This deal is profitable. The price is 15.2 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $5118
Fair price: $5885
High price: $6651
MPG: 28 mpg city / 37 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Information Unavailable
Color: Blue
Dealer: USA Auto Sales
Mileage: 116,071
Year: 2008
Ownership Cost for 2008 MINI Cooper Base
Estimated: $37657 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2166
$1039
$910
$823
$736
$5674
Insurance
$1647
$1704
$1764
$1826
$1890
$8831
Fuel
$1300
$1339
$1386
$1441
$1506
$6972
Maintenance
$2763
$1803
$1025
$901
$2291
$8783
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$635
$635
$635
$635
$635
$940
Total Ownership Costs
$9487
$7096
$6474
$6467
$8133
$37657
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
Displacement CC: 1600.0
Displacement CI: 97.5
Displacement L: 1.6
Doors: 2
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 118
Engine KW: 87.9926
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: MINI
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: Cooper
Model Year: 2008
Other Restraint System Info: Manual safety belts with driver and passenger dual-stage suppl. restraint system (SRS) certified to the advanced airbag requirements of FMVSS 208, S14
Plant City: Oxford
Plant Country: United Kingdom (UK)
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Cooper
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2007
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
2007 MINI COOPER. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH FUEL LINE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHE NOTICED A VERY STRONG SMELL OF GAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE NEXT DAY, THE SMELL WA WORSE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HER LOCAL MECHANIC TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, THE FUEL LINE HAD BEEN WORN THROUGH FROM IMPROPERLY INSTALLED HEATER HOSE CLAMPS, WHICH WAS AN ORIGINAL INSTALLATION FROM THE FACTORY. OVER TIME, THE CLAMPS RUBBED THROUGH THE FUEL LINE, WHICH LED TO GAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL LINE, AND SPRAYING ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL LINE HAS SINCE BEEN MODIFIED ON LATER MODELS. *JB
2008
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MINI COOPER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITION WAS ON AND BEGAN TO BLOW OUT WARM AIR. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE SO HE PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER. UPON LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS OIL SPILLED EVERYWHERE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
