"Your Mazda is nothing but an expensive Ford."

[Ferrer]

Hmmm, Britain has some of the wrost kept roads on the planet and yet most of the hot hatches AND a thriving aftermarket add-ons to lower/stiffen and not all of it is by the chavs. We just have a willingness/preference to give up some confort for a better experience. WHat you're presonal preferences are I drive the RX-8 to Europe often - a LOT of miles from Scotland -- and try my best to avoid boring, flat, straight, smooth motorways ... and no, I'm not the only one. Might be our hsitorical competition background in the UK whre it was scommon to have a car to race/rally at the weekeds which was used as a normal transport during the weekdays ! Try a UK spec Scooby or EVO

But that's just because in that island you are all mad!

My mates DAUGHTER has run an S these last 3 years and woudl NOT exchange it for anything
"imptractical" might need explanation ! Not a family-of-6 kind of car for sure

I loved it too. Would I have it again? Yes.

But I still reckon that it isn't without faults. What a Cooper S isn't a tiny, posh city car. What it is it's a Porsche 911 that looks bit like a british icon. It's basically a two seater sportscar with two tiny shelfs in the back which you can basically use to improve the already inexistent boot space. It has heavy clutch and steering (you could almost believe the power steering has broken or something) and it doesn't have a ride. It also is a fast car that can lend you into a false sense of security. And then you are driving along a nice country road you lift in a corner and you go backwards into a tree and kill yourself. And like the 911 this is cured by giving it more throttle.

So you daughter doesn't have a Mini. She has a Porsche 911.

[cargirl1990]

That's kinda random, and harsh, a bit. But it's to each their own.

[csl177]

That's kinda random, and harsh, a bit. But it's to each their own.

Quality over quantity, as they say.

[Matra et Alpine]

TO get lift-off oversteer in a Cooper S then you are not "driving along a nice country road", you are CANING IT
MIdn you that's what you shoudl be doing.
Yes we Brit's are a little insane about having cars that REALLY perform and not jsut look good. Hence the numebr of Caterhams, Atoms et al

[wwgkd]

TO get lift-off oversteer in a Cooper S then you are not "driving along a nice country road", you are CANING IT
MIdn you that's what you shoudl be doing.
Yes we Brit's are a little insane about having cars that REALLY perform and not jsut look good. Hence the numebr of Caterhams, Atoms et al

As far as I'm concerned the three main contributions of the UK to the civilised world are cars, alcohol (was going to say beer but there's some great scotch etc.) and page 3 girls. Not neccessarily in that order.

[Ferrer]

TO get lift-off oversteer in a Cooper S then you are not "driving along a nice country road", you are CANING IT
MIdn you that's what you shoudl be doing.
Yes we Brit's are a little insane about having cars that REALLY perform and not jsut look good. Hence the numebr of Caterhams, Atoms et al

Haha true, but the only way of driving an S is doing a million. Always.

[cmcpokey]

TO get lift-off oversteer in a Cooper S then you are not "driving along a nice country road", you are CANING IT
MIdn you that's what you shoudl be doing.

This.

Haha true, but the only way of driving an S is doing a million. Always.

This.

There is no other way to drive it. If you are below 3k, you shouldn't be driving an S.

[cargirl1990]

Quality over quantity, as they say.

True. I don't find anything special about Mazda's. (Sorry).

[Ferrer]

True. I don't find anything special about Mazda's. (Sorry).

You may be looking at the wrong kind of Mazdas then.

[PRC777]

I can reluctantly say that my mom's big, 7-passenger spaceshuttle CX-9 has something special going on--the enigne. The thing can haul.

[crisis]

You may be looking at the wrong kind of Mazdas then.

me too then. Had two and I wouldn't rate them any better than Toyotas, of which Ive had four. I believe they are more expensive to upkeep though. Their used to be a certain poor mans BMW wank factor about them here though.

[crisis]

As far as I'm concerned the three main contributions of the UK to the civilised world are cars, alcohol (was going to say beer but there's some great scotch etc.) and page 3 girls. Not neccessarily in that order.

Apart from Rollers, Aston Martins and TVRs and perhaps some esoterica Pommy cars are ordinary. Beer rates (if they could learn to refrigerate it). No argument with the scotch and page three girls though!

[henk4]

Apart from Rollers, Aston Martins and TVRs and perhaps some esoterica Pommy cars are ordinary. Beer rates (if they could learn to refrigerate it). No argument with the scotch and page three girls though!

indeed, the girls never made it to page one. Their beer is just a laugh.

[crisis]

indeed, the girls never made it to page one. Their beer is just a laugh.

even poms have more class that to put the girls on the front page. Where would the crop circle headlines go?
I have only had exposure to a small sample but I struggle to find beer I don't like. Of course you guys have it made huh?

[henk4]

even poms have more class that to put the girls on the front page. Where would the crop circle headlines go?
I have only had exposure to a small sample but I struggle to find beer I don't like. Of course you guys have it made huh?

You'll find the best girls in the crop circles, and yes we cannot complain about our beer environment.