This deal is profitable. The price is 18 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $8806
Fair price: $9759
High price: $10711
MPG: 25 mpg city / 34 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Carbon Black Checkered
Color: Horizon Blue Metallic
Dealer: Carz 4 Toyz
Mileage: 79,000
Year: 2009
Ownership Cost for 2009 MINI Cooper S
Estimated: $39850 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2569
$1233
$1079
$976
$873
$6730
Insurance
$1729
$1790
$1853
$1917
$1985
$9274
Fuel
$1300
$1339
$1386
$1441
$1506
$6972
Maintenance
$2763
$1885
$1113
$1128
$2291
$9180
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$835
$835
$835
$835
$835
$1237
Total Ownership Costs
$10173
$7480
$6849
$6957
$8390
$39850
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Cabriolet/Convertible
Displacement CC: 1600.0
Displacement CI: 97.5
Displacement L: 1.6
Doors: 2
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 175
Engine KW: 130.4975
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: MINI
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: Cooper S Convertible
Model Year: 2009
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 S
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2005
STEERING
I HAD JUST BOUGHT THE CAR AND FLEW TO NEW JERSEY TO GET IT. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS OUT AND HE WAS NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I DROVE IT BACK TO FLORIDA AND DID NOT HAVE POWER STEERING THE WHOLE WAY. IN APRIL 2010, THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK. I CONTINUED TO HAVE POWER STEERING AND THEN IN OCTOBER 2010, IT WENT OUT AGAIN FOR TWO DAYS. THEN IT CAME BACK. THEN IN 2011, IT WENT OUT AGAIN FOR TWO DAYS DURING THE YEAR. AND NOW IT HAS BEEN OUT SINCE APRIL OF THIS YEAR. I HAD BEEN ON DISABILITY FROM JANUARY TILL JULY, SO I WAS NOT DRIVING MY CAR THAT MUCH. I HAVE NOT WORRIED ABOUT FIXING IT. ALSO, WHEN I PICKED MY CAR UP IN NJ, THEY HAD WRITTEN ON MY RECEIPT THAT THEY WOULD PAY $500 TOWARDS THE REPAIR OF MY POWER STEERING. I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO ASK MY ATTORNEY IF THAT WOULD STILL BE VALID OR NOT. BUT IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF THE MINI'S ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I WAS WONDERING IF MINI WILL BE RECALLING THE POWER STEERING AND I CAN HAVE MY CAR FIXED? *TR
2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE FUEL LINE LEADING TO THE INJECTOR RAIL WAS DAMAGED BY THE HEATER HOSE SUPPORT BRACKET. THE ABRASIVE EDGES OF THIS PLASTIC BRACKET RUBBED A HOLE IN THE HIGH PRESSURE REINFORCED RUBBER HOSE AND CREATED A FUEL LEAK IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *TR THIS WAS DISCOVERED AFTER THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND GASOLINE FUMES WERE VERY STRONG AFTER EXITING THE CAR. I READ UP ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED ANOTHER SIMILAR CASE, AND I TRACED MINE TO THE BRACKET AS THE PROBLEM. HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2007/MINI/COOPER/10467501.ASPX WHEN ORDERING THE NEW FUEL LINE, I WAS INFORMED A NEW SUPPORT BRACKET FOR THE FUEL LINE WAS RECOMMENDED WHEN CHANGING THE LINE (APPROXIMATE TOTAL FOR LINE AND BRACKET - $135.00). BMW IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS SOLD FOUR LINES THIS YEAR SO FAR. WHEN THE NEW PARTS ARRIVE, I WILL ASSESS IF REVISIONS TO THESE PART(S) HAVE BEEN MADE UNDER THE "RADAR". LUCKILY MY GARAGE DOOR OPENER/EXHAUST DID NOT IGNITE THE FUMES/FUEL. I HAVE PHOTOS OF THE HOSES/BRACKET AND FUEL LINE INTERFERENCE, AND FUEL TRAIL ON THEM IF NEEDED.