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fbirch · Apr 24th, 2008, 09:14 PM

I had an '04 MCS and now I have an '08 MCS, so I offer this perspective after having extensive wheel time in both cars. While there is some truth to the statements that the R53 had bit more "rawness" than the R56, the difference between them in this regard is very small. IMO, it would be splitting hairs to portray one as being a lot better or worse than the other on that basis. In terms of overall performance, there is a noticeabale improvement in the new car. With equal time spent dialing in the suspension of both cars, the R56 would be faster around most tracks. But having said this, the R53 was/is a great car, and there is no reason for us Mini brethren to go around bashing one anothers' cars.

Apr 24th, 2008, 09:14 PM	#71
fbirch MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Local Time: 11:27 AM Posts: 10 Offline	My opinion I had an '04 MCS and now I have an '08 MCS, so I offer this perspective after having extensive wheel time in both cars. While there is some truth to the statements that the R53 had bit more "rawness" than the R56, the difference between them in this regard is very small. IMO, it would be splitting hairs to portray one as being a lot better or worse than the other on that basis. In terms of overall performance, there is a noticeabale improvement in the new car. With equal time spent dialing in the suspension of both cars, the R56 would be faster around most tracks. But having said this, the R53 was/is a great car, and there is no reason for us Mini brethren to go around bashing one anothers' cars.