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Japper · Aug 17th, 2007, 07:37 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by pipedream72 (original)

Folks, got this from my dealer today. As others have said...looks like a while yet

Looks like i owe my dealer a beer

Washy · Aug 17th, 2007, 08:35 AM

Will be popping into my dealer later will see what he has to say about it. Not looking good though...

Japper · Aug 17th, 2007, 09:01 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Washy (original)

Will be popping into my dealer later will see what he has to say about it. Not looking good though...

I thought you were sorted with a kit !

Washy · Aug 17th, 2007, 09:32 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Japper (original)

I thought you were sorted with a kit !

Hopefully I am. I was with the dealer when it was ordered on the system....will know for deifinate later....

scone · Aug 18th, 2007, 08:24 PM

Had a drive of my dealers Works this afternoon and all in all was very impressed, it makes a lovely deep boom from the exhaust and it did feel faster than my standard S and would pull hard right up to the rev limiter. We followed a new shape Audi TT Quattro down a dual carriageway and on three different roundabouts the Mini would catch up pulling away from the roundabout, which is pretty impressive for a front wheel drive hatch on a damp road. Was really surprised as there was no torque steer as my S does seem to squirm around alot under hard acceleration, the only thing i can think of is that i know my dealer checked wheel allignment after they fitted the 18" wheels, maybe that's the answer to torque steer problems. Would a dealer check wheel allignment under warranty?

Washy · Aug 18th, 2007, 09:14 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by scone (original)

Had a drive of my dealers Works this afternoon and all in all was very impressed, it makes a lovely deep boom from the exhaust and it did feel faster than my standard S and would pull hard right up to rev limiter. We followed a new shape Audi TT Quattro down a dual carriageway and on three different roundabouts the Mini would catch up pulling away from the roundabout, which is pretty impressive for a front wheel drive hatch on a damp road. Was really surprised as there was no torque steer as my S does seem to squirm around alot under hard acceleration, the only thing i can think of is that i know my dealer checked wheel allignment after they fitted the 18" wheels, maybe that's the answer to torque steer problems. Would a dealer check wheel allignment under warranty?

Good to know

kevkbuk · Aug 18th, 2007, 10:01 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by scone (original)

Had a drive of my dealers Works this afternoon

Does your car have the LSD and did the demo RE torque steer?

What was the engine/exhaust sound like from inside the car compared to stock?

scone · Aug 18th, 2007, 10:36 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by kevkbuk (original)

Does your car have the LSD and did the demo RE torque steer?

What was the engine/exhaust sound like from inside the car compared to stock?

My car does have a LSD ,but i don't know about the dealers car. It's louder when driven hard, but you would'nt notice any difference when driving normally. The demo car was averaging 31mpg which is the same as my car, which quite impressed me.

Japper · Aug 19th, 2007, 11:48 AM

I test drove the new demo yesterday before it has the kit fitted tomorrow. This is the first R56 i've driven with the LSD. It was a soaking wet morning, and all i can say is i was AMAZED at how well it put the power down. The LSD makes a good improvement, highly recommended. I will test drive this car again next Saturday over the same route with the JCW Kit and R109's fitted.

This demo had the Flame spokes and was averaging 30mpg. I reset this and did a good mixture of very hard driving country, city stop start and a bit of dual carriageway and i got 31mpg. This was an 07 spec without the stop/start feature. So i'm hoping mine will be better still, although this is way better than the 22mpg i average at present. Oh and the ride quality of the R56 amazes me everytime i drive it. Also with it being wet yesterday i could reach it's cornering limits easier and it turns in better than mine but still drifts very controllably........very well balanced. The ASC+T was also very good and intervened very smoothly and did not annoy me once.

