mini-coopers

[cain]

so is it a stick or automatic? or both?

 

[frankgomez75]

both

 

[StageLeft]

Yesterday saw one with the plate INIW. Clever

 

[cain]

Originally posted by: frankgomez75
both

how can i be both? i hear it doesn't have a clutch

 

[David Brent]

yes it has both. there is a stick shift and an automatic shifter. they get tangled together sometimes. watch out for that

 

[jemcam]

Originally posted by: cain

Originally posted by: frankgomez75
both

how can i be both? i hear it doesn't have a clutch

He's saying they are available with either depending on which options are selected. OTOH, oh, nevermind.

 

[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: David Brent
yes it has both. there is a stick shift and an automatic shifter. they get tangled together sometimes. watch out for that

:laugh:

 

[BobDaMenkey]

The base Mini is coming with what BMW calls a steptronic gear box(fairly certain it's an option, not the standard). You don't have a clutch, but you can manually select the gears. The Mini-Cooper S only comes in a true blue stick shift.

 

[Nozirev]

You can get a Mini with a manual or automatic transmission.

I believe you have the choice of a 5-Speed Manual and a CVT Automatic.

Looked at the mini website.

With the Cooper S you can get either a 6 speed manual - with a clutch, or a 6 speed Automatic with steptronic.

 

[Fritzo]

They also have a CVT, which is a transmission with no gears. Pretty cool technology.

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: BobDaMenkey
The base Mini is coming with what BMW calls a steptronic gear box(fairly certain it's an option, not the standard). You don't have a clutch, but you can manually select the gears. The Mini-Cooper S only comes in a true blue stick shift.

That sounds like a cool system. Kinda like the paddle shifters or the funky shifter you find in WRC cars. Too bad it comes in such and ugly package (the mini itself).

-spike

 

[irwincur]

The only people I ever see driving mini Coopers are...

Fat women and middle age men who have finally come out of the closet - after starting a family.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: irwincur
The only people I ever see driving mini Coopers are...

Fat women and middle age men who have finally come out of the closet - after starting a family.

why? all the men you know drive minis?

 

[PingSpike]

The mini is the only car that I might end up buying on emotional impulse. I have no idea why either. I just find something novel about small cars.

 

[MasterAndCommander]

I heard that they were pedal-powered.

 

[David Brent]

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
I heard that they were pedal-powered.

power assisted pedal powered. ooh la-la!

 

[chris7b]

As far as i know ....cooper S only comes in 6 speed. Base can be had in 5 speed or slushbox.

 

[irwincur]

why? all the men you know drive minis?

No but my girlfriend works with a bunch of fat women and married gay men. The lot is like a damn mini convention.

Pretty sad if you ask me.