Someone else was complaining that they had NO Door 'hold-open' stop at all.
Mine works fine and intermediate stop is at 22" perfect for parking two feet from someone you trust

to not adding on order. makes it a lot cheaper and easier to add MINI's European (Larger w/Latching flip-top) Armrest,
comfortable for two elbows and does not affect use of rear cupholder or seatback adjustment lever.
On mine, any light package on seat will activate the "Air Bag Off" advisory, but it has not activated the seat belt reminder.
The whole inner ring with the rubber tabs can be completely removed, stored and replaced if you want later.
Without that extra ring, it perfectly holds (tight) a typical coffee mug or can in a kuzi.
(Needs tight; the way that auto sails around corners.)
Great that MINI cupholders suit you and for others, there are a great many 'aftermarket' cupholding solutions.

 

It seems so simple after you figure it out, doesn't it! But as you saw, it really works! Glad to help!

 

Zach! How did you figure that out? I looked and looked in the manual and didn't see that! Much better than having to push the start button every 5 minutes!! Thanks!!

 

[quote=x uh oh x;2413362]I dislike how the seatbelt buckle wedges itself between the seat and the door. I have the belt holders that sit under the headrest, but....grrr...

Yeah, and it leaves an indent in both the seat and door. I try and remember to put the seatbelt behind the seat everytime I get out.

 

did you try this solution from post #44 above? It also prevents 'buckle rattles' if you get them set right.

 

That's not a feature, that's a defect!! Have your MA fix it ASAP!!

 

That could be because your bags are JUST LIGHT enough! Try a heavy purse or heavy bag of groceries...Whew. My little airbag light comes on too, but evidently I can really pack not only my car, but my bags, too. I weigh-out before I cube-out!

 

I don't have Comfort Access. Mine will do this though, but it doesn't turn on the aux-in, which I mainly use for my iPod. It only works for CD or radio which I hardly ever listen to anyway. (I didn't get the USB/iPod feature because I read that it doesn't work well with very large music libraries/playlists.)

In general, dinging for no good reason is still my most annoying feature. Luckily, I've been able to put bags in my passenger seat without triggering seatbelt dinging, but a friend who has a 2007 MCS has that problem.

 

You could be right, I would have been sure to 'belt' any HEAVY item placed in seat, hate picking up spills from the floor

My MA had told me about ability to turn HiFi on after all other power is off, did not know of the increase to thirty minutes and just saw that the "Door Open" Chime is inactive after 'Manual' HiFi turn-on

I use AUX for XM-Radio, but its power comes from front cig liter plug, wonder which buss fuse might be on that "thirty-minute" circuit?

So, perhaps that seatbelt warning 'weight-trigger' could be adjusted or could be one of those rare '07-'08 changes.

You can adjust the volume level for the warning dinging, one setting covers all but then the 'ding' volume increases when you increase HiFi Volume

Suffered a PT Cruiser Rental, if turn signal failed to cancel; you would not believe the horn that goes off-- you will only need to experience it once.

Another Rental (that I was glad I did not buy) was a Sebring, it had a nice Turn Signal, just like the MINI's

 

The super sensitive weight sensor on the passenger side is pretty annoying, even the passenger airbag light, it irks me when I see it light up.

I'm also starting to dislike the gong. It was cute 3 months ago, not anymore.

I've complained enough about the wiper and signal stalks. If a passenger asks "why do you keep putting the signal in the wrong direction?" (happens every once in awhile) I just mumble under my breath now.

 

The thing that annoys me is the door auto-close feature - the one that, when you open the door and start to get out, it WON'T stay open, no matter what position you open it to .

 

Think that the first turn signal I ever saw was on a pre-war English Automobile (Austin??).

It had a Railroad Style Semaphore that extended from the side at top and was orange lighted as well.

The control for it was in center of steering wheel and was intuitive in that you toggled it left or right to agree with way you wanted to turn.

It was not 'self-canceling' though

 

That should be fixed under warranty.

My '08 Cooper Coupe's doors have a definite 'detent' that holds securely at twenty-two inches open and another 'hold' for full open.

 

Oh, the detent is there, just weak... maybe I'm always parking on an incline & don't know it?

 

Richs10: VERY GOOD!!! The most annoying thing abut my mini....has now been resolved. Went out and latched up. Moved that deal... now I'm good! Thanks!

