Does it make sense to use a mini as a daily driver

[Miniac]

I used to use my 998 Stationwagon as a daily come rain or storm, round trip was in the region of 75km and it was mostly freeway use with some standstill traffic, my mini never skipped a beat. I'm currently building up my GTS to be used as a daily for the work run which is around the 54km mark depending on route taken, not much traffic due to my shift work but when there's a build up on the way into work it's generally standstill for around 30-45mins at a time and there's a huge amount of stop and go due to all the traffic lights between my house and the office, I'm currently running a 3.444 diff but I do have a 3.105 in my box of tricks in case I find the need for longer legs.