slim_boy_fat

I think its fairly well known that there was bugger all profit in the povety spec minis, much less than any other BMW car, it only got better when options were added.

The newer cars are made slightly cheaper so more money in them.

lozgti

Nice but £4/£5000 more than a Golf GTI.Bit much really

Mike123

They must have gone glassy-eyed at the options list and ticked nearly every box to get it over 23k though!
Spose it depends how much fruit and veg you "need" on a hot hatch though!

Used to be able to get a s/c one with plenty of kit for 18.5k..............if you need a sunglasses holder trimmed with wolverine fur I spose you can spec it up to 25k though

Scooby-Doo

My S was £28k

J4CKO

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So, what exactly can you put on a small car to bump the price to 28 grand ?

slim_boy_fat

Mine was basic £16,500

JCW pack £3,200
Sat Nav £1,500
Full Leather £ 1,000
Multi function £ 200
Wheel upgrade £ 800
heated seats £ 250
Xenons £ 800
CD upgrade £ 600
Sunroof £ 600
Park distance £200
Climate £900


Ok so not £28k but £26k. You can get 18" alloys that cost £1500, LSD, carbon bucket seats.

Check out the option list on Mercs, they make the mini look small scale!!

dpb

a grand XTRA for climate

slim_boy_fat

I guess if you can't afford it dont ask the price.

Scooby-Doo

Cooper S JCW Convertible

Chilli pack
Auto lights and Wipers
Recaro heated seats
HK Audio
Climate
MF Steering wheel
Auto Dim Mirror
Chrome line interior
Folding mirrors
Heated mirrors and washer jets
DSC

Thats about it but smiles per mile are worth it

Mike123

Wife had the old shape s/c version which was a bit cheaper.
Had, IIRC,......
Half leather seats
Aircon
Sunroof
Heated Seats
Heated Washer jets
LSD
MultiFunc Steering Wheel
Autodim Mirror
Chrono pack ( additional instruments like oil temp/press )
Storage Pack
Handling Pack ( N/C )
MP3/WMA CD
Radio Boost
TLC
Think it came to 18200 roughly all in - not missed anything so far. Has been reliable so far being an end of line revised one - only failure was the remote C/lock box - replaced very efficiently under warranty.
Quite thirsty though - does the same as her old 330i

Snazy

All items with * next to them are part of the chilli pack which is about 2k on the S

I would say that sounds more like about 20-21 worth of car. So as Mini dont give discounts if you got it for 18 you did damn well

As for the fuel consumption, they are thirsty, but I guess it depends on how they are being driven. But if they are driven the same way the fuel should be a little better than a 330 lol

As for the higher spec cars, Slim, NICE spec car there mate. Guess you got to drive one to appreciate where the money goes, but you certainly feel like your driving a 26-28 grand car when you hop in one of that spec.

Mike123

Snazy
Definitely about 18200 - the same deal was available to ANYONE as like you say ...no discount. In fact we had to be quick to order one as they only had a certain allocation for the new reg and there were only 2 cars left.
I think the basic s/c S at Sept 05 was around 15180?

Options were roughly


Aircon £600
Sunroof £600
Half leather trim £350
Heated Seats £170
Heated Washer jets/mirrors £40
LSD £100
MultiFunc Steering Wheel £150
Autodim Mirror £80?
Chrono pack ( additional instruments like oil temp/press ) £150ish
Storage Pack £40
Handling Pack ( N/C )
MP3/WMA CD £200
Radio Boost £150
TLC £150
Computer £100

Didn't order the Chilli pack as the Xenons seemed a bit fragile and didn't want the 17" wheels as the one we tested on 17s rode like on bricks on the roads round here. Funnily enough, our friends who had a 6 month newer car got a 2nd hand set of 16s after trying ours on 16s and kept his S-spokes for resale.
I don't think she has missed anything we didn't order


Don't shoot me on the option prices but it definitely came to £18200ish all in from new..no discount - I'll get the exact option prices later. Think they threw in floor mats, full tank...the usual you get on any new car.

I guess you could order loads more stuff but she's happy with the 170bhp and it does what she wants

As for the fuel, consumption, my wife does the same trip now as she did with the 330i and the consumption is basically the same as the E46 330i manual. That's brim to brim calculations ( I fill it up for her at the weekend as she usually has the kids with her ) not based on the computer

Scooby-Doo

I got a £500 discount

Snazy

Did you ?? From which dealership ? Thats naughty lol

Mike get me the reg and I will get the missus to call it up on the system lol

Mike123

I'll take a butchers at the bill when i get home - think it has cruise control as well ( not sure why she ordered that though! ) - all the option prices are listed individually - it's still possible to get a decent amount of kit for well under 20k though imo.

Snazy

Yeah for sure mate, base model is now about 16k so with a budget of 4k, you can indeed put some tidy little things on there.

The missus favours the following options.

Chilli pack
Full leather
18's

With those, she is always happy with what she brings home lol

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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Our mini cooper cost £12500 in Sept 2001, still going strong 6 years later with 107K on the clock. Yellow/White CD Boost, AirCon, Pepper Pack.

What's it worth Fair/Trade?

A year ago wifey was offered £6500 TRADE @ 95K miles

Awesome residuals for a small car but mind you, it still drives very well and few shake/rattle/rolls - if any..

slim_boy_fat

No question, the car feels very expensive, all the components are quality.

The only thing i need to change is get rid of the run flats for a set of F1 GSD3's

The best bit for me is the sat nav gets rid of the centre speedo which i dont really like to be honest.

Mike123

As does the Chrono pack ( it's a bit cheaper than the satnav option as well )

Snazy

The R56 sat nav option just gets you a rather bizarre outside edge speedo lol

Misses tends to use the electronic speed display rather than paying attention to the centre one.

Flatcapdriver

Interesting article in the Glass's guide suggesting the MINI is the least depreciating car on the market...


Glass’s Motoring Guide to used car prices, used car values, compare new car prices, Glass's vehicle valuations

slim_boy_fat

It is as long as you dont go crazy on the options.