I picked up a 2010 Dark Silver "S". I had an 06 S and occasionally on slippery days would maybe pull my ebrake lever on a turn. Are there any side effects in doing this? Will it damage the suspension?

 

Generally you are fine with e-brake turns. Lots of people do it in AutoX.

You may wear down the rear tires a little more.

 

Other then possibly spinning out and screwing your back brakes you should be fine. Also remember FWD cars can not drift.

 

I pull my brake just about every chance I get, I have a lot of fun with it. Yea, eventually you must adjust your ebrake and possibly replace the shoes, but its a lot of fun and tbh it gives you really fun low speed control.
Then again, I also go through a set of tires every 8,000 miles lol

 

Not sure what you mean by drift but you can certainly oversteer with FWD, just not power oversteer.

 

anyone have a vid of a mini in action.......lol

 

Not true....

Although its not as simple as a RWD car, or even a high powered AWD car...you can certainly get a FWD into a decent drift...not something I'd recommend on the street though.

Big open parking lot though = . Of course it helps if its wet

Helps if you have an LSD too

 

Drifting is the are of cause the car to oversteer and maintaining it. Seeing that a FWD pulls you through a turn you can not maintain it(a drift). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifting_%28motorsport%29
Also drifting was mentioned in the title of this thread for those wondering.

 

[quote=malteseracer;3128642]"...and possibly replace the shoes..."

Ever had your rear brakes apart? I kinda suspect you'll find Gen 2 Minis don't have shoes for the emergency brake.

 

Just a bit of wear on the rear brakes and a chance of bald spots... But hey you should have fun with your car right ??

 

Really?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53074154@N00/350016790/
I find using the handbrake handy for certain u-turns.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53074154@N00/4221296016/
I find the HB warning buzzer a bit annoying on Trigger.