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Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD
Mini Cooper S DCT - Where have you been all my life? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Even as a MK7 Golf lover, the modded 6MT Golf R on Ohlins I drove to pick this up put me to sleep.
I don't even care that the Mini interior plastics are worse than Fiat 500 / Jeep Compass, the chassis literally puts a smile on my face every drive. On the summer tires, lift off oversteer and trail braking is so rewarding and playful.
While having aggressive turn in, it's still very very stable and neutral overall - I was taking the same onramps 20-30mph faster than in the S2k on RE71R.
DCT is so smooth I didn't think it was one - very responsive and lets me downshift to redline and rip launch control at every stoplight.
Told the new owner of the s2k to order bushings and shocks after I returned the Mini.
Could not be more excited to drive a car again, the Mini feels like a warm cup of 3rd wave siphon coffee - literally stuff that only the weirdest barista you know likes but slaps.
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Can't really comment on the Highland cause I haven't driven one, nor could I comment on the Escalade.
But the Mini.
We've had a F56 Mini for a few years. Maybe it's changed since we owned our 2016.
The interior is playful. The F56 never really bothered me with plastics as honestly it was a 30k out the door car back then. It was only slightly more expensive than a Civic or Corolla with much more polished features.
And no shit the Golf R is boring.
We liked the Mini despite all the warranty issues we had with it, but it never stood out to be that great. Our's was the 1.5t with DCT and I found the DCT a bit dumb and slow.
I did find the suspension tuning of the car to be neutral towards oversteer. Kind of crazy how they tuned it so they expect the car to be caught by the very active DSC and TC, even on the basic non-S version.