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New MINI Cooper S - manual or auto?
I was all set to get a Mini Cooper with an automatic and drive it in manual mode. However, after test driving one today, I was a bit disappointed.
We don't have any manual cars in our family anymore, so we kind of miss the manual. But I am not sure that I really miss it at all. Where I live, it's just so stop/start that after a while you think it's just not worth it. Anyone get the manual and wish they had gotten the auto or vice / versa? |
| 04-01-2017, 02:20 PM | #2 |
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Minis and Miatas should always be manuals. BRZs, Corvettes and Wranglers too.
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| 04-01-2017, 02:30 PM | #3 |
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I love my Mini !
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| 04-01-2017, 02:50 PM | #4 |
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When I had my Cooper S, it was a 6MT. Fun, but a pain in traffic, especially since you were screaming at 15MPH in 1st. No DCT then, don't know if they have that option for Mini now. Definitely would not get a regular automatic, but if they had a DCT like in my M4, I'd rather have that than a 6MT. YMMV
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| 04-01-2017, 05:12 PM | #5 |
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Manual! Don't even think about it. I drove my MINI in LA traffic for 2 years and probably one of the easiest cars to drive stick in traffic. Just enough torque to get you moving in slow traffic and a delightful shifter.
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I test drove a manual one a few years back and ended up buying the auto. Sort of regret it, as the auto was only a 4 speed total slushbox. But the manual was really hard to drive. Mini manuals are a lot easier. Manual it is! |
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| 04-02-2017, 07:05 AM | #7 |
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FYI, strong rumors that Mini will replace the planetary box with a DCT this year as part of the LCI. This may make the manual mode much better.
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| 04-04-2017, 01:50 AM | #8 |
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I would get the manual transmission but I have never owned an automatic transmission so I might be biased.
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| 04-04-2017, 11:43 AM | #9 |
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Manual. It's such a light clutch compared to other higher performance cards that feel like you're at the gym pushing that third pedal in. Drove my old R56 MINI in LA traffic for 5 yrs before I gave it up. Wouldn't have it any other way.
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| 04-04-2017, 12:01 PM | #10 |
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Manual. My cousin has a GT4, old spider, 911 Turbo and a Macan. And that's just his porsches. He DDs a mini S manual.
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| 04-04-2017, 12:29 PM | #11 |
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We've had a manual Cooper S since 2004(!!) - still a blast - only way to go. Wife wont even let me replace it with a newer version
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