Would You Rather?

"RyanFrew" (ryanfrew) 06/12/2014 at 13:11 • Filed to: Help Me!

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2001 Audi TT
$10,000
5sp Manual
FWD
57,000mi

2005 MINI Cooper S
$9,000
6sp Manual
FWD
103,000mi

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > RyanFrew 06/12/2014 at 13:13

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The Mini, even though it's a BMW product, it'll still be less of a money pit than a Mk IV Jetta Convertible.

STREPITUS > RyanFrew 06/12/2014 at 13:14

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Coming from a former Mk1 TT owner, that is crack pipe x1000. 5spd means its the least powerful of the 3 engines and its right around the point where it'll need a new timing belt which is $$$. I'd pay $6500-7000 for that car. $10k MIGHT be worth it if it was a 3.2 quattro, but even then its borderline.

jkm7680 > RyanFrew 06/12/2014 at 13:16

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The TT is tempting, but as CrzRsn mentioned it's going to be costly. I'd still take it over the Mini because Audi though, Haha.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > RyanFrew 06/12/2014 at 13:20

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Neither at that price. The MINI, if I had to pick, but I'm wary of high-mileage MINIs given what I've seen out of them.

Milky > RyanFrew 06/12/2014 at 13:21

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I'm going to be that guy and post my car.

2004 with 90k miles for $9k (this was a year and half ago too). But more importantly, its not FWD.

My hovercraft is full of eels > RyanFrew 06/12/2014 at 13:22

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Is this the Mk1 Mini with the supercharged engine? Anyway, I'd take the mini over the TT. Maybe if the TT had the 225 hp engine and Quattro and/or the "baseball glove" seats.

MAXIMUMVRM > RyanFrew 06/12/2014 at 13:27

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keep searching

Saracen > RyanFrew 06/12/2014 at 13:35

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10k is a crack pipe price for a 13 year old FWD TT.

thebigbossyboss > RyanFrew 06/12/2014 at 13:48

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Mini. Do not care that my mom has one. Well....only sort of care.

SOCdriver > RyanFrew 06/12/2014 at 14:57

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I would rather keep looking, both are crack pipe. The Mk1 TT with the base engine at that mileage should be about $7500, because you will need about $2500 in maintenance that I sure has not been performed. Once you hit 100K in a Mini you have reached its life span so it is worth $500 to kill at LeMons.

Alex B > Milky 06/12/2014 at 16:25

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Dat interior though. I can live with the exterior, because you don't see it when you're driving, but it don't know if I could live with an interior like this...

Milky > Alex B 06/12/2014 at 16:37

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Well everything works and its not falling apart, so its the best interior I've ever had.

Also you're making it sound like you don't like the exterior, can't comprehend.

* I will concede not the best interior for the price, but far from the worst. I.E. 2002 Firebird