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Ferroequine · Nov 9th, 2005, 05:57 PM

Haven't seen this posted here yet. Motor Trend had a road test with a 2005 MCSa.

http://motortrend.com/roadtests/coup...08_minicooper/

I got the impression from the article that they appear to think that the MCSa is a bit of a pig. Their 0-60 times seem to be a bit off though...

Ebrian_x2 · Nov 9th, 2005, 08:52 PM

Is it true less than 10% of cars sold in Canada and US are
manuals???Wow that number seems low.

YQTYYZ · Nov 10th, 2005, 02:48 AM

This was from either the August or September issue. I subscribed to it and got that particular issue right before my MCSa was delivered to me.

slowride11 · Nov 15th, 2005, 09:48 AM

Doesn't surprise me at all.. its one reason acura's are priced the same as automatics and some automakers charge for manuals. And have you seen a new SUV or a truck with a Manual? not likely.

slowride11 · Nov 15th, 2005, 09:51 AM

I think the reason that the MCSa is slower in the tests is that one you can't dump the clutch, and the shifts are slightly delayed. They probably rev it to the max then shift. You probably can get a better time if you shift right before the car hits max so the delay will match the max rev.

Nov 9th, 2005, 05:57 PM	#1
Ferroequine Formerly known as MiniVee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Calgary Local Time: 12:04 PM Posts: 1,320 Offline	Motor Trend article on the 2005 MCSa Haven't seen this posted here yet. Motor Trend had a road test with a 2005 MCSa. http://motortrend.com/roadtests/coup...08_minicooper/ I got the impression from the article that they appear to think that the MCSa is a bit of a pig. Their 0-60 times seem to be a bit off though...

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Nov 9th, 2005, 08:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ebrian_x2 Mmmmm....MINI Join Date: May 2005 Local Time: 02:04 PM Posts: 718 Offline	Is it true less than 10% of cars sold in Canada and US are manuals???Wow that number seems low.

Nov 10th, 2005, 02:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
YQTYYZ MINI2 Regular Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Local Time: 03:04 PM Posts: 195 Offline	This was from either the August or September issue. I subscribed to it and got that particular issue right before my MCSa was delivered to me.

Nov 15th, 2005, 09:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
slowride11 "Heather Gray" Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: So Cal Local Time: 11:04 AM Posts: 18 Offline	Doesn't surprise me at all.. its one reason acura's are priced the same as automatics and some automakers charge for manuals. And have you seen a new SUV or a truck with a Manual? not likely.

Nov 15th, 2005, 09:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
slowride11 "Heather Gray" Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: So Cal Local Time: 11:04 AM Posts: 18 Offline	I think the reason that the MCSa is slower in the tests is that one you can't dump the clutch, and the shifts are slightly delayed. They probably rev it to the max then shift. You probably can get a better time if you shift right before the car hits max so the delay will match the max rev.

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