Most liked posts in thread: A little about Motoring Alliance (Updated 11/07/2018)

:cornut: Welcome y'all, Welcome aboard!!!!!!!!!!! At the tender age of 59yo, I'm the youngster around here.:lol:

Jason

 

jcurtis welcome to M/A

 

What a great welcome! You guys are wonderful.
I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times but aside from saving $$ are there other advantages in getting a "justa" versus "S"? I recently test drove a 2011 base (not an "S") manual hardtop and it seemed frisky enough in Sports mode. Does the "S" have better low-end torque? Anything else significant to warrant the additional cost of an "S"?

 

I guess it comes down to "justa" for mpg and "S" for low end torque. The "S" is faster on a straight road, no question there, but a justa can hold its own with them in the twisties. Now I'm going to get blasted here, but that is the way I see it.

Jim

 

Justa (base) or "S" mini?

Thanks for the insight re: power of "S" versus base.

Aside from less power, is the Justa (base model) a less punishing ride? I suspect w/o the sports suspension that's standard on the "S" and using regular versus run flat tires, the ride would be a bit easier on the bones, but is it a marked improvement? I'm not looking for Cadillac comfort but I don't want to loose too many vertebrae driving around town either. Unfortunately dealer test drives are too short for me to really tell a difference.

 

Mini keeps us young

Love that I'm not the only altacocker around here. I'm convinced that a Mini Cooper keeps one young!!

 

I did some suspension work to my justa, something like adding sport suspension and I do not find the ride bad at all. Car is very planted to the road without rattling your teeth.

Jim

 

Welcome jcurtiss! You can't go wrong with either!

 

Is "Justa" a slightly less punishing

Thanks Jim!
BTW, I love the helicopter photo. Is that your second set of wheels, er "wings"? :wink:

 

She was once, way back in 1970. My seat use to be where I'm sitting, but it looked like this back then.

Jim

 

Thanks, Nathan. Looking forward to checking out the site.

 

Welcome to the Alliance, may the force be with you.

Jim

 

Kathleen, welcome to the addiction. Did we meet yesterday in the Short North?

 

Hi Kathleen...

Hope you can make the next dount munch.... :donut1:

 

HI Kathleen and welcome to m/a

 

Welcome aboard.

Jim

 

Welcome to the group.

Jim

 

By far the best forums/community I have joined!

 

Jim

 

welcome to m/a