Help please: 2006 Black MCS - is this a good price?

[davegood]

I can't speak to the condition yet, as I haven't seen it first hand. I have to say that Mini prices seem to be all over the map. Some dealers are just smoking crack with respect to what they're asking. This one is a private party sale.

Obviously, the miles are high for a 2006, but:

Mini Cooper S 2006 black on black
chrome mirrors
sun roofs
automatic with paddle shifting
"all options" (premium package, cold weather package, HID headlights, arm rest, cup holder, etc)
40 K miles and still under warranty.

also, the 2006 auto transmissions were the first of the better years, no?

Thanks in advance for all everyone's help.

[revray]

I think you forgot to tell us what the asking price was.

[davegood]

that mighta helped... sorry - asking price is $20k - not sure how much wiggle room there is, but I sensed at least a little

[rhawth99]

The 2005 was the first year for the auto in the MCS. My wife has an '05 and it has been trouble free.

[revray]

I would say that it's not a great price, but probably a fair one. However, my guess would be that it will probably be hard to sell because of the mileage. I bought my '03 MC last November with 85K miles on it. The used car dealer who had it finally dumped it for a great price because it had been sitting around on his lot for almost 3 months due to the mileage. So if I were you I would expect the owner to be willing to wiggle a little.

[davegood]

thanks so much. I think that she has had it for like a month. I think that if I could get it under 19, it wouldn't be bad - like $18.5?

there's a HUGE $$ diff between like 25 and 40k mileage...

[davegood]

this looks like a beautiful car, but way too much,no?

http://delaware.craigslist.org/car/735801346.html

[Jtrem]

Originally Posted by davegood

this looks like a beautiful car, but way too much,no?

http://delaware.craigslist.org/car/735801346.html

Yes Way too Much. For that price you can almost buy new.

[davegood]

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like a lot of people are trying to sell 2005 MCS with like 25k-30k miles for $19,500-20. Automatics are even harder to come by.

Anyway, back to the black MCS that I started this thread with - the owner definitely got every possible option- the center gauge cluster (I actually haven't come across a used one with this yet), the ipod, backup sensors, MFSC, paddles, etc. As I mentioned, she is asking $20k. Original sticker was >31k (she is going to scan it to me).

So, my question is: this car has a bunch of extra stuff and has like 41k miles on it. Obviously, it is a 2006, which is good, but the 41k of miles def hurts it. That being said, I've seen 41k miles on a 2005 go for close to $20, and didn't have as much stuff.

At what price does this become a pretty good deal? $18,500, 19,000?