 

I'm seriously thinking about going through threads like this and make up a list of things that people on the website have discovered about their MINIs. Then print it out and give it to my MA to give to his customers as a "MINI CHEAT SHEET" He probably did tell me some of these things at the time of delivery, but I was so excited to get the car I didn't remember most of them. There are so many things like this that you only find out about here.

So Far:
- You can turn on the radio for 30 minute segments without the key in the ignition and won't have a door bong.
- Use the slidey thing on your seat belt to avoid having your seat belt jam between the door and seat.
- Gently "flip" the window controls for auto-up and auto-down; Hold them completely down or up to stop them part way.
- Opening, Venting and Closing the Sunroofs, however, involve a completely different theory of operation than the window controls. In order the 'vent' the sunroofs, gently pull the switch only 1/2 way back. To completely open the sunroof, pull and hold the switch all the way back. To close push and hold the switch.
- The unique (and distinct) methods of opening and closing the windows and sunroofs with, and without, the comfort access, the button on the door handles and the buttons on the remote......(I gonna let someone else work up the recap on that bit of English/German logic)
- The volume control is not on the radio. It's located on the lower part of the dash and has markings that look like the button makes the speakers larger or smaller.
- The driver's floor mat is supposed to come with hooks or velcro fasteners to make sure it doesn't ride up under the pedals. Make sure your MA installed these.
- MINI has a list of approved phones but only two or three of them are still being made. They also have phone cradles for the armrest, but almost none of them fit the available phones. (This was a lot of fun for me!)
- If you pay the $500.00 for the USB/iPod option, you may not get the unique and proprietary "iPod/Aux cord" but your dealer may sell it to you for an extra $120.00. And the cord is too short to allow you to hide your iPod in the secret compartment. I guess your suppossed to leave your iPod out to help the thieves see it.
- Someone else has to explain the Auto Wiper controls......and the turn signals.....

I better stop....I think I'm getting a little bitter as I go further with this! Sorry.

I really, really, do love this car. I just don't think it will ever have a future as a popular rental car with Avis or Hertz. Its design is not very intuitive!

 

You wouldn't want this car to be available for rental. Once a car is put in the rental fleet resale values plummet because there are too many used models available on the market.

 

I don't think there is much danger of that. The bigger problem would be that rental customers probably couldn't figure out how to start it.

 

I don't think there would be a problem there. I was at the supermarket one day and a husband and wife pulled in next to me. The husband came over and asked about the car while the wife went in to shop. I talking awhile then I showed him the key and start button. He wasn't the least bit impressed because his 2 year Hyundia he parked next to me had the same system. Round key and start button and it was a cheapo lower model.

 

Since we get a lot of rain down here in South Florida during this time of year I think one of the most annoying features on the Mini is the speed sensitive wipers.It began to rain today so I turned on the wipers to position 1 the normal mode after getting inside and they moved very slowly while at idle then increased as I began to drive.Come to a complete stop at a stop light and the wipers default to the intermittent mode and I couldn't even see out of the windshield through the pouring rain unless I put it in position 2 the fast mode which is the slow mode when at a stop.Drive and the wipers speed up again.Stop and they default to intermittent and so on.Very frustrating!!

I guess this one of the many little quirks that BMW/Mini has decided to engineer in to the car just for the sake of being different.

 

Mellotron,

Maybe I'm misunderstanding but if you push your key fob in and push the start button WITHOUT pressing the brake pedal, the ignition will come on without the dinging and you can play your music.

I don't have my car in front of me otherwise I'd confirm it but I'm pretty sure that's what I've done before.... maybe I'm mistaken.

Mark

 

+1, this is the MOST annoying feature for me. The detent are weak, the part is plastic. I wonder how long this part will last. My car is on level ground it is still a pain to hold the door open every time I get out.

 

Couldn't you cut a small portion of a paper cup to fit the holder so the rubber doesn't contact the styrofoam?

Personally I think the dashboard cup holder (next to the glovebox) is useless unless you put a small Shipley's donut coffee mug into it to hold a larger cup.... sunglasses.... iphone.... etc. No normal cup fits into it right. British engineering sometimes ain't so hot.

 

I usually unlock the boot from the center toggle when I get out and want to open it. Are there different setup configurations for the boot unlock that the dealer can set for you? I'd like it to open whenever the driver's door is unlocked and open. It is irritating to open the door with the handle (2X-arrgggh), walk back, and then realize the boot is still locked.