Monaro wrote:contemplating a Mini Cooper S
kfae8959 wrote:Monaro wrote:contemplating a Mini Cooper S
They do suffer from torque steer, which gives what I once described as "a certain sense of je ne sais ou". But as hir says, the only way you can know for sure is to try one for yourself.
David
fungus wrote:My daughter has an R53 Cooper S Checkmate fitted with sports plus suspension, which is firmer than normal, and 17 inch wheels fitted with runflat tyres. The ride is very hard on anything other than a smooth surface and the car feels very skittish on uneven roads. I would personally go for the standard 16 inch wheels with normal tyres.
The gearbox is also notchy and fairly heavy, but the supercharger makes a nice sound as you wind it up to 6000rpm, and it is fun to drive.
waremark wrote:So subjective. I very much liked a Cooper S from about 3 years ago (a mk 2) - enough performance, nippy handling and a perfectly decent ride. A 10 year old one was much less good, and I found that an S Works had too much torque steer and too harsh a ride. I have not driven a new mk 3 version.
P'S Pity, I was looking fwd to a comparison of 6 litre beasts.
Monaro wrote:In relation to this I'm seriously looking at buying a much smaller and less juicy car and am contemplating a Mini Cooper S, some lovely cars out there at the moment.
gannet wrote:The trouble with research is that... no one ever really sings the praises of a car - only the problems...
take for instance my car... apparently the engine is made of chocolate and is going to go bang at some point, invariably by 12k miles...
I must have a good 'un then at 30k and counting without problems... (goes and hides behind the sofa having just said that...)
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