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ViscountCharles · Apr 26th, 2008, 07:04 AM

I'm surprised that you lose out at the lights - mine was blisteringly quick to *30* - only genuinely fast cars like Porsches and Caterhams could do it faster. By *40*, however, those Saxos were screaming past - but then, on most urban journeys getting to 30 was more important to me than getting to 40. That was something I *really* noticed when I got my R52MCS - it was so slow off the line initially - much slower than my Cooper 35. Though it would pull and pull, and would hit 70 MUCH faster (which is great for joining dual carriageways and motorways).

Time-wise, my Cooper 35 was hitting 60 in 9 seconds, so was only two seconds slower than the MCS - though it felt faster because my bum was closer to the ground

The other big difference is that I've never had to push-start my MINI - and no matter what engine/gearbox setup you had in an old Mini, if it blew an alternator as regularly as mine, you got to do a lot of push-starting.

Apr 26th, 2008, 07:04 AM	#78
ViscountCharles Waiting for Works Clubman Join Date: Feb 2008 Local Time: 11:08 PM Posts: 141 Offline	I'm surprised that you lose out at the lights - mine was blisteringly quick to 30 - only genuinely fast cars like Porsches and Caterhams could do it faster. By 40, however, those Saxos were screaming past - but then, on most urban journeys getting to 30 was more important to me than getting to 40. That was something I really noticed when I got my R52MCS - it was so slow off the line initially - much slower than my Cooper 35. Though it would pull and pull, and would hit 70 MUCH faster (which is great for joining dual carriageways and motorways). Time-wise, my Cooper 35 was hitting 60 in 9 seconds, so was only two seconds slower than the MCS - though it felt faster because my bum was closer to the ground The other big difference is that I've never had to push-start my MINI - and no matter what engine/gearbox setup you had in an old Mini, if it blew an alternator as regularly as mine, you got to do a lot of push-starting.