Demand for early BMW Minis?

[pattyg]

Anyone bought or sold recently? Is there still high demand for these?

Been offered an '03 65k One for £1.8k. Couple of minor things wrong but not sure if I should go for it.

Thanks

[Defcon5]

Whats wrong with it?

[pattyg]

Scratch on door and the common central locking problem where passenger door does not open automatically.

[hyperblue]

They're not in demand, some are over 10 years old now and some of the early cars weren't so great compared to the facelift models.

[pattyg]

So a no no?

[AndyACB]

pattyg said:

Anyone bought or sold recently? Is there still high demand for these?

Been offered an '03 65k One for £1.8k. Couple of minor things wrong but not sure if I should go for it.

Thanks

Seems quite cheap, is it a hideous colour or lacking history? I sold my 51 plate Cooper six months ago for £3500 but it was in a good colour with lots of history.

Lots of little niggles crop up on the older ones which can quickly swallow up several hundred quid fixing.

[pattyg]

AndyACB said:

Seems quite cheap, is it a hideous colour or lacking history? I sold my 51 plate Cooper six months ago for £3500 but it was in a good colour with lots of history.

Lots of little niggles crop up on the older ones which can quickly swallow up several hundred quid fixing.

FSH and silk green

Edited by pattyg on Sunday 26th February 23:04

Edited by pattyg on Sunday 26th February 23:06

[AndyACB]

This colour?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3543367.htm

Sounds good for the money, personally I prefer the darker metallic colours but they sold loads of that colour so people must like it.

So long as the scratch isn't too bad and the central locking fault is something simple (ie not water getting into the Body Control Unit - check the drivers footwell under the carpet for water) it would be a bit of a bargain at that price.

[pattyg]

[quote=AndyACB]This colour?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3543367.htm

/quote]

No Silk Green is an 2003 only colour.

[AndyACB]

Much nicer then.

[Bazza 2174]

Just sold my Mini Cooper S on a 53 plate but with 90k miles. It was in good condition and reasonably well specced inc. a sunroof. Managed to get £3,900 for it which I felt was a good/fair price.