Why is nobody interested in buying my MCS Checkmate?!
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I haven't had a single call or email about it, the car is pretty much perfect, FSH, and the cheapest car of the spec on sale in the UK. It's on PH and Auto Trader with good photos too.
Is anyone else struggling to sell their cars at the moment? Seems strange to have so little interest at what I think is a very low price (£7k).
Is anyone else struggling to sell their cars at the moment? Seems strange to have so little interest at what I think is a very low price (£7k).
I think R53s are difficult to sell at the moment in general, due to R56s becoming cheaper and the fact that the R53s are so much more expensive on tax and fuel. Also I think the interior on Checkmates means they may be less desirable than a normal Cooper S. Yours does look like a great example though and even has a dealer warranty.
To be honest though theres a facelift car which is £150 more expensive and yet has only 30,000 something miles, which is still for sale:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2570902.htm
This sold for less with fewer miles:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2556091.htm
To be honest though theres a facelift car which is £150 more expensive and yet has only 30,000 something miles, which is still for sale:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2570902.htm
This sold for less with fewer miles:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2556091.htm
Wow, those two look very cheap! I'd have bought the second one!
I'd take an offer on mine obviously, hence pricing at £7k but to have no interest at all seems strange to me. If it has to get much cheaper I'll just keep it and run 1 car when the Subaru goes rather than replacing them both but would rather get rid of the Mini and save some cash if possible.
I know what you mean about the interior, I guess there's no point putting in a set of stock half leathers to replace the blue and silver ones to help resale?
I'd take an offer on mine obviously, hence pricing at £7k but to have no interest at all seems strange to me. If it has to get much cheaper I'll just keep it and run 1 car when the Subaru goes rather than replacing them both but would rather get rid of the Mini and save some cash if possible.
I know what you mean about the interior, I guess there's no point putting in a set of stock half leathers to replace the blue and silver ones to help resale?
jamiebae said:
Wow, those two look very cheap! I'd have bought the second one!
I'd take an offer on mine obviously, hence pricing at £7k but to have no interest at all seems strange to me. If it has to get much cheaper I'll just keep it and run 1 car when the Subaru goes rather than replacing them both but would rather get rid of the Mini and save some cash if possible.
I know what you mean about the interior, I guess there's no point putting in a set of stock half leathers to replace the blue and silver ones to help resale?
Yes i realised mine is worth not a great deal on p/x and figured I would just keep as its worth more to me. If you can afford to pay the tax, insurance and petrol bills, its still a much better car than the latest shape IMHO.I'd take an offer on mine obviously, hence pricing at £7k but to have no interest at all seems strange to me. If it has to get much cheaper I'll just keep it and run 1 car when the Subaru goes rather than replacing them both but would rather get rid of the Mini and save some cash if possible.
I know what you mean about the interior, I guess there's no point putting in a set of stock half leathers to replace the blue and silver ones to help resale?
No wouldn't bother with changing the interior, more hassle than its worth.
I've had a few new model ones as courtesy cars recently and the steering is nowhere near ass nice as on mine. The LSD makes a massive difference too, I'm not sure I'd have another MCS without one actually.
Ideally I want to sell the car, clear the remaining finance and save some cash while still having a daily driver and a fun car (E39 and MX5 probably) but would happily keep the Mini as my only car if needed, but the impact of doing 25k a year might be moderately devastating to the resale value...
Ideally I want to sell the car, clear the remaining finance and save some cash while still having a daily driver and a fun car (E39 and MX5 probably) but would happily keep the Mini as my only car if needed, but the impact of doing 25k a year might be moderately devastating to the resale value...
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