Colin
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Im a bit out of touch 
Whats the best way to haggle the price of a car thats of good condition & theres nothing to pickup on to say needs repaired/replaced?
Also how much is reasonable to get off a car priced at £8750...........Would exprcting to get it for £8k be too much?
Does anyone care about the parkers price any more as its a fair bit less!!
Its an 03 plate mini cooper, private sale.
[Edited on 08-04-2007 by Colin]
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Schlumpfy
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£8500 will probably be as low it'll go unless the person you're buying it off is in a good mood or desperatly want to get rid of.
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K3 VMU
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just tell him its a shed,and he cant go get his heads looked at for even considering that price,look all mean and intimadating 
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Robin
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Start at £82/8300, £8k will get laughed at, they'll walk away and not bother with you.
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Jambo
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kick him in the nuts
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Colin
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MINI Hatchback (01-06)
1.6 Cooper 3d (01) 2003/03
Average mileage 30,000 miles
Original Price £11,700
Franchised Dealer £7,980
Independent Dealer £7,670
Private Good £7,360
Private Poor £6,585
Part Exchange £6,975
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Dave A
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disagree robin, might as well try at 8 and then work your way up.
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Colin
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http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/CARS_popup.jsp?searchform=&modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&photo=1&state=block&sort=3&hassearched=Y&make=MINI&min_pr=75&source=0&model=COOPER&max_pr=9000&miles=200&agerange=&mileage=4&postcode=fk3+9dh&variant=&bodyid=0&trim=&fuelid=0&colour=2&transmissionid=0&keywords=&ukcarsearch_full.x=35&ukcarsearch_full.y=8&start=8&distance=41&adcategory=CARS&channel=CARS&id=200713104541757
Sent an email saying top budget is really £8k, maybe a little more........can she come down to anywhere near that.
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
disagree robin, might as well try at 8 and then work your way up.
I'd call you a timewaster 
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ali-corsa
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it all depends on what pack he has got i know my dad has a mini cooper 1.6 but with the chili pack and thats the best pack for the cooper with leather etc so if it aint chili jst say u can get the one with the chili pack for the same price be more realistic or just take of 20% of his original price he wants for the car so about 8k or sumink jst say it needs new tryes and needs service or sumink lol
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
disagree robin, might as well try at 8 and then work your way up.
I'd call you a timewaster
ever wondered how I buy all my cars cheap?
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Colin
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20%  If she done a deal at £8k that would be less than 9% under asking.
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Colin
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It is a chilli pack..........u sure that means leather, ad doesnt mention it
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ali-corsa
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try 20% but lyk 8k is still a gd price for a mini copper u see them go for a lot more than that just bcz that they hold there value unlike most cars eg ford lol
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ali-corsa
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well on my dads hes gota a chili pack but some things are optional eg he cud of ad a cd changer for an extra 50quid but sed no...my dads has gota e/windows c/lockin/ 16's alloys leather interior,air con, and sum other stuff, i find out 2moz i get his book thing he got with it and have a look wot actually is in the chili pack for ya.
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
It is a chilli pack..........u sure that means leather, ad doesnt mention it
climate control
Also haggling on any mini is hard work as its a sellers market at the minute.
The people clever with their money buy a mini one for a lot less and get them chipped to cooper spec or even past cooper spec
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Colin
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Cant believe a mini cooper that cost £11700 in 2003 is still worth 8-9k
Might be better to buy a brand new one then
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Fad
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brand new ones have a huge waiting list which means people have placed orders in order to make profit so finding a new one for list price is not going to happen due to people ordering them and selling them imidiately for profit.
They have some cracking residuals
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
climate control
Also haggling on any mini is hard work as its a sellers market at the minute.
The people clever with their money buy a mini one for a lot less and get them chipped to cooper spec or even past cooper spec
Mini one interiors fabric is ming.
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davey_jack
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offer cash, when you flash it in front of someones eyes they cant resist! also a bit of bullshitting always comes in handy
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Fad
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it is but if you keep an eye on the mini forums cooper interiors come up frequently. I know its spending money but on a car like this its an investment.
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Colin
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New cooper is £13k now anyway........too much
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ali-corsa
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look at this it says wots in the chili pack and u can compare this to the peper pack which is the 1 below http://www.mini.co.uk/html/model_range/mini_cooper/equipment/optionPackages.html
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Colin
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Id rather buy a cooper to begin with than spend money to make a one look like a cooper, there not that much cheaper anyway
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by ali-corsa
look at this it says wots in the chili pack and u can compare this to the peper pack which is the 1 below http://www.mini.co.uk/html/model_range/mini_cooper/equipment/optionPackages.html
Cheers but im guessing thats changed from the older 02/03 models as I know for a fact some of the cars we looked at already dont have some of whats listed.
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