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Old 05-20-2014, 07:01 PM
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This car is amazing!

I just got this JCW Coupe with the sport suspension and Dunlap SP 01 summer tires about 12 days ago. I traded in a 2007 MCS hatchback with a sway bar on it and non run flat tires that I thought handled great. I'd taken it on the great roads from Prescott to Skull Valley numerous times and back. Well I just got back from an evening Arizona drive on one of those roads in the new car and this thing handles at speed like nothing close to the old car. Amazing. I don't know whether it's the neutral balance of the Coupe or the suspension or the tires or the spoiler or the engine or what, but I got it around curves at incredible speeds and never felt like it was anywhere near out of control. I took a Bondurant driving course years back so I can accelerate it in the turns, but this thing is a way different car from my 2007 MCS at high speed. I love it!
 
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Originally Posted by TheBigNewt
I just got this JCW Coupe with the sport suspension and Dunlap SP 01 summer tires about 12 days ago. I traded in a 2007 MCS hatchback with a sway bar on it and non run flat tires that I thought handled great. I'd taken it on the great roads from Prescott to Skull Valley numerous times and back. Well I just got back from an evening Arizona drive on one of those roads in the new car and this thing handles at speed like nothing close to the old car. Amazing. I don't know whether it's the neutral balance of the Coupe or the suspension or the tires or the spoiler or the engine or what, but I got it around curves at incredible speeds and never felt like it was anywhere near out of control. I took a Bondurant driving course years back so I can accelerate it in the turns, but this thing is a way different car from my 2007 MCS at high speed. I love it!
IMO, the coupe in the best handling MINI....
 
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Old 05-20-2014, 08:59 PM
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The sport suspensions on my 2010 hardtop and 2014 Roadster S were/are brilliantly balanced.
 
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