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GBMINI · Aug 8th, 2003, 01:02 PM

Nathan,
As was said before - neither MINI nor S has great acceleration in the low revs, which makes "first off the light" difficult. If that is your priority, I understand that the WRX/etc is the way to go.
Have you test driven a MINI? Make sure you do and see how it pulls from a stop. Make sure you won't be disappointed.

The MINI is about handling, styling, etc. Not about dragster performance. Remember even the MCS has "only" 160hp.

Aug 8th, 2003, 01:02 PM	#18
GBMINI MINI2 Master Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Gloucester, MA, USA Local Time: 10:12 AM Posts: 7,568 Offline	Nathan, As was said before - neither MINI nor S has great acceleration in the low revs, which makes "first off the light" difficult. If that is your priority, I understand that the WRX/etc is the way to go. Have you test driven a MINI? Make sure you do and see how it pulls from a stop. Make sure you won't be disappointed. The MINI is about handling, styling, etc. Not about dragster performance. Remember even the MCS has "only" 160hp. Ian C. Gloucester, MA, USA (UK expat) driving GPMINI and Convertible GBMINI#6