Hey all, just thought I would share a recent experience I had with a mini cooper s.
Driving home one evening I saw a mini cooper ahead and as I came close he must have seen the performance blue because he thought he would drop a cog and leave me. But he must have been suprised that I was keeping up with him! Every now and then he was flooring it and i was definitly keeping up with him. I'm not gonna put false hope in beating those cooper S's, because its not gonna happen, but keeping up is enough.
When he realised that he couldnt beat me on the straights, he decided to go slow towards a nice long bend, and then floored it, but again I kept my foot to the board, and got rather worried at the speeds we were getting to around the bend (being an ex Astra owner, going round bends fast was not common) but the ST kept the line and still kept up with him.
This car has definitly got a lot faster after doing 1000 miles. I just love passing those smug BMW 320 drivers!!
So I cant wait for another one to try it on!!