Well, it helps to pass the next two weeks

Oh and when i finally pick my car up, i drive it 15 miles and let Polished Bliss have it for the day to work their magic.........................another day without it

Japper · Aug 20th, 2007, 08:05 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by scone (original)

Had a drive of my dealers Works this afternoon and all in all was very impressed, it makes a lovely deep boom from the exhaust and it did feel faster than my standard S and would pull hard right up to the rev limiter. We followed a new shape Audi TT Quattro down a dual carriageway and on three different roundabouts the Mini would catch up pulling away from the roundabout, which is pretty impressive for a front wheel drive hatch on a damp road. Was really surprised as there was no torque steer as my S does seem to squirm around alot under hard acceleration, the only thing i can think of is that i know my dealer checked wheel allignment after they fitted the 18" wheels, maybe that's the answer to torque steer problems. Would a dealer check wheel allignment under warranty?

Scone, how did the ride quality compare on the 18" rims ?.

ps_minics · Aug 20th, 2007, 12:49 PM

Can you order this from the factory? Only reason i ask is I would love a JCW Stage 1 Cooper S for my next car, but that should be a company car. Which means i can only have it if its installed at the factory as an "option".

Cheers

Japper · Aug 20th, 2007, 01:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ps_minics (original)

Can you order this from the factory? Only reason i ask is I would love a JCW Stage 1 Cooper S for my next car, but that should be a company car. Which means i can only have it if its installed at the factory as an "option".

Cheers

Sorry, dealer fit only.......well at this stage anyway.

caesar · Aug 20th, 2007, 01:44 PM

JCW have just announced this kit: -

PistonHeads Headlines

popey · Aug 20th, 2007, 01:47 PM

Where have you been???

Paul · Aug 20th, 2007, 01:49 PM

In February: http://www.mini2.com/2007/02/28/john...mini-cooper-s/

What they've done now is released the price of £1095 and confirmed it will be available from September.

Benny No.1 · Aug 20th, 2007, 02:43 PM

PistonHeads Headlines

£1095 plus ftting. There you go, nothing more to say really!

daro911 · Aug 20th, 2007, 02:48 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Benny No.1 (original)

PistonHeads Headlines

£1095 plus ftting. There you go, nothing more to say really!

Apparently one can negotiate on this price

I know Menzies will do it for £1185 and Eastern will do it for £1215. I used these to get my dealer to fit mine this week for £1185.

I'm sure Woodmans will do a great deal too once it's officially released.

All a bit far from you but you can use them as bargaining points with local dealers.

List price is £1463 inc. fitting ( parts only retail is £1090 ) fitting time 4 hours ( recommended )

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caesar · Aug 20th, 2007, 03:42 PM

Obviously I'm a little out of date......Paul's link was posted not long after I joined !!

Thanks POPEY !

mister.t · Aug 20th, 2007, 04:16 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by PistonHeads.com (original)

We’ll take one in white with a black roof, thanks

Good taste

Even sounds like value for money. Never thought Id relate Mini to VFM

CC07ERS · Aug 21st, 2007, 08:44 AM

Its taking a while for this to come out , i wonder what the problem is ?

Aug 17th, 2007, 07:37 AM	#221
Japper MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Oil Country Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 1,070 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by pipedream72 (original) Folks, got this from my dealer today. As others have said...looks like a while yet Looks like i owe my dealer a beer 06 HB/W MCS Chilli

Aug 17th, 2007, 08:35 AM	#222 (permalink)
Washy Six cylinders two turbos Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: in the country Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 18,723 Offline	Will be popping into my dealer later will see what he has to say about it. Not looking good though... 135i M sport convertible

Aug 17th, 2007, 09:01 AM	#223 (permalink)
Japper MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Oil Country Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 1,070 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Washy (original) Will be popping into my dealer later will see what he has to say about it. Not looking good though... I thought you were sorted with a kit ! 06 HB/W MCS Chilli

Aug 17th, 2007, 09:32 AM	#224 (permalink)
Washy Six cylinders two turbos Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: in the country Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 18,723 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Japper (original) I thought you were sorted with a kit ! Hopefully I am. I was with the dealer when it was ordered on the system....will know for deifinate later.... 135i M sport convertible

