Hi Tom,
Ha ha, I recently got a 2010 133 Cup, Takes me back to my Cooper S days.
Fantastic car, but I'm lucky that mine is my fun car, I'm not sure I'd want to use it as a daily.
I'm old like you! 58 in my case.
Daily for commute, is a year 2000 Mirca, which is just excellent.
Get yourself a...