The player has not only rejected my friend request but also blocked me on steam. Therefor I will take it as admission of guilt and will ban the player for rule 1.2.
I mean, I am not going to recommend which model or year you should get. Its up to you in the end. I just wanted to mention that I had no issues personally and I think a lot of comments on this thread are based on online information, or people who got a mini but just ended up not liking it and/or...