Mini Convertible

Carly · Post by **Carly** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:10 pm

You will have to forgive me, but tomorrow I am going for a test drive in a Mini Cooper Convertible, and I'm just so excited

)))))))

I will have to give you all my full report afterwards!

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 10:56 pm

Nobby · Post by **Nobby** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:12 pm

They showed it on top gear last week or week before.
It may have looked OK if they had found somewhere to put the rag top in convertible mode. It looks bloody awful just flopped on the back of the car.

Alig · Post by **Alig** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:28 pm

One parked up next to my cc at the pub - no contest! As we sat having a beer, I thought nah, just doesn't have the stylish looks of the cc.

And being a cloth top..not what I would go for after having the metal roof. And that's saying something, as the other half has a Boxster.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:48 pm

cloth top

box looks

roof storage - oh yeah, forgot about that, where shall we put it - oh just dump it on top

carl · Post by **carl** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:18 pm

I think they look great. One of the few ragtops that looks good with the roof up. If we didn't need something bigger I'd get one!

How did the test drive go, Carly?

Carly · Post by **Carly** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:47 pm

It was really fantastic. The car was so responsive and the gear change was just so positive and clunky, it just felt like such a sturdy car and I'm definately going to put a deposit down on one ASAP. The look of the car just got all the heads turning and the interior of the car looks so modern! And absolutely not one single rattle in sight.. ahhh, heaven.

Only problem being now is my Peugeot... its a 1.6, 1 and a half years old, 12K miles, alloy wheels, sports pack, aegean blue, pratically immaculate and the dealer would only offer me Â£7K for it.

In holding it's value I think... Mini 1 point.. Peugeot 206cc 0 points

carl · Post by **carl** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 9:58 pm

If only that were true. The MINI will hold its value for a while (maybe 6 months, maybe a year) because it's an "IT" car. But once it drops out of fashion, like the VW Beetle or the Aud TT, used prices will drop.

Post by **Lyndon** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 10:22 pm

Only problem being now is my Peugeot... its a 1.6, 1 and a half years old, 12K miles, alloy wheels, sports pack, aegean blue, pratically immaculate and the dealer would only offer me Â£7K for it.

In holding it's value I think... Mini 1 point.. Peugeot 206cc 0 points

thats a complete ripoff as i was offered Â£9500 for my 3 and half year old 2.0 litre when i looked at swapping me CC

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 11:25 pm

the thing is because of demand for the mini and mini conv your trade-in will be where they want to make the profit - although they are going a bit far.

i was getting offered between Â£10.5k and Â£11.5k in may against a 307CC which is reasonable but when you consider i also negotiated a Â£1.5k discount buying the car cash with no trade-in then they are only really offering between Â£9k and Â£10k.

carl · Post by **carl** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 11:39 pm

thats a complete ripoff as i was offered Â£9500 for my 3 and half year old 2.0 litre when i looked at swapping me CC

For what were you thinking of swapping it?

Post by **Lyndon** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 12:06 am

ah that would be telling but not gonna do it tho just wanted to see what it was worth againest a more expensive car, very nice car i test drove

carl · Post by **carl** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 12:29 am

Well that's the key to it -- the dealer's expected profit on the new car. If I was going to buy an AMG SL55 (yeah, right :rolleyes:) I'd expect a damn good trade-in on the CC. But the reality is that the "good" tradein figure only represents money off that you could have negotiated for a cash sale.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 1:17 am

i went to a merc garage in edinburgh on tuesday - looking into the new slk.

talk about a bunch of stuck up pricks :rolleyes: and do u drive a mercedes the now sir - no a peugeot 206CC - sigh

they need to get a life

Post by **Lyndon** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 7:06 am

Well that's the key to it -- the dealer's expected profit on the new car. If I was going to buy an AMG SL55 (yeah, right :rolleyes:) I'd expect a damn good trade-in on the CC. But the reality is that the "good" tradein figure only represents money off that you could have negotiated for a cash sale.

the car was only around 26K,might see what the trade in is for civic type-r which is around 16k see what i get then