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NCA 2008 Report

Mini Mania Open House and Lawn Party
by Jerry (Siddhartha) Bradbury
What can transform a peaceful sylvan lawn in Gold Country into a carnival overnight? The annual Mini Mania Open House and Lawn Party of course! Those who were there got to see first hand all the eye candy, but for those who were not, the Mini's ranged from an electric Moke to a VTEC powered Classic, to Randy Steven's tricked out CVT to Robert Holt’s Purple Haze convertible to three full on Mini race cars: my sprint car, Jacques Andres' enduro car and Eric and Colin Herricks's rally car, and many in between.
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Race Report -USTCC

Infineon Raceway, April 11, 2008.
by Jerry (Siddhartha) Bradbury
My Mini has a new setup for this race. Speed parts from my sponsor Mini Mania have been added by my sponsor Bay Bridge Motors and USTCC sponsor Nitto has provided four brand new NT 01 tires. This will be my first official race with the US Touring Car Championship and I look forward to hitting the grid with more horsepower and quicker lap times.
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MINI Clubman Review

Published: 21st April 2008
The new MINI was launched in 2001, to much acclaim. Although bigger than the original Mini, what it lacked in rear legroom, it made up for in unusual styling and a vast array of personalisation elements, much loved by a local estate agent.

The MINI Clubman has the same raft of options but its main benefit is the extra length, which should make rear passengers happier.
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Slightly off topic, Merc value.
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Slightly off topic, Merc value.

    Created by: pmustang
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May-06-2008 03:41AM pmustang   838353
May-06-2008 03:34AM wcelliot   838349
May-05-2008 06:17PM pmustang   838310
May-05-2008 05:56PM wcelliot   838309
May-05-2008 05:32PM pmustang   838306
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Posted: May-06-2008 03:41AM Reply
You and I are on the same page, We have a dealer friend who he is going to consign it with.

Many thanks Bill.

Peter

No more cars left, Westpaminis is now just a memory, Good luck to all those hard working dealers left out there, We can tell you its not easy. We have fully enjoyed meeting all the fine folks we have in the business.

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Posted: May-06-2008 03:34AM Reply

He'd be lucky to get $10-12k for it at somewhere like Manheim... I'll give him that for it! :-)

(Standard) dealers have a hard time with expensive cars this old because people can't get conventional car loans on them, can no longer easily get equity out of their homes, and generally don't have $20k cash sitting in a checking account somewhere...

Bill

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Posted: May-05-2008 06:17PM Reply
Bill, many thanks. He sold the newer ones ages ago, he now has a 2002 Wagon which he is keeping and this 95 he is selling, It is heading to auction where I said he would get murdered, I told him ebay or other method would net the car what is deserves, He paid a heck of alot more than 20k but thats what a dealer will do to him, I told you about the 2005 V12 with 2500 miles on it that he had, he lost his shirt on that one and bought it for half of what it cost new. Cars on one painful mistress, Just wish I could bring it back to UK.

Peter

No more cars left, Westpaminis is now just a memory, Good luck to all those hard working dealers left out there, We can tell you its not easy. We have fully enjoyed meeting all the fine folks we have in the business.

wcelliot
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Posted: May-05-2008 05:56PM Reply

I love these cars... looked at a couple for sale at Spring Carlisle a couple weeks ago.

You're spot-on with the average price and mileage... I'm starting to see below average ones at $10k now...

 I went over to NADA to see how much they'd add for the low mileage and was shocked to see they said +$6400 (which percentage-wise I think is a bit too much)... but anyway they say $19-23k... I'd think anything close to $20k would be well-sold.

But since he likes Mercedes, I'd recommend he stay with it and sell his newer ones...

Bill

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Posted: May-05-2008 05:32PM Reply
Hey Guys, Bill Elliot most importantly as he is an encylopedia on this sort of thing.

My father is selling his 1995 Dark Blue Merc E320 Convertible, 30k miles. Mint condition. Any idea of value? Ebay is not much help, seem to range from low teens to 19s but all have double the mileage.

Any assistance most appreciated.

Peter

No more cars left, Westpaminis is now just a memory, Good luck to all those hard working dealers left out there, We can tell you its not easy. We have fully enjoyed meeting all the fine folks we have in the business.

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