so one of the main reasons that i bought the mini was because i couldn't enjoy driving anything else after my first spin in my cooper.

never any problems with my 2006 R50 (Chili Red C: ) except recently. let me explain...


goes in and out of gear perfectly. neutral is the problem. when i first got the car, half the fun of it was that it was a dream to drive. it is now very hard to move the stick shift from "in between first and second gear" to "in between fifth and reverse" and back again. it also won't "pop back to the center"... as in now, when shifting from second to third, instead of just pushing forward and having it move itself into position for third gear, i have to move forward over to the center (find third) and then into third.

any opinions?

car has lots of highway miles. live in North NJ, and go to school in Blacksburg, VA. GO HOKIES!!!!!