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 Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:33 pm |
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My girlfriends just passed her test so I'm buying her a car as a surprise but can't decide.
She wants a black convertible. My limit is upto £4000 and thats pushing it.
So its out of :
206cc 54 reg, 47,276 miles, 1.6L - £1795
I will be changing a few parts if I decide on this one
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Mini Cooper, 54 reg, 89,000 miles, 1.6L - £3990
(was originally up for £5790)
Obviously there's a massive price increase on the mini and higher milage so I'm edging towards the 206 but if I get that. She'll want the mini
I'm bamboozled!!!
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:35 pm |
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She will like the mini alot more imo! girls love mini's lol
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:40 pm |
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saying that the ride in mini is rubbish,
what she need is this:
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:41 pm |
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| Seabook wrote: |
| saying that the ride in mini is rubbish |
The whole Mini is a rubbish drive & long term ownership prospect 
Id rather have a 206 then a Mini & thats saying something as the 206 isnt exactly a great small car 
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:43 pm |
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:43 pm |
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That 206 looks rather cheap...why is it so cheap?
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:45 pm |
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| MrBSI wrote: |
| Seabook wrote: |
| saying that the ride in mini is rubbish |
The whole Mini is a rubbish drive & long term ownership prospect
Id rather have a 206 then a Mini & thats saying something as the 206 isnt exactly a great small car |
I've never drove a mini so I wouldn't know. I've heard alot people saying its bumpy ride mind.
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:45 pm |
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| Edward wrote: |
| That 206 looks rather cheap...why is it so cheap? |
8 year old
Crap engine choice
Just look at the bastardation of it
& its a 206 CC, not exactly a great selling point in the first place.
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:45 pm |
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| Edward wrote: |
| That 206 looks rather cheap...why is it so cheap? |
look at those wheels
that surely is an alarm?
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:46 pm |
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girls love minis tbh but im cheap so id probably just go for the 206 haha
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:47 pm |
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| Edward wrote: |
| That 206 looks rather cheap...why is it so cheap? |
There's quite a few cc's going around this price. I was surprised myself.
This ones private hence why the mini is 2 grand more.
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:48 pm |
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| roscoe wrote: |
| MrBSI wrote: |
| Seabook wrote: |
| saying that the ride in mini is rubbish |
The whole Mini is a rubbish drive & long term ownership prospect
Id rather have a 206 then a Mini & thats saying something as the 206 isnt exactly a great small car |
I've never drove a mini so I wouldn't know. I've heard alot people saying its bumpy ride mind. |
the ride feel like my bilstein B8+eibach prokit with 22mm torsion bars.
so it is more towards sporty end. But again the car is pretty slow
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:50 pm |
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Also she ain't going on my insurance, screw that. So its got to be under a 2.0L.
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:57 pm |
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f*****g hell, buying her a car?! f*** that
All i can comment on is the mini's engine is utter s**te for reliability, along with the gearbox and a few other items. The peugeot, well is a peugeot but is cheap to fix.
And remember, soft top over a hard top, what is more likely to leak?
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:00 pm |
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