trying to figure out whether I have the sport suspension or standard, so I can figure out which struts to order. I put my VIN in the decoder here and it says:

MacPherson independent front suspension
Multi-link rear suspension
Front/rear anti-sway bars
Performance suspension

Does “performance suspension” mean sport suspension package? Or does BMW just call all of the suspensions “performance suspension?” Thanks!

 

Hello,

Per vin it will same sport suspension and have a couple digits letter and numbers.

Post up the last 7 digits and i can help,

 

Thanks, I actually did figure it out, I do not have the sport suspension. Appreciate the offer though!

 

Ok, glad to help.