As car enthusiasts, we are sometimes suckers for a good deal. Luckily, in most cases, common sense prevails, especially when a deal looks too good to be true. That said, sometimes, common sense does not prevail and what initially seemed like a great purchase ends up being an endless money pit.

Hoovie's Garage is one of those YouTube channels where you, sometimes, see stuff like that. And although most of the cars redeem themselves this one in particular might prove to be too much of a hooptie, even for Hoovie.

The car in question is a limited production Mini Cooper S MC 40 edition – a tribute to the Mini Coopers that won the Monte Carlo rally, 40 years prior. It's an earlier R53 model, which means that the 1.6-liter inline-four still has a supercharger, as opposed to the newer R56 variants, which are turbocharged.

As you may have guessed, the one in the video does not. And if you think a small car cannot have big repair bills, watch and be amazed, as the Car Ninja give Tyler an estimate that made him question his own decision.