Mini Cooper S & Subi WRX

[dezignpro04]

Well I somewhat recently got my "S", and had not really raced or "tested" it yet. But the other day, Wednesday to be exact, got a chance to do a quick run.

On the way to work, a WRX (not STI), with carbon hood, lowered, rims & exhaust was playing with me on heading South on the Howard Franklin Bridge in St. Pete Florida. After playing cat & mouse, I decided to WOT since there was a considerably large break in traffic. Got it all the way to hitting V-Tec hard in 6th. He was probally 3-4 car lengths behind me. He nicely gave me a couple high beam's and exited the highway.

Then on the way home on the same bridge just heading North, a little mini Cooper TypeS blows by me. I was doing 75 so she must have been hitting 100 at least. Exhaust sounded nice, almost like the back rumble of a Mustang GT Exhaust. It was lowered with rims and really large "offroad" type fog lights on the grill. So I took off. Finally caught up around 125mph and slowed down. We were both going about 85 and she tried to drop gears and take off. I dropped into 4th and dont remember seeing the car. lol. Coopers aren't much of a challenge.. lol

Thought I would share. Car has some balls. That was my first real push of the car and can say that I am really impressed. My CAI was screaming, and in 6th gear hitting vtec sounds like a damn V8 with a blower. HA-HA. Good times. God I love my Stewie!!

[TheSoundMan21]

Dont mean to bust your bubble... but. The poor Subi tops out around 133mph so he didnt stand a chance on the highway, and the poor Mini S couldnt even dream with the 160hp they have. Fun pulls but the race would have been with the subi from a stand still.

[gomarlins3]

To be more specific, a Cooper S has 172 HP with the new turbo, the SC version had 168.

The Cooper is an AWESOME car, but like ours, is built to turn more than run flat out. Mrs. GM3 would LOVE to have one and I would as well for that matter.

[sonic]

Awsome story. Sounds like a good time even if it was'nt a real challenge.

[TheSoundMan21]

Originally Posted by gomarlins3

To be more specific, a Cooper S has 172 HP with the new turbo, the SC version had 168.

The Cooper is an AWESOME car, but like ours, is built to turn more than run flat out. Mrs. GM3 would LOVE to have one and I would as well for that matter.

I had a Mini S before the S2000. Awesome car really and I would buy it back again in a heartbeat. I just wanted the rwd back.

[dezignpro04]

Originally Posted by sonic

Awsome story. Sounds like a good time even if it was'nt a real challenge.

Exactly. I knew it wasn't going to be a challenge, but like I said I haven't had the chance to run the S2000. It was more for me. And I was impressed..

[dezignpro04]

Originally Posted by TheSoundMan21

Dont mean to bust your bubble... but. The poor Subi tops out around 133mph so he didnt stand a chance on the highway, and the poor Mini S couldnt even dream with the 160hp they have. Fun pulls but the race would have been with the subi from a stand still.

So no worries SM. No bubble bursted since I didn't have one blown.. lol

[TheSoundMan21]

Originally Posted by dezignpro04

So no worries SM. No bubble bursted since I didn't have one blown.. lol

nice man. still fun though I have to admit.