[MiniCooper]

The title ses it all, does the Cooper S (new 1) whine as much as motoring journalists say it does, ive never been in a moving Cooper S and when 1 drives past, i only here tire noise, or the exhaust, Cooper S owners, enlighten me

[MiniMan7]

Oh it whines alright!

But don't get me wrong, it doesn't whine to the point where the windows all shatter and your ear-drums start to bleed, its more of a powerful whine that makes you a proud driver of the MCS. You'll love it!

Its the reason all MCS owners have a grin on their face when they're driving.

Adam

It has a pleasant wine that is barely noticable until you pick up the throttle, then, when mixed w/ the exhaust noise, it just sounds powerful (albeit not overly loud)

-Andrew

[MiniCooper]

interesting, ive read reports that its, and i quote this, "like a NORMAL car reversing", well, at least they got 1 bit right, the Mini is no ordinary car, its special, and round here, Cooper S' are still quite rare

[MiniCooper]

I cant get a test drive, Ive never heard of them loaning cars out 2 14 year olds :P

[MiniMan7]

14 year old!!?!

[MiniCooper]

Yip, Im 14, only 3 years to wait until i get the £8k insurance quote for a Cooper S, i cant wait, oh, and btw, i want a Mini One D n e way, to keep costs low

[MiniMan7]

Start saving now.

[MiniCooper]

lol

[MiniMan7]

My dad used to let me drive around the block when I was 14.

[CurtP]

Quote:

Originally posted by Max
...and the snick snick snick snick of that suberb 6 gear Getrag (2nd only in the world to the Honda S2000 IMO).

For some reason I found this comment interesting. I think the shifter in my MCS is accurate, but not that great and always figured it was because it was a cable shifter. The Borg Warner T56 six speed transmission in my other car is a rail shifter (no linkage, shifter sits on top of the tranny and directly shift the internal rail) has a much more direct feel and with the Pro5.0 shifter has a definate short, "snick snick snick" feel to it. I only wish I could duplicate that feel in my MINI

As a side note, Borg Warner sold their transmission group to Tremec in '97. The T56 six speeds in 1998+ vehicles are Tremecs (basically the same tranny, but it did have a couple of minor changes). FWIW, there were far more problems with the Tremec T56 transmissions than there was back when BW owned them (the T56 is most commonly used in GM F-bodies (Camaro Z28, Formula, TransAM), Y-bodies (Corvette) and in the Dodge Viper).


I hardly ever hear my supercharger whine either