[thstone]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm driving a few other Cooper S models today (without the JCW upgrades so stock S suspension with 163hp instead of 200hp). Then, I'll decide.

Car will be used mostly around LA for my 17-yr old son to drive but we all rotate through the cars fairly often. We use the X5 or the 325i for long road trips so the Mini might go to San Diego or Santa Barbara (2hrs freeway driving) but that's about the extent of freeway driving it will see.