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  1. 00Mini

    00Mini Well-Known Member

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    Two bidders are starting to get serious and the price is up to $11,450. Someone is going to get a near showroom condition R53 to enjoy.
     
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    Yes it is and if bidding doesn’t go through the roof it will be a very affordable ride to cherish.
     
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    Well someone just bought a like new R53 for $13,000.
     
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    Thats a nice car. I like the color. The only thing is the pictures of the front has rock damage. If you can see it in a picture I am sure there may be more. With only 10K I am surprised it has that much.
     
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    Stone chips or not it's a nice car. Clear bra is nice, but they do turn yellow after time. Easy fix justa replace it. Stone chips never really bothered me, well except that first one. That one really stung. :Dead:

    Lee the colour is Bavarian Racing Green. :Stig:
     
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    Mark wisely put clear braw on the Helmet. It has really saved that car
     
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    you just have to love the uninformed comments on BAT. "Has the water pump been changed?" "Cars under 2015 had water pump failures with engines seizing up." Or maybe he's trying to have potential bidders look the other way and find something that doesn't have the "engine seize up" - you know 10k miles can be hard on a that little car :)
     
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    Less than twelve hours of bidding time left and no change.
     
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    Less than ten minutes to go and the bidding is at $13,750. It appears that someone is going to get a beautiful R52 for a super reasonable price.
     
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    I need to change that ticking time bomb on our minis just to be on the safe side.
     
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    here we go again - 3600 miles on this 2006 Hyper Blue R53. Already $10k and it will likely go up to 20k. Bone stock, clean, nicely equipped.

    https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2006-mini-cooper-s-50/

    I have no idea how this seller keeps finding these low mile cars. He is just down the road from here in Wisconsin, but those cars he is selling are rarely from Wisconsin.
     
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    I didn’t look at every photo with the intent of trying to find imperfections but I didn’t see any and the bottom of the car is amazingly spotless. It’s a wonderful find and a beautiful car.
     
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    It’s 12k now!
     
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    #205 00Mini, Jun 26, 2021
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    With slightly over six days to go it’s at $12,250.
     
  16. 00Mini

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    The bid is now $12,500 for this beautiful R53.
     
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    Look at the frame rail under the upper engine mount! Not a single drop of black goo has oozed from that mount!

    Stunner!
     
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    OK... that's just crazy! I love our little gen 1 cars, but 15k (and more time to grow)? I paid a hell of a lot less for my R53 JCW about 4 years ago... sure it was around 80k miles, but I can't imagine that I've got $15k into it even after all of the repaint-n-body-work, BBK, wheels, tires and suspension. Good for them! Good for me too, I guess, if I ever have to sell.
     
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    Just got bumped up to $15,500. Looking forward to see what this untouched beauty will bring.
     
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    $16,000 with about nineteen hours to go. Wouldn’t be hard to believe that the price will top 20K.