How enjoyable it is to drive
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Of all the cars I’ve owned I do miss my MINI electric.
I probably would not own one as a sole car nor in a cold climate.
I may recommend this to my brother in Texas as he needs a second (non primary) car. Will he get double sales taxed on leases in that state? I would suggest he lease and buyout.
Unless his dealer has tax credits, then only taxed on buyout.
Request tire charges to be waived by calling BMWFS.
Just tried negotiating on a Mini.
Iconic: 350/month (after taxes) $3000 DAS 38xxx
Signature: 260/month (after taxes) $3000 DAS 35xxx
MF is 0.00269, 44% residual, 36/10, $3000 off, 11,900 incentive for Signature
MF is 0.00269, 48% residual, 36/10, $2000 off, 11,900 incentive for Iconic
I can’t get dealer to bite for a good lease deal for this mini. They even want to add junk stuff on top of their msrp. I guess I’ll pick up a used one in 2-3 years and get those $4k used ev tax break instead.
That’s about $1000 better than what I am seeing - what brokers are offering in California. I’m seeing all of the same numbers except $1000 less off MSRP. I suspect that’s the best you are going to find, at least for the next few months.
Do you mind sharing which dealer is offering this? (or at least, which state/region)
@Le4rning are you sure those numbers are right? Surprised to see the bigger discount ($3000) on the lower level trim (Signature).
The numbers I’m seeing are identical for Signature trim except that it’s $2000 off so the monthly payment is $260 WITHOUT tax.
I have since gone another route. But I can tell you that those numbers are real. Stevens Creek in Santa Clara was tough to negotiate with but it is possible. Mini of Concord was where I would have gotten from because I had a better rapport with the sales man there. Yes you are right too. My math was wrong. Iconic was $2095 off.
Attached are shots of some of the deals.
Iconic
Signature
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Was able to get a slightly better than advertised deal on the MiniE. Because of the 10K mile overage on our i3, our leverage wasn’t as good as it could have been but we got 12.7K off MSRP on an Signature Model with 3K down and monthly of 375 including tax. RV is 15,232. Probably would have struck a better deal if the 2 cars weren’t crossed but we were running out of time and just putting more miles on the i3 with a registration due in a couple of weeks. Not the greatest deal I know, but it could have certainly been worse. The dealer agreed to swallow ALL of the remaining i3 charges including the tires.
Not bad. I am trying to find used tires for the BMW i3 but having a tough time finding them in Bay Area!
check eBay…there’s a number of places there that sell used tires. Locally you might also check Craigslist or OfferUp, or Facebook Marketplace. We bought a few used tires over the various i3s we owned. Was never a problem.
I’m giving away two of them!
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Have been looking at MINI Service Loaners and Demos in So Cal to lease. There’s a couple that I have my eye on. They are discounted off the MSRP and optioned in the middle; some nice features but not loaded so the prices seem ok.
They are 2024’s so they are still able to be leased and the numbers are in the ball park for 2K down and 12K mi a year. That said they are still a touch high. The dealers I have spoken to have said the same thing w/o any knowledge of the others—that Service Loaners are priced to sell and as such there is very little or NO room for negotiation.
At one dealership there are a couple of service loaners that have been there for a few months…which begs the question–if the cars are “priced to sell” and they are sitting on the lot and aging…why arent the dealers coming off their position because they are clearly NOT priced to sell; otherwise wouldn’t they be sold?
So my question is, in a general sense is there or is there NOT room to move on a demo/service loaner? It’s hard for me to believe that a dealer wouldn’t bend to get these cars off the lot especially when it would seem their market is more limited than a brand new never registered vehicle.
What am I missing?
Since you’ve been on LH for quite a few years I am positive you seen one common theme repeat itself on here.
Make an aggressive but reasonable offer to a dealer, if they say yes, honor your part, get down there and sign for it. For all we know those loaners are still being used and as such takes away some of the motivation for a dealer to just “dump” the vehicle.
How far away are you from your target deal? If you need another 2% off that prob attainable. If you need another 10% off, then it’ll prob stay in the service loaner pool or go to someone that needs between 2-4% off to make a deal.
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Loaners don’t get the 11.9k rebate on a lease
Not sure why this thread was merged. The cars under consideration are NOT EV’s. They are ICE vehicles. Putting this in with the MINI E thread might not get enough feedback to assist in understanding the “science” behind demo pricing. Any chance to unmerge these threads?
the dog is so cute. the new '25 cooper design is very appealing to me.
The science is the same. What’s your target deal? Post a link to a LH calculator.
Not to me, the next gen mini ev doesnt look like mini, looks more like vw golf instead. Current gen looks better but that range is so limited. Good for city car, not much else.