So we have a fair few members of this forum now, and I wonder whether we may have attracted the attention of those zany cats in Berlin who designed our beloved motorcars. So what better platform for us to make our suggestions!
It goes without saying that none of us spend as much money as we have done on our new MINIs if these niggles were overwhelming, and we clearly all adore our cars, but that's not to say they can't be improved.
For me, I really don't like having nowhere to put my keys. So I leave my house, lock the door, so my keys are in my hand, and I press the unlock button for my car, climb in, and have to spill my keys into the cup holder where they rattle around every bend. I usually put them in my pocket, but I've been known to pop the boot by putting too much pressure on the key fob - annoying. I preferred the little cut out in the dash which my Clubman had.
The throttle pickup in sport is a bit choppy from nothing to light throttle. I sometimes put it in sport mode if I want to make a lot of noise on my way home from work, and sometimes hit traffic. From a standstill, I can't seem to get a gentle pick up when I just squeeze the throttle slightly - there's always a bit of a jerk as I set off. I'm sure it's not just me, and I know sport mode is just that, but has anyone else noticed it?
I think that's about it - I love pretty much everything about my Cooper S!
It goes without saying that none of us spend as much money as we have done on our new MINIs if these niggles were overwhelming, and we clearly all adore our cars, but that's not to say they can't be improved.
For me, I really don't like having nowhere to put my keys. So I leave my house, lock the door, so my keys are in my hand, and I press the unlock button for my car, climb in, and have to spill my keys into the cup holder where they rattle around every bend. I usually put them in my pocket, but I've been known to pop the boot by putting too much pressure on the key fob - annoying. I preferred the little cut out in the dash which my Clubman had.
The throttle pickup in sport is a bit choppy from nothing to light throttle. I sometimes put it in sport mode if I want to make a lot of noise on my way home from work, and sometimes hit traffic. From a standstill, I can't seem to get a gentle pick up when I just squeeze the throttle slightly - there's always a bit of a jerk as I set off. I'm sure it's not just me, and I know sport mode is just that, but has anyone else noticed it?
I think that's about it - I love pretty much everything about my Cooper S!