yeah i got my mc to about 110 in fifth. it wont push any further.

 

yeah i got my mc to about 110 in fifth. it wont push any further.

 

Is the 08 mc 9 sec flat when on sport or not on sport (what exactly happens?).......

 

Not sure why anyone would base the performance of a mini on what cars it will beat in the 0-60 straight. Get a Pontiac G8 if you want good 0-60 performance. I ordered my mini due to a combination of relatively good pickup, great turning ability, good mileage and fun looks. To worry about what cars I can beat in the straights would be counter productive to why the mini exists.

Just like gunfighters in the old west, someone is always faster.

 

And that is exactly why my wife and I will have MINI's and the GTO. We have the best of both worlds.

Pat

 

mine is an MC 07 US spec, and nothing has been done to it. I got it over 120 no prob. maybe its cause it was delivered to an overseas dealer(military dealership in germany)?

 

I've been over 115 in my '05 MC and over 120 in my '08 Clubbie. Those speeds were measured with my Garmin. If I had more room, I would have gone faster.

 

You can't always trust the manufacturer's published 0-60 times (most car companies do have marketing departments, folks)... so trying to compare one against another is difficult unless you get a good driver and a nice stretch of road on a calm day and measure them.

Of the 3 cars looked at here on Fifth Gear, the MINI comes the closest to the manufacturer's published 0-60 time.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/...ctid1747186499

 

I get 120mph in mine i put shell v power gas in that has a octane rating of 98, do you guys have lower octane ratings for your gas than we do in the uk ?

 

Guys
im not some ricer that only thinks about speed .... and i would never trade my MINI for a GTO (I would get both but i doubt i would leave my MINI)... i just started this thread for fun to see who has done what ....sooo ... what exactly dose the sport mode do for the car besides make it more FUNN?

 

The sport mode simply adjusts the throttle response and makes it so that when your only pressing the pedal a 1/4, your really pressing a tad more then that, it also makes the shifting very quick in the automatic's (I know it does in the S, not sure about auto coopers) as well it tightens the steering response... Thats it, it does not make you that much quicker, it does not add any more power or anything like that. I drive around with sport on most of the time though as I have an auto trans and it's very quick shifting in sport, so it might be a tad faster in sport with auto, but probably not enough to notice...

 

I have 87-100 octane here in my area.

 

Yah mine is auto and i notice a good difference while driving .... i just got back from a fun spin and its louder to

 

Esonwood, here in the US, we use the Research Octane Number rating added to the Motor Octane Number and then divided by 2 or (R+M)/2. I'm pretty sure you also use this method across the pond. Here in far West Texas, 91 is the highest available. I just got a full tank yesterday at $2.099 per gallon. It was $1.699 a few weeks ago. The regular high octane rating of fuels here is 93 but some specialty stations will have higher. Also, higher altitudes don't require high octane.

 

Exactly, this is a common misconception, North American values in octane are closer to Europe then most people think, its because they measure it in a different way.

"This higher rating seen in Europe is an artifact of a different underlying measuring procedure. In most countries (including all of Europe and Australia) the "headline" octane that would be shown on the pump is the RON, but in the United States, Canada and some other countries the headline number is the average of the RON and the MON, sometimes called the Anti-Knock Index (AKI), Road Octane Number (RdON), Pump Octane Number (PON), or (R+M)/2. Because of the 8 to 10 point difference noted above, this means that the octane in the United States will be about 4 to 5 points lower than the same fuel elsewhere: 87 octane fuel, the "regular" gasoline in the US and Canada, would be 91-92 in Europe. However most European pumps deliver 95 (RON) as "regular", equivalent to 90–91 US (R+M)/2, and deliver 98 (RON), 99 or 100 (RON) labeled as Super Unleaded."

WIKIPEDIA

 

Again why would anyone want a slow, heavy, poorly built GM product when you can go 0-60 in 4.7 for the same price in a 135i

http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/02/20...in-47-seconds/

 

Slow and heavy....not all are slow and heavy....some of us still like to buy American.

 

 

It's obvious to me that you have not driven a GM vehice lately. Maybe you should. Slow and heavy are you kidding? Go drive the Pontiac G8, go drive the CTS with the over 500 hp motor. True luxury with Brembo brakes, Recario seats and all the trimmings. Talk about class. And that is just the beggining.

As was stated previously "Some folks still like to buy American" and today there are lots of choices in the Amercian car market. Given all that I still like and will drive the MINI but I also drive and buy American. It's nice to have the choice and do both.

 

I had my 03 MC up to about 120 (if memory serves me right), but the governor kicked in. I think it was at about 6 grand or so on the tach, so around 125-130ish would be the right top speed.

 

To answer the original question: "7.7 seconds to 60 mph and 16.3 at 85 mph in the quarter-mile..", much quicker than the stated 9 sec to 60.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...cs+page-2.html

Not that much slower than the 2002 MCS!

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...cs+page-3.html

 

Thanks for the info but just wondering why are different speeds being posted?

 

I agree..Its the my car is the best syndrom. I love my Mini and also Love my C6 Twin Turbo super light Corvette and my MB C32...and will always have a US made car in my stable. Getting a new Camaro SS this spring. There are a lot of nice performance cars in the US fleet and more coming our way.

 

Myself i have nothing against American cars but for most i dont have anything for them as well.... don't get me wrong guys there are many that i would be interested in getting.

 

I would be 1st in line to buy American...when they build a good car that is also stylish. Lets not go there on the G8...Pontiac will be done in several years anyway. The Cadillac is still not up to par as far as the fit and finish goes. Not to mention some of the ugliest cars on the street. I have driven the new CTS but when you drive one with 20k miles on it you start to hear the squeaks and rattles for a heavy poorly balanced car. You can put lipstick on a pig but its still a pig.