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everythingsablur · Jul 13th, 2005, 10:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by mav

Sorry if I didn't clarify. This isn't for me. Its for my fiancee. Shes in love with the Mini Cooper S. I'm going to give her some lessons in my S2000 prior we buy her car but she's still going to be a newbie.

You must really love her to let her learn on your S2000!

I like the MCS; the clutch is pretty easy to engage (my coworker with a Mustang has to basically kick into the engine compartment to engage the clutch), shift action is smooth and easy (though I occassionally mistake 2nd for 4th, d'oh!), and has really good pedal placement.

And if she doesn't take well to the manual in your S2000, there is always the automatic MCS, which everyone says is really quite good as far as automatics go. (No "manual vs. automatic" diatribes here please, different strokes for different folks).

Jul 13th, 2005, 10:38 PM	#6
everythingsablur Purple People Eater Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, ON Local Time: 10:54 PM Posts: 213 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by mav Sorry if I didn't clarify. This isn't for me. Its for my fiancee. Shes in love with the Mini Cooper S. I'm going to give her some lessons in my S2000 prior we buy her car but she's still going to be a newbie. You must really love her to let her learn on your S2000! I like the MCS; the clutch is pretty easy to engage (my coworker with a Mustang has to basically kick into the engine compartment to engage the clutch), shift action is smooth and easy (though I occassionally mistake 2nd for 4th, d'oh!), and has really good pedal placement. And if she doesn't take well to the manual in your S2000, there is always the automatic MCS, which everyone says is really quite good as far as automatics go. (No "manual vs. automatic" diatribes here please, different strokes for different folks). 2005 BEP MINI Cooper S