R50/53 Things You Didn't Know About Your MINI
#1726
carjoy => The middle switch on the panel will also unlock all the doors from the inside.
burley => Double pull of the handle will let you out.
NOT once you lock the doors with the remote - you can lock someone in the car
Locking the doors with the remote disables the door handle and switch functions - really - get up and go try it
burley => Double pull of the handle will let you out.
NOT once you lock the doors with the remote - you can lock someone in the car
Locking the doors with the remote disables the door handle and switch functions - really - get up and go try it
#1727
carjoy => The middle switch on the panel will also unlock all the doors from the inside.
burley => Double pull of the handle will let you out.
NOT once you lock the doors with the remote - you can lock someone in the car
Locking the doors with the remote disables the door handle and switch functions - really - get up and go try it
burley => Double pull of the handle will let you out.
NOT once you lock the doors with the remote - you can lock someone in the car
Locking the doors with the remote disables the door handle and switch functions - really - get up and go try it
C ya,
Dutch
#1728
Just went back out to remind myself - nope, still didn't work - got in, sat down, closed door, hit remote, couldn't open - until I unlocked using remote, or put key ignition (doors auto-unlocked as soon as I slid it in)...
Did you have your key in the ignition, or lock using console button?
(7/02 MCS)
Did you have your key in the ignition, or lock using console button?
(7/02 MCS)
#1730
Just went back out to remind myself - nope, still didn't work - got in, sat down, closed door, hit remote, couldn't open - until I unlocked using remote, or put key ignition (doors auto-unlocked as soon as I slid it in)...
Did you have your key in the ignition, or lock using console button?
(7/02 MCS)
Did you have your key in the ignition, or lock using console button?
(7/02 MCS)
I need to find someone locally to reprogram the car to the option that unlocks the doors automagically when the key is removed from the ignition, so that I don't have to remember to quickly unlock the car with the toggle switch before a passenger rips my door latch handle off trying to get out on one pull....
HTH!
C ya,
Dutch
#1731
My dealer programed my car to open with one pull. I like it a lot better like that
Son in car, all doors/windows closed. Hit remote button to lock the car from about 10 feet away from the driver's side of the car. Result: interior lock switch disabled, doors still openable via the two-pull method.
I need to find someone locally to reprogram the car to the option that unlocks the doors automagically when the key is removed from the ignition, so that I don't have to remember to quickly unlock the car with the toggle switch before a passenger rips my door latch handle off trying to get out on one pull....
HTH!
C ya,
Dutch
I need to find someone locally to reprogram the car to the option that unlocks the doors automagically when the key is removed from the ignition, so that I don't have to remember to quickly unlock the car with the toggle switch before a passenger rips my door latch handle off trying to get out on one pull....
HTH!
C ya,
Dutch
#1732
The likely reason that BMW designed the lock system this way is to make it much harder to break into the car. Think about the ways you have broken into a car when the keys got locked inside. A jimmy won't work on these cars. Manipulation of the door handles with a wire hanger won't work (or won't seem to because of the double pull necessary.) You could bust out a window completely but that still doesn't open the doors.
The manual does stress that passengers won't be able to open the doors if locked from the outside (unless they know the about the central lock switch.)
The manual does stress that passengers won't be able to open the doors if locked from the outside (unless they know the about the central lock switch.)
#1733
carjoy => The middle switch on the panel will also unlock all the doors from the inside.
burley => Double pull of the handle will let you out.
NOT once you lock the doors with the remote - you can lock someone in the car
Locking the doors with the remote disables the door handle and switch functions - really - get up and go try it
burley => Double pull of the handle will let you out.
NOT once you lock the doors with the remote - you can lock someone in the car
Locking the doors with the remote disables the door handle and switch functions - really - get up and go try it
#1735
#1737
#1738
The glove box is A/C cooled. Down in the botton left/back corner of your glove box should be a black dial that lets you adjust how much cool air gets sent to the gove box. Great for keeping things from getting warm.
There are also 2 storage compartments under the bonnet, near the wind shield. I use one to keep seasonal things (ice scrapers) and use the other to keep things warm when on trips. It's great when you don't finish a meal. I just put the doggie bag under the bonnet & it is still nice & warm at the next rest area.
I don't do that too often, but it comes in handy when you need it.
