3rd Gen F56 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: My thoughts on the F56

Someone got bent feathers over this...

If I took everyone serious about my R56 being uglier than the R53 over here I'd have moved over to the Toyota Camry forum and talk about cup holder designs, and which hanging air freshener (green pine tree or spongebob squarepants) smells better... Cripes...

PS... it's not uglier....

 

I wave at all MINI's and Mini's. I talk to the drives and their passengers. Some MINI's just aren't my cup-of-tea.

I also talk to a lot of people about their cars that I wouldn't buy or may not care for the look of. It's because they have a passion for cars!

I'll even talk to someone that souped up a Chevette. :confused5:

 

Harleys don't suck. It's the majority of people that buy Harleys that suck!

 

Doesn't matter. Someone said you did, and it's on the Internet.

 

Isn't that because they have the noises programmed into the radio? So all the castrated husbands can "make believe RACECAR," when the misses hands over the keys to run out for the milk and eggs on the weekend mornings?

 

That says nothing about turbo noise... It touches on something coming from the rear of the car. Something called "throatier sound"...... It does also mention that it only works during sport mode. I will say that when I drove this F56 that it did sound throaty from the rear. I thought the exhaust got a lil louder under acceleration whilst in sport mode. But nothing regarding turbo sound.
'walks back, picks up mic and sings the Gilligans Island theme song'

 

Becareful, you'll get banned.:devil:

 

Nah, Dave would have simply said: "It's a piece of SH#T."

Within 12 or so months, we'll find out whether it's just the MINI enthusiasts who are reacting so negatively to the F56, or whether it's the public that also thinks so. The model cycle is now at a point where just-being-a-new-car won't prop up sales: the real success of the model will now be measured. Third quarter sales are off 5% year-over-year, which doesn't look promising.

 

You don't like, we get that and a lot of people don't. It appears though that quite a bunch do like it and MINI will survive with or without the early enthusiasts. It's a business, it's not a club or a family or a beauty contest...it's a business and right now it looks successful to those charged with running it and producing results for the shareholders. They don't give a rats ass whether it's liked or not....it's a business.

 

This is so true.

 

The digital oil level check is actually quite nice to use - but I do wish they left the physical dipstick as a failsafe.

 

After my Focus experience, I'd be hard pressed to buy another new Ford.

The Danger hasn't proven much better in terms of reliability, although at least that truck has an excuse - it's 13 years old and has 137k miles.

 

I'm guessing folks won't use the electronic oil nanny any more than they used a dipstick. You know what, you are starting to sound like a MINI salesman. :wink:

 

Hang in there Zillion, I'm with ya bro and you are defending the F56 well. These R53 folks will will never change. Well, at some point they will have to, because rust conquers all at some point.

 

If you do some searching on the N20 BMW engine you will find some interesting info on how much potential there is with those stock parts.

Back on topic F56 love.....

 

Now that's just MEAN.

<takes ball and goes home>