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Re: New car

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:57 pm
by ShockDiamonds
This one was £31k or something like that RRP, sold for just over £28k.

Re: New car

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:05 pm
by Broccers
Spendy for a mini innit.

Re: New car

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:33 pm
by Carlos
Broccers wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:12 pm Yes the thing is mini size is a bit like a golf now. Our r55 with 220 ish bhp is quite fast enough and fun.

How much is one on these with options? High 20s?
Same size as a Golf, same price as a Golf.

Re: New car

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:53 pm
by Simon
Carlos wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:33 pm
Broccers wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:12 pm Yes the thing is mini size is a bit like a golf now. Our r55 with 220 ish bhp is quite fast enough and fun.

How much is one on these with options? High 20s?
Same size as a Golf, same price as a Golf.
Is it though? Really? I remember the back of the Mk7/7.5 Golf as a reasonably decent place to sit. Can't imagine there's the same room in a Mini.

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 7:47 am
by ShockDiamonds
Our daughter is 10 and just under 5 ft tall and sits ok in the back with plenty of room, but by the time she gets to 13 or 14 we’ll be moving on I suspect.

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:27 am
by Rich B
ShockDiamonds wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 7:47 am Our daughter is 10 and just under 5 ft tall and sits ok in the back with plenty of room, but by the time she gets to 13 or 14 we’ll be moving on I suspect.
i trust you've gone for a 5 year finance deal with hefty penalty clauses for stopping it early then?

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:26 am
by Broccers
Simon wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:53 pm
Carlos wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:33 pm
Broccers wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:12 pm Yes the thing is mini size is a bit like a golf now. Our r55 with 220 ish bhp is quite fast enough and fun.

How much is one on these with options? High 20s?
Same size as a Golf, same price as a Golf.
Is it though? Really? I remember the back of the Mk7/7.5 Golf as a reasonably decent place to sit. Can't imagine there's the same room in a Mini.
Same height and width but slightly shorter. Certainly not small.

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:53 am
by drcarlos
Rich B wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:27 am
ShockDiamonds wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 7:47 am Our daughter is 10 and just under 5 ft tall and sits ok in the back with plenty of room, but by the time she gets to 13 or 14 we’ll be moving on I suspect.
i trust you've gone for a 5 year finance deal with hefty penalty clauses for stopping it early then?
Oof! Spicy.

SD - Does it mean the Panamera is going now and you are downsizing a bit?

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:29 pm
by ShockDiamonds
Panamera still here, actually had a few people look at it in recent weeks but time wasters ultimately. It goes back to Porsche at the end of the year (PCP ending).

That dull thud you’ve just heard is Rich falling off his chair.

Will probably take it off sale soon as I’ve had enough of dealing with muppets. Most of them don’t even know what they were allegedly buying.

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:52 pm
by JonMad
ShockDiamonds wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:29 pm Panamera still here, actually had a few people look at it in recent weeks but time wasters ultimately. It goes back to Porsche at the end of the year (PCP ending).

That dull thud you’ve just heard is Rich falling off his chair.

Will probably take it off sale soon as I’ve had enough of dealing with muppets. Most of them don’t even know what they were allegedly buying.
How much higher than the balloon payment have you got it up for? I guess it'd be worth selling at anything above that if you're otherwise just going to give it back?

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 2:15 pm
by Rich B
ShockDiamonds wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:29 pmThat dull thud you’ve just heard is Rich falling off his chair.
🤩

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:19 pm
by ShockDiamonds
JonMad wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:52 pm
ShockDiamonds wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:29 pm Panamera still here, actually had a few people look at it in recent weeks but time wasters ultimately. It goes back to Porsche at the end of the year (PCP ending).

That dull thud you’ve just heard is Rich falling off his chair.

Will probably take it off sale soon as I’ve had enough of dealing with muppets. Most of them don’t even know what they were allegedly buying.
How much higher than the balloon payment have you got it up for? I guess it'd be worth selling at anything above that if you're otherwise just going to give it back?
Exactly. But truth is even though it’s a hybrid and they’re supposed to be getting more popular, the market has woken up to these Panameras and whilst £28k to £29k is supposed to be the going rate and sees me a little in the black, I suspect most people just take the £23k or whatever trade in value as what they’re actually worth and walk off, despite the Porsche warranty. Dunno, haven’t sold a car privately in years and won’t again, too much aggro in the end, although my leg hasn’t helped :)

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:09 pm
by integrale_evo
Have you put the reg into We buy any car to see what they’d give?

Seems to be a lot of private buyers also use it as a valuation tool and expect to buy stuff at trade prices.

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:36 pm
by ShockDiamonds
I haven’t, no. May do that later although needing to give them my mobile number sucks a bit.

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 7:21 pm
by Mito Man
Put it in, let their offer expire, wait a week and they’ll make a new offer £500-£1000 more.

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:09 pm
by ShockDiamonds
Harry was right - £23.5k

Re: New car

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:16 pm
by JonMad
integrale_evo wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:09 pm
Seems to be a lot of private buyers also use it as a valuation tool and expect to buy stuff at trade prices.
Certainly use it to compare to asking prices.

Re: New car

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:35 am
by Matty
Don't like that jutting chin, looks tacked on - and the track is way to narrow. Colour looks great to me though.

And as the owner of a car with deck chair seats, those chairs look great.

Re: New car

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:54 am
by ShockDiamonds
Currently sat outside having a cigar and sat behind the car and it does indeed look a little high at least from the rear. No plans to go modding crazy but I’m surprised there appears to be nothing on the Mini website along the lines of the various cosmetic but also mechanical changes you can make to BMWs for example. Given the work Lohen do on these things I’d have expected something.