2010 Mini Cooper S John Cooper Works Special Edition #422
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09-04-2010 | 07:36 PM
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2010 Mini Cooper S John Cooper Works Special Edition #422
2010 Mini Cooper S John Cooper Works World Championship Edition #422 in British Racing Green, Black interior with red stitching and inserts. Manual
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09-06-2010 | 02:30 PM
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I just took it on a brief drive...very fun...handles great, feels light...i looked it up says its around 2650lbs! damn...i didnt realize its so light. Thats pretty good. Much faster than the auto cooper s convertible that we had. When I floored it thing almost torque steered me into another lane...wasnt ready for that. Havent driven a fast fwd car in a long time.
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09-12-2010 | 11:16 AM
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I just took it on a brief drive...very fun...handles great, feels light...i looked it up says its around 2650lbs! damn...i didnt realize its so light. Thats pretty good. Much faster than the auto cooper s convertible that we had. When I floored it thing almost torque steered me into another lane...wasnt ready for that. Havent driven a fast fwd car in a long time.
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I was visiting up north and was driving my friends 2010 Mini S automatic, and thought the torque steer was quite noticeable accelerating on a turn. So when I returned home I thought about maybe buying one since the payments were so small, great MPG, and fun to drive factor. I went to the dealer to test out a manual tranny, and I almost went into the next lane everytime I shifted at a high rpm, even going straight. I have never driven a fwd car that was so fast, but the torque steer was a huge turn-off. Even though the torque steer was much worse in the manual it was much more exciting to drive then auto.
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09-20-2010 | 09:44 PM
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Thinking of having OE Tuning tune it.
Yep! sounds right...but that also makes it fun...like taming a beast (a baby beast) ...i think with some grippier tires it wouldnt torque steer so much
I was visiting up north and was driving my friends 2010 Mini S automatic, and thought the torque steer was quite noticeable accelerating on a turn. So when I returned home I thought about maybe buying one since the payments were so small, great MPG, and fun to drive factor. I went to the dealer to test out a manual tranny, and I almost went into the next lane everytime I shifted at a high rpm, even going straight. I have never driven a fwd car that was so fast, but the torque steer was a huge turn-off. Even though the torque steer was much worse in the manual it was much more exciting to drive then auto.
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09-26-2010 | 05:36 PM
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looks like this one has continental tires. my 2009 has dunlop run flats in the same size and the torque steer is there with those tires as well. I believe that decent non run flats will improve this greatly. something like the RE-11's or the Dunlop Direzza Z1 star spec.
on another note- too bad the BMW paint is so crappy. talk about orange peel in the second photo...
on another note- too bad the BMW paint is so crappy. talk about orange peel in the second photo...
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