#1739
Waaah? I dont know if I'd eat anything that was left under the hood with all the oil fumes and toxic residues that live in your engine.
#1740
I've been meaning to ask this for a long time.
I have an 06 R53. Why is the tachometer apparently equipped with LED redline markings all the way down to about 5500?
I just assumed BMW incorporated one of their features whereas the lines would light up red during winter while the motor was cold. No such functionality though.
Furthermore, I've looked in the manual but this isn't mentioned anywhere, what ARE the RT and the phone handset buttons for on the steering wheel?
I have an 06 R53. Why is the tachometer apparently equipped with LED redline markings all the way down to about 5500?
I just assumed BMW incorporated one of their features whereas the lines would light up red during winter while the motor was cold. No such functionality though.
Furthermore, I've looked in the manual but this isn't mentioned anywhere, what ARE the RT and the phone handset buttons for on the steering wheel?
#1741
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#1743
I thought the secret compartment in front of the rear wheel was just a joke. I don't have one on my 05 cabrio.
The glove box is A/C cooled. Down in the botton left/back corner of your glove box should be a black dial that lets you adjust how much cool air gets sent to the gove box. Great for keeping things from getting warm.
There are also 2 storage compartments under the bonnet, near the wind shield. I use one to keep seasonal things (ice scrapers) and use the other to keep things warm when on trips. It's great when you don't finish a meal. I just put the doggie bag under the bonnet & it is still nice & warm at the next rest area.
I don't do that too often, but it comes in handy when you need it.
The glove box is A/C cooled. Down in the botton left/back corner of your glove box should be a black dial that lets you adjust how much cool air gets sent to the gove box. Great for keeping things from getting warm.
There are also 2 storage compartments under the bonnet, near the wind shield. I use one to keep seasonal things (ice scrapers) and use the other to keep things warm when on trips. It's great when you don't finish a meal. I just put the doggie bag under the bonnet & it is still nice & warm at the next rest area.
I don't do that too often, but it comes in handy when you need it.
#1744
There are also 2 storage compartments under the bonnet, near the wind shield. I use one to keep seasonal things (ice scrapers) and use the other to keep things warm when on trips. It's great when you don't finish a meal. I just put the doggie bag under the bonnet & it is still nice & warm at the next rest area.
There was this dive bar/grill right off Route 1 in Morrisville, PA--just across the bridge from Trenton, south of the highway--which had "Dieselburgers" on the menu. It seems the truckers would get a couple, and stash one on the intake manifold to keep it warm until they were hungry later.
I'll have to remember that trick if I'm ever out in my MINI and need to keep something small-ish warm....
FWIW, the one on the passenger's side has a blue shop towel neatly folded and tucked between the brake lines, conveniently stashed for checking the oil.
C ya,
Dutch
Last edited by joe_bfstplk; 01-11-2010 at 07:33 PM. Reason: forgot something....
#1745
I would have to guess that this tach is used in the Mini Cooper as well which would have a lower redline indicator. I have never been in one to know for sure, but that could be.
#1746
http://www.newministuff.com/new/shop...uctshow&id=256
It's about $200 at today's exchange rate.
(If only the dollar hadn't crashed vs every other currency in the world over the past years! Insert standard liberal weenie rant here )
I've read somewhere on these forums that the tach is adapted from (or maybe the exact same tach as) one of BMW's M cars which does have a variable redline. Using this tach enables them to adjust the redline for the JCW kit and Cooper (as mentioned previously) and may save them some inventory management.
#1748
27+ months of ownership, and just discovered another thing: picking up a buddy the other night, waiting for him to come out of his house and was moving some stuff off the front seat, had turned on the dome/interior light - when he got in the car and shut the door, the lights faded off - had to try it again just to make sure it had really happened like that - cool ...
#1749
27+ months of ownership, and just discovered another thing: picking up a buddy the other night, waiting for him to come out of his house and was moving some stuff off the front seat, had turned on the dome/interior light - when he got in the car and shut the door, the lights faded off - had to try it again just to make sure it had really happened like that - cool ...
#1750
All the time (unless I hear the locks 'click') - I'm not talking about the interior lights coming on when the door opens; I was in the car waiting and had turned them on w/ the button on the light...
IIRC every time I've turned them on I was still in the car and manually turned them off...
IIRC every time I've turned them on I was still in the car and manually turned them off...