Dave,
Thanks for that. No troubles with the turbo that you know of? I checked out a Mini for my daughter a year ago and it had more oil in the engine compartment than I've ever seen.
So you are saying with only 80K it's at a good point to go forward with? My E46 convertible with only 66K has been nickle-and-diming me recently (fan clutch, serpentine belt, ac leak that can't be found - so freon yearly), all manner of emissions challenges. I'm a smidge gun-shy, but if the N55 is more reliable, I'm sold.
Jason