$37k in upgrades? I quickly added up what was listed, I was very generous, and came up with roughly $23k in parts. That was without installation, so $37k is in the realm. Many forget to add installation to prices.

 

They want that much money for someone else's project car! Are they insane? I'd pay 10k TOPS. You have no idea how well it was cared for or how hard it was driven…

 

You would be correct at 15 % I used 25% just to give them a little credit.
Perhaps someday vendors that are making aftermarket engines will do a Engine Dyno and then a chassis Dyno run to see what the real % difference is. I wish I could say that I have done it but not with w Mini engine yet.

 

15% is still too high...

 

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You would think someone in Minidom would know more about this one.
Must not be NAM member or else this person's signature mod info would
be a paragraph or two.

 

How is drivetrain loss calculated on the MINI?

 

 

why are pgts posts edited out?

 

Cuz he's pissed at NAM?

 

In general mods are seen as a negative investment in a car. The prospective buyer gets worried because you removed factory approved parts and slapped on whatever you wanted. Also, most buyers will see someone who will mod a car as somone who will beat it to hell on a track, street, wherever. So because of that, excessive mods tend to lower value.

 

Wow a mini at a dealer with lambos, porsche, and all the top dogs. Thats just funny to see. I work over by this place and that mini is by far the cheapest car there. It's was most likely a microsoft employees toy for the parking lots.

 

I'm up here in WA visiting some family and I went and checked this puppy out. It's over at the Park Place Ltd in Bellevue, WA. The sales rep gave me a list of all the stuff added to the car.
It's got $22,121.53 worth of parts in it
and $15,499.00 worth of labor

The list of mods goes on and on, but I doubt it has 300wHP.

The seats are beautiful (Sparco DTM's $4,100.00 that they list as the price), but I couldn't see driving in those other than on the track. I'm 5'10, 155lbs and they fit VERY snug.

 

I could never see spending that kind of money on seats unless they have a naked college girl in each one of them.

 

I would settle for just one on the passenger side.

 

I think that explains the outrageous price. They're used to screwing people.