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Brecht MINI

1555 Auto Park Way
Escondido, CA 92029
(760) 520-3000

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Good places to sell used Mini: by blueguydotcom on Sun Feb 01 21:43:33 PST 2009; Any suggestions for good places to sell a used 2007 Mini Cooper S? Auto Trader Craigs List And...?

Re: The eternal question ... 91 or 89 gas? [Don_C]: by blueguydotcom on Wed Jan 21 20:07:17 PST 2009; Yes, you can use 87. The engine will produce even less power (the ecu will retard the car's power so you don't damage the engine) and it will be less efficient. With gas so cheap, i can't fathom why people would buy a car and then worry about $3 a fill-up. If $150 a year makes that much difference, maybe a new car isn't the best economic choice? I fill up my Cooper S 3 times a month. Always with premium. Then again, I find the power in my Cooper S to be adequate - but I push it to 4-5k rpm on most shifts. I would notice less HP.

Re: Dealer distance [Don_C]: by blueguydotcom on Sat Jan 17 17:01:42 PST 2009; I love my mini but there are sacrifices to go with it. If I merely wanted a run-about I'd strongly consider a Fit. I like pushing cars and the Cooper S can be wrung out...

Re: Considering a dealer 200 miles away [Don_C]: by blueguydotcom on Sat Jan 17 10:23:58 PST 2009; My dealer is 35-40 miles away. That is a major hassle when there is any kind of problem with the car. One day a warning came on my 2007 Cooper S during my drive to work - 2 problems at once: 1. There isn't a San Diego dealer so I was faced with driving through rush hour to get out of the city for service. 2. I called the dealer and they told me I could bring the car in but they had no idea when it would get looked at or if I could get a loaner (even though I bought from them). I wasn't real thrilled with losing a day of work because my car had warning lights telling me ABs/traction control was disabled/broken. Also, when I take the car in for planned service (4 service appointments in 22 months of ownership), this pretty much slaughters half a Saturday. The drive up, the wait to get the car processed and get the loaner (always the cheapest, lowest form of cooper with an automatic) and drive home = 2.5 hours gone. Then the eventual drive back up, re-gas the loaner, return it, go through the brouhahah with with the SA, wait for the car to get returned (always 20 minutes after I finish with the SA) and the drive home. This is one big reason why the Cooper S Clubman won't be replacing my Cooper S. I do not like having to waste huge amounts of time getting to and from a dealer. And with only one dealer locally, they have zero interest in providing good customer service. There's no competition and that's always bad for customers. Just something to keep in mind. After years with BMWs and access to several dealers within 10 minutes of my home, I find I do not relish another dealer network that's so sparse (our audi has the same problem).

Re: M3 for $600/mo ?? Re: blueguydotcom [rayainsw]: by blueguydotcom on Tue Jan 06 14:17:26 PST 2009; They were off 40% for December. Only Mini gained in December - by 4 cars!

Re: M3 for $600/mo ?? Re: blueguydotcom [rayainsw]: by blueguydotcom on Tue Jan 06 07:01:33 PST 2009; Title, license, 1 refundable security deposit and acquisition fee. - about 1800 total. 2008 M3s are getting at least 6k off MSRP. I've seen some as much as 10k off MSRP. This was a fairly low content model at 59k and the dealer would accept 52500 on Dec 31. With a money factor of 0.00025 and 56% residual (10k a year lease), the payments were $605 a month. If for some reason I was going over miles I could buy more or just aim to buy the car outright. Heck, with a 0.6% finance charge I was getting the car at a cut rate. I would actually prefer an even more stripped M3. Totally base. There's nothing I really would want on it that isn't standard.

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