Looking to buy the mrs a new car, criteria is:

Mini cooper S convertible
Black
upto 20K miles
upto 3 years old
Only want to buy from a dealer.......(want a warranty and to KNOW its finance free)

Any advice on a good dealer, what price I should be looking at, anything to look out for etc etc from those in the know would be appreciated.

James at Sandals Huddersfield just done me cracking deal on a Mini One demo and customer care from him has been excellent

5 years free servicing too

Was looking second hand but deal was to tempting to miss but it might have to go if I change sport for Vogue  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

5 years?

Might tempt me.

Just bought a new Cooper SD when looking for 2nd hand.

No brainer really- 50% deposit, no payments for 2 years and 50% balance interest free from Stratstone Harrogate.  FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad

Just sold a Copper S loved it but I was surprised how long it took to sell as prices seem to have fallen hard  S, grey, all black int, s,steps, window tints, fridge, ff tv x 3.

What

Went to look at 2 ones and both were sold by time I got there  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

I found it The other way I rang 8 adds for RRS over last weekend and everyone was sold ! My Mini was mint ( I do own a body shop ) low miles the lot and after sitting on all Mini owners sites and two attempts on auotrader I had one call and sold to the one person that turned up. This was just my experience I may be wrong and believe me I loved my Mini but I did have to sell low. S, grey, all black int, s,steps, window tints, fridge, ff tv x 3.

If I was going to get another, I would go for the last of the first gen,(07/ 08 ) ours was an 05. the S was supercharged back then and sounds great on full chat!! The newer ones just don't do it for me, look a bit overweight. In 4 years it didn't put a foot wrong, only needing front tyres every 8k miles
Cheers
Dave MY10 TDV6 SE (debadged ), Santorini Black, Flappy paddles, Privacy Glass, 20" Stormers, Mudflaps!

Gone: a comprehensive list of imprezas and a Merc ML AMG

JimKim - Never had any success selling through autotrader but Ebay has been good for me in the past

Worrying what you say about mini prices because the way things are going I might have to sell mine now after only a month thanks to RRS fiasco  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

I always thought MINI residuals were rock solid going on dealers 2nd hand prices. FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad

I used to use these guys for servicing and repairs http://www.lloydcolnemini.co.uk/ which isn't too far from you JF, they always gave good customer satisfaction. Has your GF ever driven a mini convertible before? Till you get used to them they do feel a bit clostrophobic. The five year servicing was a cost option of around £150 when the vehicle was new so most people just added that as an extra as it was too good a deal to miss, make sure you have got it with yours, if you want a few good mini forums to go on let me know, my wife has had 2 minis, see my gallery