drive one of these all day and you will be hard pressed to find anything wrong with your MINI at all...

 

Yeah I get this all day:



The MINI feels like a dream when I come home!

 

About to order some Mach V springs to solve that

Euro version was the original design. To me, it gives the seat the tuck-and-roll look it needs. And hides the puckering that the flat leather surface shows up soon after you sit in it. I'm delighted with the leatherette. Especially after sweating a lot at the gym. I'm lazy so never took care of leather when I had it. I had an Audi TT w/ baseball stitch seats. Now they were a work of art...

It's not so much that it sucks, but they prevent you from solving the problem with aftermarket or relocating the chip. What sucks is $400+ for a replacement.

The one thing 60 posts agrees on (except for the lack of burble and supercharger whine. Who could fuss about torque from 1700-4000 rpm?

Any ideas for a vanity plate? Maybe "HAT TRCK". Too bad Cooper Tires aren't so hot. There's another Cooper in Coopersburg who had a Cooper (He was related to the guy they named the town after). Then there's another Cooper, but he rides horses (1, not 175).

Is that a cop car you drive, when your not in your MINI?

Regards,

 

I'll be interested to hear what you think. They really look top notch. Unfortunately they weren't an option when I picked my car up. The down side to early adoption. The H&R's were special order from Germany at the time, too. They weren't oficially released to the US when I picked mine up. Benifits of having the H&R US HQ in your backyard.

I've found that a different airbox (JCW or otherwise) will really allow a ton more turbo whine to be transmitted into the cabin of the car. Mine just screams running through 1st & 2nd. Especially under overboost. I added a Forge blow off valve adaptor, too. Not sure if I'll keep it... but but to hear the turbo spooling and venting does add a dose of needed character to an engine that seriously needs it.

Or Cooper3... as in Cooper cubed. I like HAT TRCK better if you can get it, though.

Yup. It's my office . I'm back on graves tomorrow and have to get re-adjusted tonight. Hence the late night surfing the web. Spent the last two weeks teaching performance driving at the track & had the next five days off after that... but tomorrow night it's back to the grind .

 

I'll take some of the blame for kicking this off because of my response to the OP. I guess I was remembering this thread
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d.php?t=113518
and one of my failures as a human is my short fuse for people that complain for what I perceive to be no reason.

 

What happened to Cliff? He seems to have been replaced by some guy named Spark.

It doesn't matter what a car manufacturer does in a new generation, there is always going to be some one who likes the previous generation better and that is okay.

 

good point. it is all about you

 

It is always all about me. Geez when will people learn I am the most important person in the world.

 

 

Ooh, that looks like one of those "police interceptor" models...I'll bet it's a hot-rod!

 

If I thought the R56 was a dog, I wouldn't have started either thread. It's the fact that the MINI is so damn much fun that I feel the need to point out the little irksome things.

It's like living with the most beautiful woman in the world, one that makes you quiver everytime you see her smile; but she pulls the covers off you at night...

And you will respect my "authorit-tie"





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NO, you're not (sorry, that is...if you were that sorry, you would have typed this personal grind and then backed up to delete it and moved on. If these things IRK you so much, you must not have any major problems in your life. Lucky you!


IF you have so many "personal issues" with the R56, sell it and go buy an earlier model. There are plenty of them out there as some owners trade up, and many of them have been extraordinarily cared for, as a Mini should be!

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^ Oh Yeah! +1

This can of worms over the looks of the R56 v R50/53 has been going on forever!

Lets put it to rest for goodness sake! Time to move on!

 

I do agree with Robyn Casady that the Mini is a lot higher seating that you'd think. Which is OK. I drove a friends' Carrera recently and you practically have to roll to the ground getting out of it. In my Jeep I'd slide off the seat to the ground. I think it's Mini's answer to the "growing" America.

 

I guess it comes down to not sweating the petty stuff

 

Now you know "one of my failures as a human."

 

Hahahaha

 

As you can all see I'm new here. After reading 4 pages of what or which is better or worse I have to say, who cares. Forums are a great source of information and its a shame it turns in to this. I currently belong to 3 forums, this one as a new mini owner, a harley davidson one, and a detailing one. I'm seeing the same thing here that I see on the detailing site. The difference is there they want to fight about which wax is the " BEST ". We all buy things and wonder if we could have done better, we all buy things that we find problems or quirks with, that's life. I understand everyone has an opinion. Most times they are valued, other times they turn in to bash fest. My " opinion " is no need to flame. I now have learned to ignore most on the detailing forum and look the other way. Keep in mind that no matter how great you think something is someone somewhere has something better, all you need to do is ask them. Same goes for how bad. Have a nice day, or should I say Happy motoring.

 

If you're on the same HD forum I am, this thread would have ended at post #2. It all comes down to how strictly moderated they are. There's value in all styles of moderation. I think NAM does a pretty good job of preventing personal attacks, and rules violations. They're not here to be babysitters though.

 

If you're on the same HD forum I am, this thread would have ended at post #2. It all comes down to how strictly moderated they are. There's value in all styles of moderation. I think NAM does a pretty good job of preventing personal attacks, and rules violations. They're not here to be babysitters though.

I agree with what you are saying. I do not blame mods for what people posting are typing nor do I think they need to babysit. Mini, HD, or whatever I'm just after useful information, not 4 pages of mines better than yours. Like you said, I don't see this on the HD forum. Maybe its because they are gone before they get going or maybe because HD owners are " BETTER " then everyone else. That last line was intended as a joke. So those that were thinking of getting bent out of shape, please lighten up.

 

Personally I don't see anything really wrong with this thread. No-one has ever insulted someone to a level that crosses a line.
People have differences of opinion and obviously different tolerances for certain issues. When we are able to understand that then we all benefit in the long run.

 

I like my R56 mini and my girls equally, a little extra meat on the rear end never hurt anyone

 

R50~R99999 I love all mini/Mini /MINI's,
R56 Does Look Bloated!
I love the look of my R53. I hate how automakers change little here & little there for "new year Model" But for R56 they did change a lot?
Anyway I too think R56's Look Bloated!!! but I'd love to have one plz

 

If you look at R50/53 right next to an R56, yes, one can spot differences. One might say "bloated," another might say "more aggressive," both to describe the same appearance changes. I will say that it is better, if at all possible, to not compare the two cars side by side at all. Why? Because R56 was designed to look balanced/properly proportioned on it's own merit, just as R50/53 was. Both cars made some compromises and designers worked/fought to make each look good on their own. Imagine if the R56 designers said, "Well we have to change this bonnet profile, so lets keep the beltline the same so we can save some cost by keeping the back end unchanged!!" No, they carried the entire design forward in a very sound manner to make R56 look good. Really, we are quite lucky they managed to change every panel rather than do a half-job. One can say R56 looks bloated...a fair observation...but a narrow overall perspective. Understanding the lengths the designers went to to work out R56 I think leads one to appreciate exactly what was accomplished. Since both, I feel, have excellently understated balance and poise, comparing each too closely, panel for panel, is a bit unfair to each car. Both are .

I think the OP made a fair observation...that he loves his R56 shows he gets the bigger picture.

 

Errrr..... The beltline of the R56 was raised strictly to satisfy safety regulations. Not sure if it was Euro or US, but I think I remember reading it was Euro

 

Be fortunate this isn't the Subaru forum I'm on, where pretty much every thread of every sub-forum degrades into a pissing match within 5 posts. NAM is one of the most tame forums I've seen