Out on the twisties yesterday I hit 110 mph for the first time w/out meaning to. I had to pass a clump of cars on a straight with a very slight downhill to it (did it safely :smile. Doing about 60-65, downshifted to 3rd, dropped the pedal, hit 4th and then 5th as I finished the pass. Looked over, saw the needle, and mentioned it to my wife. The car felt NO DIFFERENT than it does during the 85-95 mph we normally do on the straights of these runs. The run-flats felt great, and the car still felt painted to the road. No sign of anybody breathing hard or breaking a sweat. My wife was amazed- she wouldn't have known the speed had I not pointed it out to her. She could have been sipping a latte when we hit the triple digits. Had to smile. Motoring mojo, MINI's got it

 

Yeah, I hit 110 last weekend without noticing it with 3 other "navigators" along.

Nice to know the MINI is smooth during those "latte sipping" moments

 

The fastest that I have gone in my MCS is 105, and it does feel the same as it does at any other speed. I take it that you have an MC, so which wheels and tires do you, have 15" 16" or something else that you put on there?

 

Yup, MINIhune and my MINI are both Coopers. I'm running the much-maligned stock 16" run-flats which come w/ the sports package, and I've no complaint at all about them. I did NOT get the sports plus suspension, which might have made the ride rougher.

 

my mini is just as smooth at 130

 

I have the MCS with the 17" performance and the sport package and I am pleased to announce that the ride does not suffer as you get up into triple digits speeds. (Not that I would know anything about that )
-Chris

 

I did 127 mph with my MC a couple of times, rock steady

 

>>I have the MCS with the 17" performance and the sport package and I am pleased to announce that the ride does not suffer as you get up into triple digits speeds. (Not that I would know anything about that )
>>-Chris


Same here and I agree. My passenger had absolutely no idea that we were at 110 the day I did it.

 

I have had my MCS now for only one day and 135 miles and I too don't see what all the fuss has been about the reported rough ride with the 17" sport pack wheels and run flats. Our other two vehicles are a BMW X5 4.4 equipped with the sports package suspension and 19" wheels and a Chevy 2500HD truck that does in fact ride like a truck. The MCS is an improvement! My wife even commented on how quite and smooth the MCS is; she is impressed as am I.

 

fastest ive drivin a mini was let me see here. it was a s with 1700 miles on it. um wait i never got out of neutral.

 

>>fastest ive drivin a mini was let me see here. it was a s with 1700 miles on it. um wait i never got out of neutral.

???????

 

When motoring the 40 miles one way to my last job everday there wasa great little flood plane falt and low and I could se th other side so i always knew if cars where comen at me or not when they I was alone on the road i would often hit 123+ MPH