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Re: Cooper S residual value? Help!!!! [rdubs]
by akitadog on Thu Dec 29 10:27:09 PST 2005
If your brother can afford almost $700/month, he might as well pay a tad bit more and just buy it. No sense in throwing that much money away on a lease.
Re: The scoop on buying a S convertible in So Cal [chris35]
by akitadog on Wed Sep 28 10:07:35 PDT 2005
If you've already taken a test drive and know what you want, I say order your car to spec from an out-of-state dealer and have it delivered. The wait will be 4 to 8 weeks and delivery would probably be $1000 at worst. Saving $1500 over the CA rip-offs they get away with.
Re: convertible ordering deposit [minimad]
by akitadog on Thu Jul 07 09:26:01 PDT 2005
Minimad, I feel sorry for the lack of attention given to you by the dealer. As for the deposit, as I understand it, that's pretty much standard across the board for MINIs. I left a 1K deposit for mine as well. On the flip side of what kyfdx says, I would add that the deposit holds the car for you when it arrives. Suppose you didn't leave a deposit and someone else saw the car right after it arrived at the dealer and decided that they want it right now. You would be out of a car after two months or so of waiting, with no contractual obligation for the dealer to sell to you. Keep in mind that the deposit is refundable, so I think the dealer sees the whole thing as doing you a favor, considering the extreme popularity of MINI and the relatively fast turnaround of non-preordered cars.
My buying experience
by akitadog on Mon Jun 06 15:13:02 PDT 2005
Hi all, I picked up my Dark Silver/White+stripes MCS on June 1st. The dealership experience gets a mixed review Thumbs up for Part 1, Thumbs sideways for Part 2. Part 1 was just fine. I dealt with Tate MINI of Annapolis on April 9th and the dealer and I took a test drive in an '02 Elec Blue/White MCS. Later, we went over all the options I wanted and I signed off on the order. Minutes later, I realized that the bonnet stripes were not included in the sport package and he had no problem making the addition and having me sign off on the revised order. As we dealed, he had two other appointments come in, and I must say, he skillfully was able to get the two other parties into test-drive mobiles as we finished up my order. Part 2. The car came in on Wednesday, May 25th and the dealer told me that the alarm could be installed by Saturday, when I could pick it up. Well, Saturday morning, the dealer calls me to say that his service dept failed to tell him that the alarm stalks were on back order and that they would come in by Tuesday. Fine, I still go to Tate MINI to give them my down payment and sign all the forms. I decide to leave it for the weekend so it could be worked on Tuesday to be picked up Tues. night. Tuesday morning, I call my dealer for a status check and he says that the truck with the parts will be in on Wednesday morning, not Tuesday as he told me. He says if I leave it, I could pick it up Wednesday night with the alarm installed. Okay, so I'm slightly annoyed. The next morning, I call my dealer for him to tell me that the parts are still stuck in port in NJ and that I should just pick up the car, and make an appt. to get the alarm installed later. Okay, so I picked it up sans alarm. I wouldn't have minded making an appointment if they would have just told me that the alarm would have to be installed at a later date, but they gave me the runaround instead. It may be true that the depts were not talking to each other, but that needs to change. On the bright side, they did make a last minute change for me regarding the floor mats. They changed the color from gray to black and added a boot mat for me over the phone. In this case my dealer and the parts dept were talking to each other. The car is modestly optioned (sport pack w/ web spokes, multi-function steering wheel, LSD, wheel locks, alarm eventually) and out the door it cost me just over 25K. I had been saving up for a while and was able to put down about 46.5% of the total price. So the hit to my wallet isn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be. I do have to get my personalized plates on my own though. I am loving the vehicle and my Olds Intrigue is starting to feel neglected. My significant other will take over the Olds when she sells her current car. Motor On!
Re: waiting time [guest123]
by akitadog on Mon May 09 14:18:29 PDT 2005
Wow! 2 months? Really, I haven't heard of any wait under 6 months from California and as much as a year for the convertibles, so consider yourself lucky. I live in DC and was told there would be a 6- 7 week wait for my order (3 down already!). 2 months is the average for the east coast, and I've always heard it was much longer in CA. I don't think you'll find better in CA and it'll be the same elsewhere. Good luck!
Re: 2006 MCS changes [rjoy]
by akitadog on Tue Apr 26 20:48:15 PDT 2005
Rjoy, where did you get your quote from? If it's true, I had a feeling that BMW would do this kind of thing, introducing the new engine before the new body style. They tend to do that kind of thing with their own marque. It makes me glad that I ordered my MCS a week ago, to be sure I got the Tritec engine.

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