R50/53 Things You Didn't Know About Your MINI
#1701
If you pop the rear hatch with the front doors locked the hatch will re-lock when you close it. So don't lay your key down inside the boot to get something out and then forget the key when you shut the hatch.
This happened to me but luckily I was at home so I had my spare key in the house.
This happened to me but luckily I was at home so I had my spare key in the house.
#1702
Really great stuff here! So much to read and so much to absorb. Wow, y'all rock! We are in love with our new MC and really look forward to years of driving fun. This has to be the best car ever. I came here to find out how to level the headlights. I am so very glad to have found this place.
#1703
Really great stuff here! So much to read and so much to absorb. Wow, y'all rock! We are in love with our new MC and really look forward to years of driving fun. This has to be the best car ever. I came here to find out how to level the headlights. I am so very glad to have found this place.
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Thanks Rennie!! The last two mornings, the weather has been cold here in Northern Indiana and, sure enough, when I got in to start the car, it flashed and chimed at me. I couldn't figure it out (read the manual, I couldn't find it referenced in there), so I called the MINI dealer. First they asked me if I had recently had an accident...??!!!??? When I said NO, they told me I'd have to bring the car in to have it checked out. I even asked them if it could possibly be due to the fact that it was very cold out. They said NO. LOL! I thought to myself, that's fine, but FIRST I'm gonna search the NAM forum for a clue. This site is the BEST!!
#1706
It chimes at 37 because there is a possibility that the ground T is lower (i.e, freezing) than the T at which the MINI's thermometer is at (a foot or so above the ground).
#1707
Bridges will freeze at temperatures above 32 degrees under certain fairly common conditions. Evaporative cooling will chill the bridge below ambient air temperature if there's any breeze and the bridge is wet and the air is not at 100% humidity.
HTH!
C ya,
Dutch
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I live in AZ. I hear no ding.
EDIT:
Of course, after stating this, we got a cold spell of nearly unprecedented proportions (it even got down to 29 degrees one morning over the weekend) and on the way back from Wallyworld, I got in the car, sparked it up, and almost immediately it blinks 37 degrees at me while dinging away....
EDIT:
Of course, after stating this, we got a cold spell of nearly unprecedented proportions (it even got down to 29 degrees one morning over the weekend) and on the way back from Wallyworld, I got in the car, sparked it up, and almost immediately it blinks 37 degrees at me while dinging away....
Last edited by joe_bfstplk; 12-09-2009 at 11:20 PM. Reason: God's quirky sense of humor revealed itself to me yet again....
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#1716
If you have comfort access and turn on the accessories by pushing the start button without engaging the brake or clutch, it will stay on until you turn it off or your battery goes dead.
At least that is what appeared to happen to me when I used the accessory outlet in the boot, then walked away without hitting the start button to cut power. Dead battery the next morning.
At least that is what appeared to happen to me when I used the accessory outlet in the boot, then walked away without hitting the start button to cut power. Dead battery the next morning.
#1717
If you flick your high beams with the keys to the 1st position, your xenons come on (if equipped). I have an 04 MCS.
--- update ---
Actually, xenons or not, with keys in ignition or not, your low beams will stay on if you flick you high beam stalk.
--- update ---
Actually, xenons or not, with keys in ignition or not, your low beams will stay on if you flick you high beam stalk.
Last edited by burley; 12-10-2009 at 09:08 PM. Reason: came to my senses...
#1718
I live up in northern az.
I live in AZ. I hear no ding.
EDIT:
Of course, after stating this, we got a cold spell of nearly unprecedented proportions (it even got down to 29 degrees one morning over the weekend) and on the way back from Wallyworld, I got in the car, sparked it up, and almost immediately it blinks 37 degrees at me while dinging away....
EDIT:
Of course, after stating this, we got a cold spell of nearly unprecedented proportions (it even got down to 29 degrees one morning over the weekend) and on the way back from Wallyworld, I got in the car, sparked it up, and almost immediately it blinks 37 degrees at me while dinging away....
#1719
When my Mini goes from daylight into a tunnel or under a bridge, the dashboard lights automatically increase in intensity. I don't have automatic headlights.
When beams of bright sunlight shine onto the tachometer from directly behind, the display appears to turn from emitted orange light to reflected silver allowing the characters to be easily read even in direct, intense sunlight.
When beams of bright sunlight shine onto the tachometer from directly behind, the display appears to turn from emitted orange light to reflected silver allowing the characters to be easily read even in direct, intense sunlight.
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#1721
C ya,
Dutch