Aug 18th, 2007, 08:24 PM	#225 (permalink)
scone MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2004 Location: Winsford,Cheshire Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 166 Offline	Had a drive of my dealers Works this afternoon and all in all was very impressed, it makes a lovely deep boom from the exhaust and it did feel faster than my standard S and would pull hard right up to the rev limiter. We followed a new shape Audi TT Quattro down a dual carriageway and on three different roundabouts the Mini would catch up pulling away from the roundabout, which is pretty impressive for a front wheel drive hatch on a damp road. Was really surprised as there was no torque steer as my S does seem to squirm around alot under hard acceleration, the only thing i can think of is that i know my dealer checked wheel allignment after they fitted the 18" wheels, maybe that's the answer to torque steer problems. Would a dealer check wheel allignment under warranty? Last edited by scone : Aug 18th, 2007 at 09:26 PM.

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Aug 18th, 2007, 09:14 PM	#226 (permalink)
Washy Six cylinders two turbos Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: in the country Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 18,723 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by scone (original) Had a drive of my dealers Works this afternoon and all in all was very impressed, it makes a lovely deep boom from the exhaust and it did feel faster than my standard S and would pull hard right up to rev limiter. We followed a new shape Audi TT Quattro down a dual carriageway and on three different roundabouts the Mini would catch up pulling away from the roundabout, which is pretty impressive for a front wheel drive hatch on a damp road. Was really surprised as there was no torque steer as my S does seem to squirm around alot under hard acceleration, the only thing i can think of is that i know my dealer checked wheel allignment after they fitted the 18" wheels, maybe that's the answer to torque steer problems. Would a dealer check wheel allignment under warranty? Good to know 135i M sport convertible

Aug 18th, 2007, 10:01 PM	#227 (permalink)
kevkbuk MINI2 Senior Join Date: Sep 2006 Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 652 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by scone (original) Had a drive of my dealers Works this afternoon Does your car have the LSD and did the demo RE torque steer? What was the engine/exhaust sound like from inside the car compared to stock?

Aug 18th, 2007, 10:36 PM	#228 (permalink)
scone MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2004 Location: Winsford,Cheshire Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 166 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by kevkbuk (original) Does your car have the LSD and did the demo RE torque steer? What was the engine/exhaust sound like from inside the car compared to stock? My car does have a LSD ,but i don't know about the dealers car. It's louder when driven hard, but you would'nt notice any difference when driving normally. The demo car was averaging 31mpg which is the same as my car, which quite impressed me.

Aug 19th, 2007, 11:48 AM	#229 (permalink)
Japper MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Oil Country Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 1,070 Offline	I test drove the new demo yesterday before it has the kit fitted tomorrow. This is the first R56 i've driven with the LSD. It was a soaking wet morning, and all i can say is i was AMAZED at how well it put the power down. The LSD makes a good improvement, highly recommended. I will test drive this car again next Saturday over the same route with the JCW Kit and R109's fitted. This demo had the Flame spokes and was averaging 30mpg. I reset this and did a good mixture of very hard driving country, city stop start and a bit of dual carriageway and i got 31mpg. This was an 07 spec without the stop/start feature. So i'm hoping mine will be better still, although this is way better than the 22mpg i average at present. Oh and the ride quality of the R56 amazes me everytime i drive it. Also with it being wet yesterday i could reach it's cornering limits easier and it turns in better than mine but still drifts very controllably........very well balanced. The ASC+T was also very good and intervened very smoothly and did not annoy me once. Well, it helps to pass the next two weeks Oh and when i finally pick my car up, i drive it 15 miles and let Polished Bliss have it for the day to work their magic.........................another day without it 06 HB/W MCS Chilli

