New from SoCal
New from SoCal
Hello everyone!
I just recently purchased my first manual car...and I can't see myself going back to a slush box haha!
It's a 6 speed Mini Cooper Coupe S. When I first purchased it I didn't even test drive it.
I know how embarassing . Drove the automatic but knew the manual had to be way better.
Still learning all the tricks and tips, I'm past the stalling stage, and still somewhat in the "paranoid about burning the clutch" phase.
Upshifts are pretty butter smooth, but I think I use too much clutch to create that effect? SC rev-match downshift are ok...have issues with the blip accuracy.
Sometimes its perfect, other times its jerky...might be releasing clutch too fast. IDK, but I'm loving manual.
I'm 22 and thought to myself, "Self, how sad would it be to never learn how to drive a manual transmission car!?" ....Something had to change hahaha
I have put 12,000 miles today and I got the car April 30th, 2012.
I'll try and post a picture of the car....keeps saying "Sorry, the board attchment quota has been reached." ??
I just recently purchased my first manual car...and I can't see myself going back to a slush box haha!
It's a 6 speed Mini Cooper Coupe S. When I first purchased it I didn't even test drive it.
I know how embarassing . Drove the automatic but knew the manual had to be way better.
Still learning all the tricks and tips, I'm past the stalling stage, and still somewhat in the "paranoid about burning the clutch" phase.
Upshifts are pretty butter smooth, but I think I use too much clutch to create that effect? SC rev-match downshift are ok...have issues with the blip accuracy.
Sometimes its perfect, other times its jerky...might be releasing clutch too fast. IDK, but I'm loving manual.
I'm 22 and thought to myself, "Self, how sad would it be to never learn how to drive a manual transmission car!?" ....Something had to change hahaha
I have put 12,000 miles today and I got the car April 30th, 2012.
I'll try and post a picture of the car....keeps saying "Sorry, the board attchment quota has been reached." ??
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Re: New from SoCal
Welcome. It sounds like you're doing just fine.
Attaching photos to posts doesn't work well on most forums. It's better to upload them to a site like http://picturehoster.info/ or http://photobucket.com and embed them here using the provided IMG codes instead.
Attaching photos to posts doesn't work well on most forums. It's better to upload them to a site like http://picturehoster.info/ or http://photobucket.com and embed them here using the provided IMG codes instead.
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watkins wrote:Humans have rear-biased AWD. Cows have 4WD
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Re: New from SoCal
bienvenido al foro
pics or permaban
pics or permaban
ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
Re: New from SoCal
Welcome to the forum....so you've driven the car 12,000 miles in less than 5 months? Wow....that's a lot of driving.
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I totally forgot about photobucket...haven't used that in a very long time.
Will post some pictures up when I'm by a computer. I'm not too sure it's
doable over an iphone.
Will post some pictures up when I'm by a computer. I'm not too sure it's
doable over an iphone.
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You can send it as a MMS to an email address to get it into photobucket directly from your phone:
http://support.photobucket.com/entries/ ... ms-message
I now have a smartphone for which I'm sure there's a Photobucket upload app, but emailing it works fine for me.
http://support.photobucket.com/entries/ ... ms-message
I now have a smartphone for which I'm sure there's a Photobucket upload app, but emailing it works fine for me.
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watkins wrote:Humans have rear-biased AWD. Cows have 4WD
Re: New from SoCal
Welcome! The Mini's are supposedly fun to drive. The only one I've driven was being turned in during a bankruptcy and had several things wrong with it (not to mention is was an auto.. who buys an auto Mini??).
Keep throwing questions out there if you have any.
Keep throwing questions out there if you have any.
'15 Mazda 3 iSport Hatch 6MT
'11 Ford Fiesta Hatchback SE 5MT
'14 Giant Escape City 24MT
'97 Honda Civic EX 4AT - Retired @ 184,001 mi
For Pony!
'11 Ford Fiesta Hatchback SE 5MT
'14 Giant Escape City 24MT
'97 Honda Civic EX 4AT - Retired @ 184,001 mi
For Pony!
Re: New from SoCal
Yes I have! My commute to work one way is roughly 45 miles...so close to 100 miles a day round tripShadow wrote:Welcome to the forum....so you've driven the car 12,000 miles in less than 5 months? Wow....that's a lot of driving.
It wouldn't be so bad if traffic wasn't always present.
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Ahhh yes, the auto transmissions on these cars are very weird. It's like they program them to forcefully shift into gears.Squint wrote:Welcome! The Mini's are supposedly fun to drive. The only one I've driven was being turned in during a bankruptcy and had several things wrong with it (not to mention is was an auto.. who buys an auto Mini??).
Keep throwing questions out there if you have any.
The car is very fun when there is no traffic around and when it's on a twisty road...torque steer is crazy at times.
Re: New from SoCal
Okay, hopefully this work.
Haven't really take detailed pictures of it, having too much fun driving
Haven't really take detailed pictures of it, having too much fun driving
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Greetings, also from SoCal!
My old roommate has a Cooper S - hell of a fun car to drive! Great transmission in those things.
My old roommate has a Cooper S - hell of a fun car to drive! Great transmission in those things.
Re: New from SoCal
Sorry for the delay folks...says I have to wait for a moderator to approve posts before they show up in the thread.
It's a bit confusing. I reply back but then it appears out of order on the thread.
theholycow, the email to photobucket works like a charm, thanks for the tip.
It's a bit confusing. I reply back but then it appears out of order on the thread.
theholycow, the email to photobucket works like a charm, thanks for the tip.
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Re: New from SoCal
Welcome! I'm the resident Miata nut, nice Cooper coupe!
If you had a JCW you could have a Cooper Cooper works Coupe
If you had a JCW you could have a Cooper Cooper works Coupe
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Haha yea that's a mouth full....almost got one but94Corolla5Speed wrote:Welcome! I'm the resident Miata nut, nice Cooper coupe!
If you had a JCW you could have a Cooper Cooper works Coupe
it still had the older engine, so I just opted for the S
which has the newer one....then just tune it and be faster
than the JCW