This deal is profitable. The price is 15.5 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $3994
Fair price: $4730
High price: $5465
MPG: /
Interior Color: Charcoal
Color: Purple
Dealer: Salem Autosports
Mileage: 130,435
Year: 2001
Ownership Cost for 2005 MINI Cooper Base
Estimated: $35599 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1773
$851
$745
$674
$603
$4646
Insurance
$1513
$1566
$1621
$1678
$1737
$8115
Fuel
$1300
$1339
$1386
$1441
$1506
$6972
Maintenance
$2763
$1890
$996
$750
$2291
$8690
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$485
$485
$485
$485
$485
$718
Total Ownership Costs
$8812
$6840
$6115
$6005
$7827
$35599
Air Bag Loc Curtain: All Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Base Price: 16950
Body Class: Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 115
Engine KW: 85.7555
GVWR: Class 1B: 3,001 - 4,000 lb (1,360 - 1,814 kg)
Make: MINI
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: Cooper
Model Year: 2005
Note: Both Manual and Automatic Models are Available.
Manual Model Series Number Ranges - TC56134
Automatic Model Series Number Ranges -TJ63390
Shipping Weight (Std-2524, Auto-2557)
GAWR Front - 1918
GAWR Rear - 1609
Service Load - 816
Length w/ bumpers 143.1
Width 66.5
Height 55.4
Track Front 57.4
Track Rear 57.7
Other Restraint System Info: Model code: 0510
TC56134-TC59707 includes 4/Smart Technology
TJ63390 - TJ68789 includes 4/Smart Technology
Plant City: Oxford
Plant Country: United Kingdom (UK)
Seat Belts All: Manual
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Wheel Base Short: 97.1
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MINI COOPER. THE CONTACT HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED THREE TIMES. IN ADDITION, THE BRACKETS THAT SUPPORT THE MUFFLER HAVE ROTTED. UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, THE BRACKETS THAT SUPPORT THE HORN HAVE ALSO ROTTED. THE CONTACT WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AGAIN FOR ANOTHER REPAIR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 68,600.
2005
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 18 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE ALSO OVERHEATED AND A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE POWER STEERING FLUID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,000. *TR
