Opinion: Coupe Confessional
Owning a MINI Coupe has been quite an experience so far, and the news that the Coupe and Roadster are finished this month leaves this Coupe owner looking back, and confessing that...
MF Poll: Help Our Man Todd Choose The Right Car
Friend of MotoringFile and [White Roof Radio](http://www.whiteroofradio.com) co-host [Todd Pearson](http://www.motoringstripes.com) is possibly on the hunt for a new MINI. It took some time to get him there as he was originally seduced...
Surviving Winter on Summer Tires – Why You Should Never Try It
We don’t advocate summer tires in cold conditions. We never have and we never will. However through a series of unfortunate events our long term F56 Cooper S ended up not just...
Steering Feel: F56 Cooper S vs R56 Cooper S
After a few weeks living with our F56 Cooper S we had a moment to step back into an R56 Cooper recently. While there’s plenty to compare and contrast, the single biggest...
MF Challenge: What Would You Buy for $40,000?
Since we [published the Ordering Guide](https://www.motoringfile.com/2015/02/07/exclusive-f56-john-cooper-works-ordering-guide/) for the 2015 F56 John Cooper Works, there has a been a lot of debate across the MotoringFile and [White Roof Radio](http://www.whiteroofradio.com) teams regarding the MSRP...
MF Garage: The F56 Sport Suspension Has Made Believers Out of Us
When speccing our Cooper S we had originally planned to have the Sport Suspension optioned, hoping to properly compare the most hardcore factory Cooper S to all the sporting MINIs that came...
MF Garage: Our Long-Term F56 Cooper S is Here – Most of It
After an excruciatingly long wait our long term Cooper S test car is here. Well most of it. The process of ordering a press or corporate car at MINI typically takes longer...
MF Garage: Hard Choices
I'm not going to bury the lead here. After nearly nine years of enthusiastic ownership, the time has come to sell my 2006 MINI Cooper S. The journey that brought me here, and what it means going forward is something I wanted to share with MotoringFile readers, as I'm sure other MINI enthusiasts have wrestled with this difficult decision as well.
Introducing MotoringFile’s Longterm F56 Cooper S
Writing for MotoringFile has its highs and lows. Constant personal attention from the few of us that run it can be taxing given day jobs and the business of life. But the...
MotoringFile’s Longterm JCW Roadster For Sale
When our long term cars test cars go back to MINI they get washed, waxed, refurbished and sold to a new owner. And during this process we lose track of where the...