Well I've always liked these little cars, but it wasn't until I actually drove one that I realized that I have to own one. The first time I drove one of these was at the official Mini Cooper dealer. There I test-drove a Mini Cooper S 6-speed manual, the handling was spectacular! I took a turn at 60 mph, this was no wide turn, and the car did not tilt what so ever. I always heard from people and from the Mini commercials that they were great handling cars, and let me tell you something, they were right. While this car is extremely fun to drive, I would only recommend it to people who are not going to be taking a lot of people in the car (they will not fit or they will be extremely uncomfortable).
The Mini Cooper S has an in line-4 fed by a turbocharger that gives this engine 174 horsepower. That might not sound like much but, trust me it's enough because this car is extremely light. But if
you still don't think I'm telling the truth go drive one yourself. If after that 174hp is not enough then drive the Mini Cooper S with the John Cooper Works kit which is also known as JCW. The Cooper Works kit is best performing Mini Cooper out of the factory. This kit includes things such as a bigger turbocharger, sport-tuned suspension, performance brakes, and also a performance intake system. This JCW kit will cost you an extra $6,000 on top of the price of the Cooper S. Thankfully I also got the opportunity to drive one of these, and wow was I speechless. This time I went into a used car dealership where I saw a Mini Cooper. At first I thought it was the Cooper S. It wasn't until I looked around the car and saw the JCW logo on the way better-looking exhaust. It was then that I told myself that I had to drive it. Somehow I convinced the seller to let me test-drive it.
you still don't think I'm telling the truth go drive one yourself. If after that 174hp is not enough then drive the Mini Cooper S with the John Cooper Works kit which is also known as JCW. The Cooper Works kit is best performing Mini Cooper out of the factory. This kit includes things such as a bigger turbocharger, sport-tuned suspension, performance brakes, and also a performance intake system. This JCW kit will cost you an extra $6,000 on top of the price of the Cooper S. Thankfully I also got the opportunity to drive one of these, and wow was I speechless. This time I went into a used car dealership where I saw a Mini Cooper. At first I thought it was the Cooper S. It wasn't until I looked around the car and saw the JCW logo on the way better-looking exhaust. It was then that I told myself that I had to drive it. Somehow I convinced the seller to let me test-drive it. 
I'm not going to lie, I was a bit nervous but I couldn't wait to accelerate this car. At first I got myself used to the clutch and the overall car then when I was on a straight-away I sunk my foot down the gas pedal. My friend was riding shotgun and the seller was in the back. Honestly I knew that I was going pretty fast but it wasn't until my friend saying "hey, your going 100mph!" that actually realized how fast I was going. If it wasn't for my friend I think I would've kept going until the seller told me to slow down. This car was so stable at 100 that I really thought I was going about 70 max. This comes to show that you really shouldn't under-estimate little cars.
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