Aug 20th, 2007, 08:05 AM	#230 (permalink)
Japper MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Oil Country Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 1,070 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by scone (original) Had a drive of my dealers Works this afternoon and all in all was very impressed, it makes a lovely deep boom from the exhaust and it did feel faster than my standard S and would pull hard right up to the rev limiter. We followed a new shape Audi TT Quattro down a dual carriageway and on three different roundabouts the Mini would catch up pulling away from the roundabout, which is pretty impressive for a front wheel drive hatch on a damp road. Was really surprised as there was no torque steer as my S does seem to squirm around alot under hard acceleration, the only thing i can think of is that i know my dealer checked wheel allignment after they fitted the 18" wheels, maybe that's the answer to torque steer problems. Would a dealer check wheel allignment under warranty? Scone, how did the ride quality compare on the 18" rims ?. 06 HB/W MCS Chilli

Aug 20th, 2007, 12:49 PM	#231 (permalink)
ps_minics MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 49 Offline	Can you order this from the factory? Only reason i ask is I would love a JCW Stage 1 Cooper S for my next car, but that should be a company car. Which means i can only have it if its installed at the factory as an "option". Cheers

Aug 20th, 2007, 01:38 PM	#232 (permalink)
Japper MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Oil Country Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 1,070 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by ps_minics (original) Can you order this from the factory? Only reason i ask is I would love a JCW Stage 1 Cooper S for my next car, but that should be a company car. Which means i can only have it if its installed at the factory as an "option". Cheers Sorry, dealer fit only.......well at this stage anyway. 06 HB/W MCS Chilli

Aug 20th, 2007, 01:44 PM	#233 (permalink)
caesar MINI2 Master Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wales Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 860 Offline	Cooper S Works Kit Announced ! JCW have just announced this kit: - PistonHeads Headlines

Aug 20th, 2007, 01:47 PM	#234 (permalink)
popey Wanted an Audi My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Blackpool Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 1,788 Offline	Where have you been???

Aug 20th, 2007, 01:49 PM	#235 (permalink)
Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Big grey box Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 40,514 Offline	In February: http://www.mini2.com/2007/02/28/john...mini-cooper-s/ What they've done now is released the price of £1095 and confirmed it will be available from September. Trained Monkeys

Aug 20th, 2007, 02:43 PM	#236 (permalink)
Benny No.1 Boosted My Classifieds Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chelmsford, Essex Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 382 Offline	JCW Stage 1 official cost released by MINI UK... PistonHeads Headlines £1095 plus ftting. There you go, nothing more to say really! .: R56 Cooper S : Dyno'd 192bhp :. .: H&R Springs : JCW Discs : Forge BOV : Alta CAI :.

Aug 20th, 2007, 02:48 PM	#237 (permalink)
daro911 MINI2 Senior Join Date: May 2002 Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 497 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Benny No.1 (original) PistonHeads Headlines £1095 plus ftting. There you go, nothing more to say really! Apparently one can negotiate on this price I know Menzies will do it for £1185 and Eastern will do it for £1215. I used these to get my dealer to fit mine this week for £1185. I'm sure Woodmans will do a great deal too once it's officially released. All a bit far from you but you can use them as bargaining points with local dealers. List price is £1463 inc. fitting ( parts only retail is £1090 ) fitting time 4 hours ( recommended ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Too many freaks not enough circuses Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.

Aug 20th, 2007, 03:42 PM	#238 (permalink)
caesar MINI2 Master Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wales Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 860 Offline	Obviously I'm a little out of date......Paul's link was posted not long after I joined !! Thanks POPEY !

Aug 20th, 2007, 04:16 PM	#239 (permalink)
mister.t 5 days!! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nowhere exciting Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 6,328 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by PistonHeads.com (original) We’ll take one in white with a black roof, thanks Good taste Even sounds like value for money. Never thought Id relate Mini to VFM

Aug 21st, 2007, 08:44 AM	#240 (permalink)
CC07ERS TYPE R GT VTEC POWERED My Classifieds Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Type R GT Local Time: 02:40 AM Posts: 2,718 Offline	Its taking a while for this to come out , i wonder what the problem is ?

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