Daughter has set her sights on a Mini One to replace her ageing Ka. The Ka cost Dad £5000 new and has done brilliantly, taking 6 years of punishment with low running costs, but now starting to creak a bit. It's still worth around £2K on a private sale, as a one 'lady' owner, FFSH etc.
Mini One costs £12,800, and discount is not part of the dealers' vocabulary. That being the case, you'd expect a decent PX, but that's not looking good either. Brokers don't list them. The last time I remember a franchise not budging a penny from list price, it was Volvo and they got into trouble for it.
Anyway, to the point. If not a Mini, what else might a young lady been seen in? OK, maybe a Fiat 500, but is there any other realistic competition?
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