VALUE MY CAR PLEASE

[sleepyrascal]

51 plate 2002 MINI Cooper (Chilli)

54,000 miles

full leather

s bumpers

aero sides

privacy glass

above average condition

17" S spoke alloys

new run flats all round

full year MOT

1 careful lady owner ;):eek:

CD player

etc

..... the bottom book price is £5600. That surely cant be right!!!!!!!!!

[The Dogfather]

Sleepy, the MINI has dropped in value massively in the last year or so. Our Cooper lost £1000 in only 5 months :(

[Big Gordy]

I thought you were taking all the 'BITS' off Sleepy before you sold it:question: :p:D:approve:

[Big Col]

quote:Originally posted by Vidal Buffoon

Sleepy, the MINI has dropped in value massively in the last year or so. Our poncey LPG Converted Cooper lost £1000 in only 5 months :(


Relevant words added.

[Craig]

sleepy, that price will be about right.... I bought mine in Aug last year for £17.5K and last month it was worth £11,800....

the ar$e has fallen out of the second hand values compared to a couple of years ago.... I got a big shock.. My car was only 8 months old with 8000 miles on the clock :eek:

I haven't seen your car in the flesh, but try pitching it at about £7,500 privately and see how you get on..:D

[Scottie]

quote:Originally posted by craigd

sleepy, that price will be about right.... I bought mine in Aug last year for £17.5K and last month it was worth £11,800....




think that's bad was quoted a trade in my X of 33k that's a loss of 15k in four months. Good job I didnae like the Q7 that much.:)

[The Dogfather]

Col, <yawn> the LPG conversion added £500 to the value and it could have been £1000 if I'd sold it privately. Especially since the MINI was doing 75mpg equivalent at todays prices.

[Big Col]

Ah I see. The LPG conversion ADDED to the value of the car and the £1000 is 5 months was down to something else??? I keep forgetting that there is such a HUGE demand for LPG converted MINIs. Queued out the door for 'em they are!

[The Dogfather]

Always the sceptic, or is that septic, eh Col:p

The price of used MINIs has dropped quite a lot. I checked the glasses guide prices both in Feb and 6 months before that when we thought about changing, the difference is £1000. Check out CraigDs comment as well.

Most LPG cars carry a £1000 premium over their standard counterparts, except the MINI which was only worth an extra £500 on trade in. I got prices with and without the conversion to be sure - as I thought about taking the system off to put it on the next car.

BTW most LPG converters are fully booked since the oil price went up, even without the grants.

[sleepyrascal]

quote:Originally posted by Big Gordy

I thought you were taking all the 'BITS' off Sleepy before you sold it:question: :p:D:approve:


The 'bits' are mostly off it. Its just the S bumpers, and aero sides left.

Ill probably take off the sides mind you.

Everything else is standards pretty much.

[Scottie]

so sleepy what you getting in the Mini's place??

[The Bull]

On the subject of values, my 3 year old 40K MCS (lease car) was going to cost me £10,345 if I wanted to keep it. I thought that was quite steep.

[T6 KFR]

that makes me made :evil:, second hand car prices... well suppose not if your buying like!!

I would say Ewan your car is worth nearer 8.5k, looking on websites etc.... and im not saying that cause my mini is same as urs:)

what are you doing for a car anyho after it sells?

[The Dogfather]

Sleepy, looking at the private sale prices on Autotrader, I'd say between £7.5k and £8.5k. There's nothing similar in the local area though so its hard to gauge.

[ianking]

Could be worse my 120D sport dropped £10K in just 11 months.

[sleepyrascal]

quote:Originally posted by ScottieCoop

so sleepy what you getting in the Mini's place??



Sadly not another MINI:(. I have been looking for a nice BMW 330d or a Golf GT TDi.

I'll have another MINI in the future for sure.