It’s always tough having to part with a beloved set of wheels. You name them, you lavish them with frequent washes and fragrant fresheners and you live inside them for months on end spend an inordinate amount of time driving to and from work shouting profanities through their closed windows.

But sometimes life throws you a curve ball and you have to sell your dream car after a mere 1 250 kilometres. In this case it’s actually two little curve balls that will set you back a pretty penny for all of 20-odd years. Twins, Basil, twins!

We’ll show you the Gumtree ad in its entirety, just to do the pain justice.

Have a look at the other pics on the advert, that baby looks in pretty top nick. We feel your pain Gumtree seller, our condolences.

Of course you don’t have to wait for someone to have twins to get your paws on a great MINI deal. We’ve cosied up to these guys over the years and have organised a special deal HERE for all 2oceansvibe readers. A cool R4 499 a month, ZERO DEPOSIT, will see you driving a MINI 5-Door off the showroom floor.

Good luck with those twins, guys, here’s hoping you one day get your mittens on a MINI once more.