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Talk British to me: All things MINI
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:36 am
by max225
Irish wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:57 pm
Gonna monitor Max's satisfaction with his, but I may go Mini instead of
next year for a company vehicle
If I do a wrap I will likely go a little more colorful than the Mini that's pictured
So far so good, but only about 500 miles in.... the only thing you’d give up with the mini is rear seat/trunk space, it’s better than a gti in every other way imo. R gets more
Tricky, as minis don’t come with awd.
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:41 am
by CaleDeRoo
I think the JCW Clubman has available awd
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:42 am
by max225
CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:41 am
I think the JCW Clubman has available awd
Yes it does
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 2:54 pm
by Irish
CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:41 am
I think the JCW Clubman has available awd
This has to make it comparable to the
no?
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/britis ... has-302bhp
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:03 pm
by max225
Full disclosure I haven't driven one, but the last gen with 228hp was deemed a lot softer and heavier than the pure minis.
This chassis is surprisingly heavy, even the tiny 2 door is 2850 lbs, which is how much a much larger golf weighs, and an enormously larger civic weighs.
Countryman JCW is a whopping 3700lbs, which is bound to make it way slower, and WAY less fun to drive.
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:05 pm
by Irish
It looks like you can order
All 4 on the S for 2020 too...
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:13 pm
by max225
189hp and 3600lbs ?
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:26 pm
by Irish
max225 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:13 pm
189hp and 3600lbs ?
The hp numbers on the Mini site do not line up with what the articles say should be available......
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:37 pm
by max225
Irish wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:26 pm
max225 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:13 pm
189hp and 3600lbs ?
The hp numbers on the Mini site do not line up with what the articles say should be available......
Mini still shows 2019, the 2020 isn’t “out” yet
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:40 pm
by Irish
https://jalopnik.com/new-306-hp-mini-cl ... 1834767697
On paper it seems that the 306 hp Clubman JCW with has comparable 0-60 times to the R
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:44 pm
by Apex
All4 has been available on S models since the R60...
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 4:06 pm
by CaleDeRoo
I think all we know is 0-60 #s and the mini is like .1s behind. It should just be a "cooler" GoRf basically.
I think it's cooler because dat Mini swag
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:32 pm
by Swedish Chef
max225 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:13 pm
189hp and 3600lbs ?
Had no idea they were that heavy.
I like the Clubman, especially the R55, but isn’t the Mini-ness essentially gone with a Countryman?
Always been a bit
about them.
Ordered a vent pod and boost tap this week as I’m going Fast and Furious. Turns out most boost gauges here are 52mm (2-1/16”) and my pod is for a 60mm gauge.
Autometer doesn’t even make 60mm ones.
Any recommendations?
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:21 am
by CaleDeRoo
Yeah or nay on ND
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:53 am
by max225
CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:21 am
Yeah or nay on ND
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That doesn’t look bad. My wheels have really thick spokes, they are like thickest spokes short of a monoblock. This is a nice change
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:54 am
by max225
Swedish Chef wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:32 pm
max225 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:13 pm
189hp and 3600lbs ?
Had no idea they were that heavy.
I like the Clubman, especially the R55, but isn’t the Mini-ness essentially gone with a Countryman?
Always been a bit
about them.
Ordered a vent pod and boost tap this week as I’m going Fast and Furious. Turns out most boost gauges here are 52mm (2-1/16”) and my pod is for a 60mm gauge.
Autometer doesn’t even make 60mm ones.
Any recommendations?
do you care about boost gayge ?
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:58 am
by max225
Re: Talk British to me: All things MINI
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:07 am
by CaleDeRoo
max225 wrote:CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:21 am
Yeah or nay on ND
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That doesn’t look bad. My wheels have really thick spokes, they are like thickest spokes short of a monoblock. This is a nice change
I think chunky wheels suit your car's beefed up styling though. For example the more I look at these thin spokes wheels on your car the more I'm not sure about them.
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:16 am
by Swedish Chef
max225 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:54 am
Swedish Chef wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:32 pm
Had no idea they were that heavy.
I like the Clubman, especially the R55, but isn’t the Mini-ness essentially gone with a Countryman?
Always been a bit
about them.
Ordered a vent pod and boost tap this week as I’m going Fast and Furious. Turns out most boost gauges here are 52mm (2-1/16”) and my pod is for a 60mm gauge.
Autometer doesn’t even make 60mm ones.
Any recommendations?
do you care about boost gayge ?
Simply as a way of making sure the fragile N18 isn’t about to blow up.
Ideally I should get something to monitor oil pressure too.
Just got a used JB+ in the mail too for extra
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:24 am
by max225
CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:07 am
max225 wrote:
That doesn’t look bad. My wheels have really thick spokes, they are like thickest spokes short of a monoblock. This is a nice change
I think chunky wheels suit your car's beefed up styling though. For example the more I look at these thin spokes wheels on your car the more I'm not sure about them.
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Whoa that’s literally my car... those are a bit too thin
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 12:42 pm
by Swedish Chef
I did some research on the one Max posted and seems to be your typical eBay poop that will act up after a few months.
HKS/Apexi have 60mm gauges but the backlight color is blue compared to the car’s red/amber.
I’ll just return the vent pod and buy a 52mm one together with a quality Autometer/VDO/whatever gauge.
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:04 pm
by CorvetteWaxer
I loved my p3 gauges in my GTI and Golf R.
They work and are unobtrusive.
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:13 pm
by Swedish Chef
CorvetteWaxer wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:04 pm
I loved my p3 gauges in my GTI and Golf R.
They work and are unobtrusive.
Do they show vacuum too or boost only?
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:17 pm
by CaleDeRoo
Swedish Chef wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:13 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:04 pm
I loved my p3 gauges in my GTI and Golf R.
They work and are unobtrusive.
Do they show vacuum too or boost only?
Looks like anything OBD2 can read. I may be wrong though.
http://www.p3cars.com/mini/mini-r53-p3- ... tli-gauge/
"Boost and vacuum via OBDII"
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:04 pm
by Johnny_P
Boost gauges are fun.
