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Old Jan 13th, 2008, 09:11 PM   #4
Martin L
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Quote: Originally Posted by peterg1965 (original)
Hello all,

I have just ordered a new Mini Cooper. Wife insisted on auto as she is used to driving autos, the Mini will compliment our New Mercedes GL320CDI which arrives in March along with the Cooper.

Are there any other latest generation Mini Cooper Auto owners on here? I would be interested to know what they think of it. I never drove one as the dealer didnt have one!

What do you want to know???
It's an auto and a reasonable one at that. Not great not bad.
Takes quite a bit of the fun out of a MINI. You do really need to adapt your drving style to it.
Worst thing about it, but then again literally all autos do this, is when coming to a corner you lift off to get the entry speed correct. Silly things always assume you're not accelerating any more and changes up
To counter this I usually drop a gear using the paddles, as it gives me back control through the corners.
Auto linked to an MCS is far better...

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