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The MINI division figured out the oil leak problem a long time ago: burn up the oil faster than you can leak it. My old R56 wants a quart every 1k-2k miles and changes at 4k-6k. If she leaked, if never know it. Still runs fucking beautifully, though, which is a miracle among R56s.
We've been blessed to need nothing more than routine maintenance in the four years we've had the car. The original owner took it religiously to the Stl dealer, and the very brief interim owner was a car guy who put a lot of work into it before his wife made him sell it for a project car that would more adequately fit the second child they had on the way. So we got the car in good shape, and have generally tried to baby it. It's barely driven since I got a job at a dispensary I can walk to.