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[Doctor Gollum]

The BINI tends to be pretty gender specific....... Girls and gays just about sums it up.

Don't start another homophobic rant, that pink singer will rant on Twitter,...

He can rant away... I still won't buy his albums

[aaronjb]

Is it worth considering an Adam?

I absolutely would - but there's only one automatic one for sale currently, that I can find.. and I think it (and the Corsa) are a single clutch automated manual, rather than a traditional (torque converter) automatic?

[biggriffin]

Is it worth considering an Adam?

People just can't stop the homophobic reference can they,  Adam might not like a try.

[78bex]

my SIL  has had 3 mini`s & they`re not the most reliable of cars
Her last car suffered with a limp mode issue, so the main dealer replaced the cam sensor
All was ok for a while & then back to limp mode & a new crank sensor fitted
Her first mini was a manual & the syncho between 2 & 3 was toast on a 60k mile car & the gear box had a weird whine to it.
Her latest mini is a coupe & cross fiingers seems a better car, but only has 2 seats & the wing on the boot deploys at speeds above 60 
But why did BMW use a peugeot engine for the mini, why did they think that was a good idea 

[ronnyd]

Is it worth considering an Adam?

I absolutely would - but there's only one automatic one for sale currently, that I can find.. and I think it (and the Corsa) are a single clutch automated manual, rather than a traditional (torque converter) automatic?

Can you actually buy a modern car with a slush box now?  Not good for all this fuel saving, tree hugging carp.

[Doctor Gollum]

You can but it won't be a city go-kart 

[Andy B]

Is it worth considering an Adam?

I absolutely would - but there's only one automatic one for sale currently, that I can find.. and I think it (and the Corsa) are a single clutch automated manual, rather than a traditional (torque converter) automatic?

Can you actually buy a modern car with a slush box now?  Not good for all this fuel saving, tree hugging carp.

Aren't Ford going back to slush box auto instead of their Powershit automated manual 

[Phil]

Is it worth considering an Adam?

I absolutely would - but there's only one automatic one for sale currently, that I can find.. and I think it (and the Corsa) are a single clutch automated manual, rather than a traditional (torque converter) automatic?

pretty much the only small car actually designed to work with an auto box in recent years is the Nissan Micra  all the rest are as you say automated manuals 

[aaronjb]

pretty much the only small car actually designed to work with an auto box in recent years is the Nissan Micra  all the rest are as you say automated manuals 

I thought the Micra (and all the other Nissan automatics) were actually CVT gearboxes.. that said, her instructor's car was a CVT too (Toyota Yaris hybrid) so she was used to driving those; I'm just leery of them in case the rubber bands brake

[Kevin Wood]

pretty much the only small car actually designed to work with an auto box in recent years is the Nissan Micra  all the rest are as you say automated manuals 

I thought the Micra (and all the other Nissan automatics) were actually CVT gearboxes.. that said, her instructor's car was a CVT too (Toyota Yaris hybrid) so she was used to driving those; I'm just leery of them in case the rubber bands brake

I didn't think most of them had enough power to break the rubber band?

[henryd]

pretty much the only small car actually designed to work with an auto box in recent years is the Nissan Micra  all the rest are as you say automated manuals 

I thought the Micra (and all the other Nissan automatics) were actually CVT gearboxes.. that said, her instructor's car was a CVT too (Toyota Yaris hybrid) so she was used to driving those; I'm just leery of them in case the rubber bands brake

I've never seen a Micra CVT break,they probably do like most other things but its not common

[Marks DTM Calib]

pretty much the only small car actually designed to work with an auto box in recent years is the Nissan Micra  all the rest are as you say automated manuals 

I thought the Micra (and all the other Nissan automatics) were actually CVT gearboxes.. that said, her instructor's car was a CVT too (Toyota Yaris hybrid) so she was used to driving those; I'm just leery of them in case the rubber bands brake

The CVTs are utter crap, bloody horrible to drive and with the low power lumps pressing the accelerator just makes the noise get louder.

We had one in Denmark, you press the sport button and all that happens is the radio becomes harder to hear!

[Nick W]

pretty much the only small car actually designed to work with an auto box in recent years is the Nissan Micra  all the rest are as you say automated manuals 

I thought the Micra (and all the other Nissan automatics) were actually CVT gearboxes.. that said, her instructor's car was a CVT too (Toyota Yaris hybrid) so she was used to driving those; I'm just leery of them in case the rubber bands brake

The CVTs are utter crap, bloody horrible to drive and with the low power lumps pressing the accelerator just makes the noise get louder.

We had one in Denmark, you press the sport button and all that happens is the radio becomes harder to hear!

Yeah, that.


CVTs are horrible to drive, and the automated manuals aren't much better when they're actually working.


If you want a laugh, try an automated Sprinter: the first one I tried was when I collected it from the customer for some work. The workshop manager looked surprised when I asked if it was in for a  gearbox, as it felt like the engine was connected to the wheels with a lot of rubber joints. After he'd driven it around the block, he informed that they're all like that. At least I now know what the designer of the Smart gearbox did next

[Andy H]

pretty much the only small car actually designed to work with an auto box in recent years is the Nissan Micra  all the rest are as you say automated manuals 

I thought the Micra (and all the other Nissan automatics) were actually CVT gearboxes.. that said, her instructor's car was a CVT too (Toyota Yaris hybrid) so she was used to driving those; I'm just leery of them in case the rubber bands brake

I didn't think most of them had enough power to break the rubber band?

SWMBO has had two 1.3 CVT Micras. About the size of a classic mini but with more power (75bhp)
Everyone either fails to see them and drives into them or assumes that they are slow and therefore pulls out in front of them.
The first one was written off when a Lithuanian artic side swiped her on the M25 (it was still drivable but the wheel nuts on the tractor unit left some interesting patterns in the bodywork as it span round in front of the cab), the second was tail ended by a tit in an Audi while she was waiting at a roundabout

[Andy H]

pretty much the only small car actually designed to work with an auto box in recent years is the Nissan Micra  all the rest are as you say automated manuals 

I thought the Micra (and all the other Nissan automatics) were actually CVT gearboxes.. that said, her instructor's car was a CVT too (Toyota Yaris hybrid) so she was used to driving those; I'm just leery of them in case the rubber bands brake

The CVTs are utter crap, bloody horrible to drive and with the low power lumps pressing the accelerator just makes the noise get louder.

We had one in Denmark, you press the sport button and all that happens is the radio becomes harder to hear!

I think it is more like a steel armadillo shell - lots of wedge shaped links on a chain.
Once moving it feels like driving something with an electric motor - what they don't like is creeping in slow moving traffic - that does sound and feel like it is doing something nasty to the armadillo shell