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[Minimainiac]

If these picture have already been seen please remove my post.

I have just seen this on another forum http://forum.minicoo...p...1272&page=5 and find it hard to believe what MINI are doing. I have just emailed MINI and told them I am now trading my new Cooper S for another brand. I think I will stick with my classic Cooper!!

Am I over reacting? What are your views everyone?

[Twincam]

Thats absurd! I'm thinking we go rescue that mini!

[Ethel]

LOL I thought he said he was taking a sabbatical from his MINI/Mini crusading!

That cubed lump of scrap looks like a health 'n safety related compo claim just waiting to happen.

Are there any yellow lines- I'd be tempted to hire a MINI for the day and park it up with "get this - and lose £xxxx in depreciation in the first year" in big letters down the side.

Of course, if we had the dealership's phone number we could all ring up and enquire how much they want for the really nice Mini on the seesaw.

[Twincam]

Of course, if we had the dealership's phone number we could all ring up and enquire how much they want for the really nice Mini on the seesaw.

Imagine if someone wanted to trade in their New Bini for the beautiful Mini on the seesaw... They would sure hate it.

Does the cars which are traded in as part of the scheme get automatically crushed? I would have thought they would have sent them to breakers yards as they would be then non registered (as if they were under a CAT B insurance loss).

[Juju]

Good old Taffy! He just can't help himself!

I wonder how many people who have actually asked to buy it? Does anybody know where the dealership is?

[Ethel]

Never got an answer to that. The idea is supposed to be the govt's £1k gets an old polluter off the road so I'm sure you wouldn't be able to reregister one that's been traded in. I imagine the dealership needs to submit the V5 as scrapped to get the dosh. I've no idea about how they dispose of the body but would be surprised if it isn't through the same channels insurance companies use for write offs.

[Twincam]

Not too sure, put I typed in Parks Fast Fit (the sign I saw next to the Mini Dealershop) and found that there was one in Hamilton, Strathclyde. Again onto Google Maps with the Post Code "ML3 0ET" and you can see the dealership (don't think the satelites have recent images)

AND... I have found the Mini Dealerships details too:

Douglas Park Hamilton
143-159 Almada St,
Hamilton,
ML3 OET
tel: 01698 303999

http://www.douglaspa...co.uk/about_us/

[jaydee]

Very unhappy advertising..pure madness.. I'm totally disappointed

[Ethel]

Would it be really immature if we tried to see how many phone enquiries we could make before 10:10 tomorrow morning?

[Juju]

Would it be really immature if we tried to see how many phone enquiries we could make before 10:10 tomorrow morning?

DO IT!!!
First one to arrange a test drive gets a biscuit.

[spiguy]

Would it be really immature if we tried to see how many phone enquiries we could make before 10:10 tomorrow morning?

DO IT!!!
First one to arrange a test drive gets a biscuit.

Blo*dy hel*, that dealer is just up the road from me... Shocker... If we are going to do the phone thing, I think we need to see whos all up for it. Is there some way to make a vote or something on this site that would show the numbers?

Maybe some of the scottish clubs could do something in protest, can't quite think what at the moment though... As for parking up, you can't park there, its a one way system, yellow line and a very busy stretch of road.

buggers. Apart from anything, the car on the ramps looks in way better nick than mine!!!!

[Twincam]

Do they not have customer parking? Might be able to swarm their car park and hold a protest

[Ethel]

Yeah, register your interest by making the call...

Apparently it's already been traded in under the scheme

But hey since the salesman said they've had so many enquiries a few more can't hurt

Callers so far:

Ethel

[spiguy]

Will make the call at lunch time.

Protest sounds good, but wouldn't we get arrested? And yes, I guess they do have customer parking. Sadly though, chances are people would probably misunderstand the gesture and think it was some kind of BMW arranged stunt!! It would be good if someone was daring enough to paint 'Murder' on the side of the car (not me by the way, I'm not brave enough!)

Maybe a 'funeral style' drive past at the weekend ?

EDIT - not sure if it would help, but I guess we could all send letters, asking if they would please use a different vehicle for the display, as it sends the wrong message and already there is speculation that the British classic industry stands to suffer heavily as a result of the scrappage scheme. Also, that any current mini owners considering buying a BINI will 100% be put off by this display?

Edited by carlukemini, 03 June 2009 - 09:59 AM.

[Minimainiac]

Apparently every car traded in for the scrappage allowance gets crushed!! I bet that Mini was worth over 2k!! That dealer is Douglas Parks and they also have other stealerships in Scotland.