View Poll Results: Should i stay with the 350, lease the mini, or lease another car?
IS350 ftw!
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69.23%
Give the Mini Cooper a chance..
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Lease another car, Specify.
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Because of gas..I'm planning on a Mini
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I can tell you what I see here.....prices are going high, so everytime you stop at the gas station you go like:"...crap!! This is damn expensive...." then is when you remember how you SO LIKE THE MINI COOPER S and just by coincidence you would fill the tank with half the money...hehehe....I read you man!! I have been on a fight for a month already trying to convince myself that the prices are so dramatic that I do not have another choice...I NEED A BIKE!!! sporty, crazy and GAS SAVER!!!!
After the boring paragraph......I would lease another car just because I am not a fan of the MINI COOPER.
After the boring paragraph......I would lease another car just because I am not a fan of the MINI COOPER.
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Not another Thread about how you bought a car you cant afford the gas or maintenance on. Stop Crying about it. If you wanna Feel the pain come drive my 4.8is X5 for a week and then you will seriously consider getting a different car. That stupid tank of a SUV gets 10-12 miles a gallon in the city! but you don't see me running back and buying another car.
#20
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Are you sure it gets 40mpg? From what I've read, they are more in the mid to high 20s in real use. I will have to check with my sister to see what she gets, although I am not sure she actually monitors it.
In any case, if you lease the Mini for $x/month, will you really save $x in gas every month? Plus, now you are maintaining 2 cars (service, insurance, ...).
In any case, if you lease the Mini for $x/month, will you really save $x in gas every month? Plus, now you are maintaining 2 cars (service, insurance, ...).
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^DITTO.
Not another Thread about how you bought a car you cant afford the gas or maintenance on. Stop Crying about it. If you wanna Feel the pain come drive my 4.8is X5 for a week and then you will seriously consider getting a different car. That stupid tank of a SUV gets 10-12 miles a gallon in the city! but you don't see me running back and buying another car.
Not another Thread about how you bought a car you cant afford the gas or maintenance on. Stop Crying about it. If you wanna Feel the pain come drive my 4.8is X5 for a week and then you will seriously consider getting a different car. That stupid tank of a SUV gets 10-12 miles a gallon in the city! but you don't see me running back and buying another car.
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I definitively think that you gotta chill out man!!! As I posted before many people fall into buying a DD or a smaller car because of the gas prices and the sensation of paying less for filling your tank. And If he is thinking to lease a second car and keep the IS, I do not think money is the problem......if you are capable to afford a $38K car, you do not die out of filling your tank. So now go and enjoy your 12 MPG man.....
thats all! im cool as ice now worries!!!!
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Just do the math and balance this equation:
(Cost to operate Mini for X miles) = (Cost to operate IS350 for X miles)
Assuming you have to pay $400 per month to lease the Mini and you've paid off the IS350 already, and the Mini costs around $0.15/mile for gas and the IS350 costs around $0.22/mile.
(I've tracked the gas usage for my Prius and it costs $0.07/mile and my IS350 costs $0.22/mile).
Then you'll have to balance this:
400 + 0.15X = 0.22X
400 = 0.07X
X = 5714
So you'll have to drive at least 5714 miles per month to justify that leasing a 2nd Mini is more cost effective then just driving your IS.
(Cost to operate Mini for X miles) = (Cost to operate IS350 for X miles)
Assuming you have to pay $400 per month to lease the Mini and you've paid off the IS350 already, and the Mini costs around $0.15/mile for gas and the IS350 costs around $0.22/mile.
(I've tracked the gas usage for my Prius and it costs $0.07/mile and my IS350 costs $0.22/mile).
Then you'll have to balance this:
400 + 0.15X = 0.22X
400 = 0.07X
X = 5714
So you'll have to drive at least 5714 miles per month to justify that leasing a 2nd Mini is more cost effective then just driving your IS.
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I'd stick with the 350. The financials just don't make sense in you getting another car and the MINI gives you about 25-28mpg hwy, which you can achieve in a 350 by not speeding as much. I'm in the same boat as you, all I did was ease up on the pedal
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#28
Lexus Test Driver
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Your friend is a liar no way a mini gets close to 40mpg. Go get yourself a yaris or fit. But if I were you I'd just trade my IS350 in for a IS250. Then you get to keep pretty much the same car minus the power but get over 30mpg.
#29
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