AWESOME made SILLY! Mini GP3 on WRONG Tyres on the Nürburgring! 

Yea its a cheap ass

Exactly, who even let you put those tyres on?! Full wrap but weak tyres, get the priorities straight :D

@@jonnyronnyroker crazy to think why you would put such a tyres on that type of car ,especially on the front .

yh first thing i would get is good tyres and an lsd

Ridiculous. I run pilots on my 250 hp R55 and I still wish they had more grip. Damn hipster mini owners give us all a bad name. 😖

Its sucks we're getting less manual in new BMW and Mini line up... honestly I don't mind older models.

@@BboyVReck you couldn’t put a manual in this car. It’s too much power. You need both hands on the wheel.

@BullyBoxer too much power? Type R has slightly more horsepower than gp3, and it can handle power just fine in a manual.

@@BboyVReck Two different manufactures... The JCW GP3 has a lot more torque stock than a Type R does @332tq and it's making all that torque at only 1750 rpm. *EDIT* I also forgot to add the Mini has a TON of torque steer and it does not have a dual axis suspension to mitigate*. It's in your best interest to have two hands on the wheel when driving a GP3. The Type R makes 295tq at 2500 rpm which is good but the GP3 torque hits alot sooner and harder than the CTR. The CTR also has a transmission that was designed specifically for that use case. Mini never designed the F56 manual transmission with these huge torque figures in mind. The regular JCW F56 manual only has 228hp and 236tq... I've heard the input shafts are too small to reliably handle the massive torque of the B48. Some people (I was one of the unfortunate ones) decide tune their Type R's for more power and torque but I would NOT recommend this, especially if you drive the car hard or track it. The Type R has enough of a cooling problem stock, if you try to push more power out of that engine you are asking for trouble... it's part of why I have a GP3 now. It does what my modified Type R was able to do and it does it better with an actual proper cooling system to match. Even upgrading the radiator, grill and intercooler won't fix the cooling issues on the Type R, it's a flawed design. I believe Mini did their testing when developing the GP and manual was considered. However, the cost of designing a new manual transmission was not worth it for a limited edition car. Better to just purchase an already available transmission (the Aisin 8 speed) that is rated for the power. It's an excellent transmission. My GP3 would torch my Type R off the line and it's not even a comparison. Even if I had the perfect launch in a Type R with perfect shifting it still would not have a chance against the Mini.

@gravityhammer25 yea I figured. My last comment is bit rough. Now that you mention it, BMW don't have proper manual transmission for this high powered engine in any there FWD platforms. If it's existed maybe that would be a option.

They were almost $50k new. You can see why most buyers weren't excited about a $44,000 mini cooper.

@@borderwave2 exactly

@@borderwave2 And yet people pay 65k for a boring A4 Sedan or even worse, 100k for a RS3 😂

@@B__L everyone thats ordering one at Audi right now, could be more if you take all the extras

@@Malar1898 Imagine spending 50-100k on an Audi S3 over ANY 911. Couldn't be me.

Or.... A Mini VTEC 😉

Unless I was mistaken and misunderstood what was being said, I was flummoxed as to why the normal street tires were on the front while semi-slicks were put on the rear. Of course, it’s quite possible I misheard.

He does that so not to trigger ABS over jump.

I'm not sure about the GP3 or JCw but the normal Coopers do not handle that well in my opinion, they are way too bouncey through corners, but the automatic transmission does really statisfy for a normal car, much better than the mercedes a/b/cla class dsg's

The F56 LCI Cooper S came with a Dual-Clutch Transmission but it can't handle more than 400nm Torque. Thats probably why the JCW and GP3 got the 8 Speed "Wandler". But personally i'd get a Cooper S with DCT, throw everything out, Recaro PP, Downpipe+Intake+Tune, Semislicks on Protracks, JCW Brakes and be done with it (Should stay below 30k)

i have heard and read alot about the 8speed new transmission vs the 6speed old. Less problems on the old one thats why the gp3 got probably a wandler because the dualclutch couldnt handle the torque?

@@TheSlash389 the DCT is a 7-speed. But yes it cant handle the torque safely

@@Malar1898 sorry i meant the 8speed wandler was probably the better solution then the 7speed dct. I guess the 6speed wandler is also more robust then the 7speed dct. And you can always go with the manuel and replace clutch and shifter maybe.

Only Nexen Mini this time. Waiting for proper Michelin Mini next time😎

@@skrypka that is deserving of a d o u b l e y e s

I think this could be the 'safer' way to set it up if you had to have a weaker set at all (correct me if I am wrong) but it means you will drift out and get lots of understeer as he did, but I would not have even contemplated having Misha drive it with weak tyres personally as it should have better for him to drive it. I think you can actually hear the tyres struggling to grip under braking too. It is a high performance Mini, it deserves some very good tyres.

Polestar 2 if I watch his videos enough

Thanks for sharing the experience with us!

R53 JCW or GP would be more interesting as it is very neutral in handling compared to newer gens

@@wassilia1234 r56 jcw cars are the last true gen of mini's

@@Modmaann I must disagree. R56 has unreliable engine, worse handling and weight distribution, lack of supercharger and is just slower than R53 JCW/GP. Might be similar outside but lacks some performance features that first gen offers. Also tuning-wise the Tritec engine can handle much more. Engine is capable of 400HP without any internal changes and the ported head can withstand up to 600HP.