MotoringFile Ask MF: Used MINI or Leased MINI?

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  1. Nathan

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    Today we have another great question from the MotoringFile inbox that we’d like to pose to the community. Tim is wondering which path to go down: buy a used MINI or lease a new one? It’s a question I know I’ve wrestled with myself, and while I have my own suggestions for Tim, we want [...]

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  2. Jason Montague

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    :cornut: For me, I have to own it and only be beholden to myself or the bank. If I rent it then I either can't mod it or must change it back prior to returning it. The only way that I would rent would be if I had a daily traveling job and was racking up the miles such that I had to trade yearly or every 2 yrs.:Thumbsup:

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  3. Mr. Jim

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    Well, I say own one and rent the other :) this way you can mod the one to your hearts content and "just" drive the other and have a new MINI every few years :) of course not at the same time, where I mean not buy one and rent one together.....

    Just rambling now, it's gonna be 65 today and due to the salt still on the road, RDNZL is still sleeping :-(
     
  4. MikeMiniJCW

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    This is exactly what me and my wife are doing. And thank goodness we did: She's had an opportunity to drive my JCW a couple of times and now she only tolerates driving her "Justa". In 2 more years, she'll buy her "S".


     
  5. Jason Montague

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    :cornut:(To Paraphrase Odd Ball from 'Kelly's Heroes') "Moriarity, don't hit me with all that logic so early in the evening.":lol::lol::lol::Thumbsup:

    Jason
     
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    What's the intended use? Is the newb going to play or commute? A lease has a high value for a business person and just may enable him/her to know for sure they'll need to make a purchase when the leae is up. Best'a luck. :Thumbsup:
     

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