[Jims5543]

A few weeks ago I went out to see what an Electric Hybrid was all about. My research had pointed me to 2 contenders, the Volt and BMW i3, long story short we liked the i3 better and said so much to the salesman that let us drive one. We made it clear we were not buying just doing research.

Well, BMW being BMW they did not want us to walk away, they asked if we would deal that day and I said no, not because of money but more because of room, I needed to sell my 2005 Mini Cooper S JCW first.

They asked for the VIN# and ran it, they offered me $1500 for it. I laughed at them and told them they had no clue what I had. The sales manager walked away to "talk to someone" then came back 10 minutes later and offered $3500 and that was a "gift". I laughed again and told them they were clueless and I would be in touch once I sold the car.

The salesman asked me what was so special about my car that they were missing, I stared at him for a moment and told him to try to find a R53 Mini JCW for sale in AMERICA and let me know what he finds.

I will tell you what he would find, I searched when I got home. 2, two, TWO were for sale in all of the USA.

I listed my car on Autotrader and CL on Sunday for $8,500. 24 hours later it was sold for $8K even, what I paid for it 2 years and 35K miles ago.

I then texted them and offered them an out the door price on the pristine CPO i3 they had in the showroom, they balked, then took my offer. I emailed all my info to them that afternoon.

the next day I walked in, signed papers and walked out 45 minutes later with the keys.

I hate stealerships but wanted the 3 year unlimited mileage warranty the CPO car carried so I had to deal with them.