sorry guys and gals

[masterbiker]

Some of you will be disapointed with this news, others will be happy that another K12 is off the road.

But I am (well already started) getting rid of my K12 and getting the car that I wanted to get. Which is a mini cooper. I was going to wait until spetember when the 1.6K12SR was going to come out, but mine will need a service in about 800 miles so I thought why waste money, with its second service, when I could get a new car now?

I still like the idea of putting the 150bhp 2L megane engine into a K12 but that will be down the line somewhere and only if someone like George (nicon23) well give me a hand.

Anyone with a 1.2 or 1.4 K12 get your booty over to the buy/sell as I am going to sell my induction kit there. May also have some ICE to sell to (I have still do decide on it tho)

 

[Beachboy]

ah man shame to leave it. is it too late? the k12 sr could be a lot more fun and higher performance than the cooper. service only costs about £30 if you ask a independent garage to change oil and filters and stamp your book for that.

 

[masterbiker]

To be honest about it I didn't want the micra in the first place. I wanted a mini.

The story behind it is I had a 205 1.8D that was emptying its coolant every time I used it (pritty sure it was leaking into the chamber as after I changed the hoses the signs of spraying coolant went from the engine bay but it started using more water! The rear torsion bar was broken etc.

But anyways I drove it up from uni in the easter hols and gave my dad a lift to work in it and he said he wouldn't let me drive it back down as it was unsafe. And the only new car that I could get on time to be able to go back to uni was the micra. He wouldn't let me get a second had car for some reason? But as he said he would pay for it while I was at uni I didn't complain.

I have to say that I have realy enjoyed the micra and being part of this comunity and I will still contribute to it!

 

[Ed]

My sister sells minis. Infact she came back from work the other day with a rare Mini Cooper S with £4K flip paint and John Cooper S works Kit. An amazing car. Its sale value is about £26K or so. A lot of Money for a mini!!! Looked great though.

Ed

 

[masterbiker]

Yeah, they have a few at the stirling garage here. I may still not get the mini tho as the sales person said my micra is only worth £4300. I then drove down the road to the nissan dealer and they said that they are trying to rob me and that they would easly give me £6000 for a 1.2SX 2004 as they would sell it for £7500, so I have a bit of haggeling to do when I go back in to sort the finace out.

 

[nismo_k12]

i got £6400 for my old 1.2 sx on an 04 plate

 

[masterbiker]

you got rid of yours a while back tho?

Well I did mannage to haggle a bit and got it to £4900 so it kinda works out about the same to cancel the finance or to take the trade in price as I will have to pay about £1500 to pay up to the termination and £1430 + the trade in to pay up the rest of the finance, if you get what I mean.

eg either I pay £1283 +the excess mileage (which is alot! 5p per mile +vat) so its going to be a bit more that £1500

or take the trade in and only have to pay £1430

I could sell private but I don't have the time with work and there isn't space for it at the house + I am crap at haggeling so I probibly would get less than the trade in :-(

 

[nissanmansco]

The bmw garage in stirling always trys to rip ppl off stay well clear of it m8

 

[masterbiker]

well the next car I get I aint going there, but my hands are tied with them for now.