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The Start of a Mini Adventure...
- Thread starter GinandGasoline
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182cup & 172 racecar
Nice tidy car Garath
Golf R
Thanks Tony.. hope you and Mrs Tony are both well??
the chap did it a few weeks before deciding to sell it... agree though that it looks good with the updated splitter, though it's a bit of a nightmare when parking in spaces with kerbs in front of you!
Sold it yet?
Golf R
lol... nope it's only been 2 weeks!
Not for me mate.
Don't know what it is about new mini's they do nothing for me, although better than an s2k I think you could have found something better for whatever you paid.
All imo of course.
i couldn't find anything that really ticked that many boxes tbh... was all set for a Scirocco but the price put me off, plus as nice as it was, something just held me back from buying it. fancied an Edition 30 too but didn't dig the interior or the price again... i could have bought another Clio or even an R26 but been there and done that tbh and fancied a change.
on a run to Norwich I got 42mpg... on my commute to work i am getting a solid 38mpg... my 182 used to average about 34, the R27 would do 30 and the S2000 would do 28mpg.
even with some spirited driving at the weekend it's still low 30's
the torque steer is alot worse on the supercharged models, they seem to have corrected it a bit with the facelift and turbo setup
my best mate has had both, and tbh i prefered the supercharged one, nicer interior and went like a rocket, just took some keeping out the ditch... as he found out, torque steered through a wall at 70
needless to say he got it ripped out of him for like 6 months lolhutchie
Golf R
Englebert said:
the torque steer is alot worse on the supercharged models, they seem to have corrected it a bit with the facelift and turbo setup
my best mate has had both, and tbh i prefered the supercharged one, nicer interior and went like a rocket, just took some keeping out the ditch... as he found out, torque steered through a wall at 70
hutchie
mine on the 18's doesn't seem at all bad... not as bad as my old 182 Trophy but agree probably not quite as good as a 197, but nonetheless it feels planted... more so than the one i test drove on 17's did anyway
Golf R
bit of a thread bump... i've been driving past these fields for a few days and thought what a good photo scene they'd make so tonight i made use of the nice weather and stopped for a few quick pictures whilst the gate to the field was wide open
almost lost my splitter getting in and out of the field as i underestimated how deep the tractor ruts were though! :rasp:
otherwise bar the mirror caps nothing much has changed with the car, just an excuse to share some pictures i took really...
almost lost my splitter getting in and out of the field as i underestimated how deep the tractor ruts were though! :rasp:
otherwise bar the mirror caps nothing much has changed with the car, just an excuse to share some pictures i took really...
Golf R
it's quite raspy at times... i quite like it but it could do with being louder to hear the bangs and pops more! in the back of the car it sounds a little boomy.
not bad, but room for improvement is my judgement
