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#108 of 1056 Re: True, but ... [markjenn] by elysiumgirlie Dec 05, 2004 (9:13 am)
Replying to: markjenn (Nov 24, 2003 8:29 pm) I am about to pay $22,900 plus taxes for a used 2003 MCS with Factory DVD Nav Syst, premium pkg, sportspkg, cold weatherpkg, and safety and convenience pkg. tinted windows added after factory. sold by a private owner. Ran the vin, looked good. (This is PA)   Does this sound like a decent deal to you?
#109 of 1056 by markjenn Dec 05, 2004 (6:10 pm)
Well, you can probably find several dealers fairly close to you that could get you a brand new 2005 with all the packages and nav for the $26K MSRP. In exactly the color and detail you want. And deliver in a couple months.   In my mind a brand new car, that is two years newer with two years worth of improvements (including more power) and a full three-year warranty is EASILY worth $3100, especially with all the teething pains this car had in the first couple years.   Better yet, buy the new one without the nav. Then they're only $1200 or so apart.   - Mark
#110 of 1056 Mini Handling by Dec 09, 2004 (7:38 am)
I'm in the market for a mini and am interested to hear what owners think of the mini's handling in inclement weather, i.e. snow   it's really annoying that you have to wait so long to get one...   DC
#111 of 1056 DCX Re: Mini Handling in the snow by rayt2 Dec 09, 2004 (11:00 am)
I'v'e gone thru one northeast winter so far with my Cooper and after the very first dusting took off the stock all season tires and put 4 Dunlop Winter Sport M2 tires on. BIG DIFFERENCE. The stock tires are crap when it comes to snow. Dry/wet roads their OK but they are not any good in snow/ice. I commute a 100 miles a day thru some hilly areas and the need for snow tires & limited slip is very apparent when it snows. Mini is now offering limited slip differential on the 2005 MCS or Convertible ($500 option), go for it if that is one of the models your considering. Unfortunetly the option is not yet available for the Cooper, only Mini knows why !   Ray T.
#112 of 1056 Purchasing a 2005 Mini convertible by urman Dec 12, 2004 (9:19 pm)
I received a price of $25K for 2005 convertible equipped with the premier or premium package, plus winter package and DCS or DSc option. Is this a good price or can I do better. It includes leatheret seats not the sport seat. Replies to this message: rayt2 (Dec 13, 2004 7:48 am)
#113 of 1056 Re: Purchasing a 2005 Mini convertible [urman] by rayt2 Dec 13, 2004 (7:48 am)
Replying to: urman (Dec 12, 2004 9:19 pm) Did you price it out on the Mini USA "build your own" webpage, that will tell you MSRP. Any mark ups by dealers I consider greed and would walk out the door. But that's my opinion. Paying MSRP is bad enough to have 1 to 2 k on top of that simply because of limited availabiltiy is nonsense but that's the law of supply/demand. How bad you want one ! Mini's do hold their value but I doubt you would ever recoup the "mark up" down the road.   Ray T.
#114 of 1056 Re: 15% mark-up on S convert in SOCAL! [dools] by mini_in_la Dec 13, 2004 (7:07 pm)
Replying to: dools (Nov 14, 2004 10:07 pm) dools, I shopped all around LA and finally bought at Irvine Mini. Cooper Convertible (not S) fully loaded for $27k with NO MARK-UP. They had a "special" that weekend and had no mark-ups on Cooper Convertibles. I don't know if they still have it, or if they do it for the S, but probably worth checking into.
#115 of 1056 Re: No more MINI [mfullmer] by berger2626 Dec 14, 2004 (8:21 pm)
Replying to: mfullmer (Jul 24, 2004 8:59 am) In Atlanta, the documentation fees have gotten out of hand.   I used to work at a dealership in town, and we initially had a doc fee of $149,and then we bumped it to $199, ...$249, ...$299,... $399, and finally $499 all in a period of 3 1/2 years. People kept paying it. We used to not include it if a car was advertised in the newspaper as a loss leader, because it was illegal to sell the car for more money then what was advertised; but then new management took over, and they told us to get "strong" and get the fee, and dare the customers to sue us. We sent many a shopper home without the ad car. I left the business in 1998, but it seems like nothing in Atlanta has changed. The dealers still take advantage, because the buying public keeps paying it. Replies to this message: aika (Dec 27, 2004 4:41 pm) jhunterbob (Mar 24, 2005 12:47 pm)
#116 of 1056 Re: Houston, TX dealers? [tgfire] by dutch27 Dec 15, 2004 (8:58 pm)
Replying to: tgfire (Nov 16, 2004 4:38 pm) BMW/MINI of the Woodlands seems to be OK. Apparently folks fly in from out of town to buy from them. I'm in the market for a MCS & they seem easy to talk to. No mark-ups; a few MINI's on the lot. Don't know anything about the service department, though. Good luck.......
#117 of 1056 Re: No more MINI [berger2626] by aika Dec 27, 2004 (4:41 pm)
Replying to: berger2626 (Dec 14, 2004 8:21 pm) What steps need to be taken to lower the doc fee other than not to purchase?

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