I went with the SS+ on my Cooper for several reasons... and not that I'm an aggresive driver, I'm not. I wanted the stiffer feel of road contact. The wife has an '02 Cooper with the earlier stiffer shocks... I wanted a similar feel in my Cooper. Hence I opted for the SS+ and have not been disappointed. We recently returned from a driving vacation... 4000+ miles in the MINI... over smooth and rough, paved and dirt roads. We loved it.

Hers: '02 LY/white, CVT ...

... His: '04 BRG/white
In order to possess what you do not possess
You must go by the way of dispossession.
In order to arrive at what you are not
You must go through the way in which you are not. (T.S. Eliot, East Coker III)