Mini Cooper S
08-05-2007, 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark_is300,Aug 4 2007, 07:43 PM
The day I drove the car home, I noticed grinding noise from the front end of the car when decelerating at low speed. I thought it was normal with the LSD equipped car. Couple days later, the noise got louder, and I could hear it at any speed. I had to take it back to the dealer 3 times, until they replaced the transmission. I also had problems with general built quality of that particular car (trim falling-off, uneven panels gaps).
08-05-2007, 11:36 AM
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From what I've been reading, the previous gen was relatively rock solid and almost all the owners are completely satisfied with it.
Personally, I love the car's looks because it really sets itself apart from the crowd of sub 25 grand hatchbacks while still being somewhat subtle, and if you're frugal with the options, you could easily price one for under 25 grand.
Personally, I love the car's looks because it really sets itself apart from the crowd of sub 25 grand hatchbacks while still being somewhat subtle, and if you're frugal with the options, you could easily price one for under 25 grand.
08-06-2007, 11:30 AM
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I was really leaning towards ordering a new 2007 CooperS primarily for autoX duty next year. Yes they are expensive if you load them up with sunroof and leather and HIDs and junk. But if you just want the go-fast bits, it's a good performance value. I spec'ed one out with the Sport+ suspension ($500), LSD ($500), and cloth sport seats ($0), and it was $23,000. This is a car that puts down 174hp and 197lb.ft at the wheels* and weighs under 2500lbs. In "overboost" mode, it has 170lb.ft or more of torque from 2500rpm to 5400 rpm! Plus it's rated at over 29mpg city, 36mpg highway. Reliability is my main concern...
Andrew
*http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/new...n-the-dyno.php
Andrew
*http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/new...n-the-dyno.php
08-06-2007, 01:24 PM
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I drove one that was set up for G-stock auto-xed and I was terribly dissapointed considering how popular the car is in the auto-x scene.
The DBW was horrible. I thought there was a turbo attached to the thing, the throttle response was so laggy. And the worst part was that when you lift throttle, you expect the engine to decelerate and weight up the front tires. Well, the mini coasts with hint of throttle. It doesn't close the throttle all the way. Left foot braking would be a terrific thing to learn if you want to drive the car competitively.
The interior is over designed x20.
It's too cute for a man.
It's probably good other than those things.
The DBW was horrible. I thought there was a turbo attached to the thing, the throttle response was so laggy. And the worst part was that when you lift throttle, you expect the engine to decelerate and weight up the front tires. Well, the mini coasts with hint of throttle. It doesn't close the throttle all the way. Left foot braking would be a terrific thing to learn if you want to drive the car competitively.
The interior is over designed x20.
It's too cute for a man.
It's probably good other than those things.
08-06-2007, 02:11 PM
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I think it would be a tremendously fun car, and I'd consider one but for one minor, niggling detail: the center-mounted speedo makes me crazy. I can't stand it. It literally ruins the whole car for me.
08-06-2007, 10:42 PM
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I have one. 02 S, Six speed. Bone stock except 18 inch wheels. Car is slow as balls and totally dead from a dig until about 3k in first where the blower feels like it "comes on."
Great fun to drive, very nimble, very tossable, surprisingly spacious, bulletproof resale if you buy the right car at the right price....these suckers literally dont depreciate (dont know about now, given the new one). We've thrashed the hell out of ours for 30k miles and the only issue is that the reverse light just went on (50k on the car total).
Great fun to drive, very nimble, very tossable, surprisingly spacious, bulletproof resale if you buy the right car at the right price....these suckers literally dont depreciate (dont know about now, given the new one). We've thrashed the hell out of ours for 30k miles and the only issue is that the reverse light just went on (50k on the car total).