I owned a Mini in the late 60's and it was a pain in the ass. As mentioned, the brakes were problematic and whenever it rained hard, I had to wrap a plastic bag around the distributor, which was mounted just behind the grill or it would cease to operate while driving down the highway in the wet.

It was cute as a button, but didn't belong on a public road here, even way back when. If you have the mechanical expertise and a pocket full of money, by all means keep it as a collectors vehicle, but to consider it a form of safe, reliable transporation in this day and age is IMO suicidal.

Now on the other hand, there is an old 72 BMW 2002 sitting out in our driveway in want of some TLC and a new home......