Hello all!
I'm from the US, names Travis. North Carolina in particular, if anyone's curious.
I'm actually looking at a two door mini cooper, 2015. My favorite color is the BRG, British Racing Green. I've got my fingers crossed that the numbers and all that jazz will align. Then I can call myself a proud owner!
I have a question for all you mini nuts, though.
I'm torn. I've never driven a manual transmission car before. I mean, I've test driven plenty, and I've driven friends cars numerous times; however, I've never owned a car and dealt with it from day to day. My question, is should I go for the automatic (that's got a better deal 1,500 more off and the color I want), or the manual transmission? F56 owners who have both, please weigh in on this! I would definitely appreciate the insight. For what its worth, I like the standard automatic transmission. I know that the sport automatic transmission will get me close to a manual, without a clutch. I drove both today, and I really enjoyed the placement of the power in the 'non-sport' transmission. The sportier one, I felt, wanted me to engage the car into the 'M/S' mode and start clicking away. I didn't, but I did totally love the responsiveness that came with throwing it into sport mode.
Should I revisit the dealer tomorrow and test drive the manual transmission? I know my way around a clutch, but I'm just not good with starting off of hills. That's my biggest problem. Couple that in with the dealer being in a very precarious location, and the potential stress of having people blow horns at me on my test drive I don't want to be scared out of purchasing the manual. I know there's a learning curve, and I'm willing to deal with it. So which should I go for?
Any insight would be helpful!
Thanks and I hope to become a part of the mini-verse soon!
-Travis
I'm from the US, names Travis. North Carolina in particular, if anyone's curious.
I'm actually looking at a two door mini cooper, 2015. My favorite color is the BRG, British Racing Green. I've got my fingers crossed that the numbers and all that jazz will align. Then I can call myself a proud owner!
I have a question for all you mini nuts, though.
I'm torn. I've never driven a manual transmission car before. I mean, I've test driven plenty, and I've driven friends cars numerous times; however, I've never owned a car and dealt with it from day to day. My question, is should I go for the automatic (that's got a better deal 1,500 more off and the color I want), or the manual transmission? F56 owners who have both, please weigh in on this! I would definitely appreciate the insight. For what its worth, I like the standard automatic transmission. I know that the sport automatic transmission will get me close to a manual, without a clutch. I drove both today, and I really enjoyed the placement of the power in the 'non-sport' transmission. The sportier one, I felt, wanted me to engage the car into the 'M/S' mode and start clicking away. I didn't, but I did totally love the responsiveness that came with throwing it into sport mode.
Should I revisit the dealer tomorrow and test drive the manual transmission? I know my way around a clutch, but I'm just not good with starting off of hills. That's my biggest problem. Couple that in with the dealer being in a very precarious location, and the potential stress of having people blow horns at me on my test drive I don't want to be scared out of purchasing the manual. I know there's a learning curve, and I'm willing to deal with it. So which should I go for?
Any insight would be helpful!
Thanks and I hope to become a part of the mini-verse soon!
-Travis