I said my wife hates the ride. So "we" go mostly place in her Focus ST.
I am changing from 18" to 17" wheels and eventually Koni yellows. Yup it's lowered with Swifts.
Knoni fsd's, 16 rims, and regular tires....still will keep 90% of the performance, but your ride will be just "firm" without being punishing...I kinda liked it...made longer drives with seams on the highway less annoying.
Then again...if you are lowered...no fsd for you!! And it seams like 50% of MINI's are still on OEM struts...hidden parts, so folks hate to spend $$ on them.....
the fog lights were an option still when i bought mine, so i only got the front ones, as i thought, and still think, that rear fog lights are useless. so the salute once in awhile for sure...
Driving long distances on Texas Interstates. Long, straight, boring and marginally maintained stretches of roadway full of idiots and 18-wheelers.
Yeah, the speed limits are 75, but it is not a good 75. My MINI isn't geared to do 75 for four hours. I end up getting the gas milage of much bigger car.
Then there are the trucks. I won't drive I-45 or I-35 at night, because I want to be able to see the biggass truck tire carcasses in the middle of my lane in time to go around them.
From Dallas to Austin/San Antonio, I take the longer two-lane country roads. It takes longer, but the scenery is a lot nicer, there are some curves to break the monotony, and I encounter a whole lot less debris on the roads. There is also some darn good BBQ along the way. Dallas to Houston doesn't offer as many good side-road options.
So, as much as I love driving my MINI, I tend to rent a car when I need to take to the Interstates. That is usually for business, so I can bill the rental to my customers.
i find i get great gas mileage when i set the cruise control to 80 on long trips. when i first got the car, i went from Denver to Billings on one tank of gas, about 550 miles one way
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