R56 What you dislike about your MINI but it's still awesome thread
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#2 is also a problem in the first gen MINIs.
#1 first gen MINIs had one touch sunroof and as part of their cost cutting, they took it away on the new cars.
#1 first gen MINIs had one touch sunroof and as part of their cost cutting, they took it away on the new cars.
Here's my list.
1. The absense of a one touch open sunroof.
2. The doors don't easily stay open and tend to close on my shins.
3. I like the layout of the center stack [am i the oddball here] but the materials should have been higher quality.
4. Lack of the chrono-Pack option liek on the R53.
5. Being punished by BMW for not ordering a Rear Fog light. Gets my panties in bunch when I see the blank toggle. Just put it in even if it doesn;t do anything [like the hood scoop]
6. The GONG. although it is better than the GM chime.
7. Runflats. Just icky.
Even with all that said. It is the best car I have ever owned. Oh and for those of you [and there are a lot out there] that hate the radio volume dial position, it is really there for a particular reason. If you notice it is almost perfectly lined up with you hand on the shifter so you don;t have to fumble about trying to find the ****. Agreed it looks odd but it does have a reason for being there.
1. The absense of a one touch open sunroof.
2. The doors don't easily stay open and tend to close on my shins.
3. I like the layout of the center stack [am i the oddball here] but the materials should have been higher quality.
4. Lack of the chrono-Pack option liek on the R53.
5. Being punished by BMW for not ordering a Rear Fog light. Gets my panties in bunch when I see the blank toggle. Just put it in even if it doesn;t do anything [like the hood scoop]
6. The GONG. although it is better than the GM chime.
7. Runflats. Just icky.
Even with all that said. It is the best car I have ever owned. Oh and for those of you [and there are a lot out there] that hate the radio volume dial position, it is really there for a particular reason. If you notice it is almost perfectly lined up with you hand on the shifter so you don;t have to fumble about trying to find the ****. Agreed it looks odd but it does have a reason for being there.
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Lack of a decent tire air pressure system monitor. BMW/MINI are way behind the times in this arena. For a company that has been at the forefront of OEM runflat tire technology and has pushed it on nearly every product they sell, the MINI still has a subpar tire pressure system. Instead of an idiot light (Or icon display) give us a system in which you can quickly at a glance cycle through the air pressure readings for each of the 4 tires at the touch of a button.
My sister's "lowly" 2008 Chevy Impala has such system. In that car you can view the actual air PSI reading for each tire on the LCD dash display at the touch of a button (And that car doesn't even have runflats). The system is pretty damn accurate too. You can see immediately which tire(s) have less or more air pressure and make adjustments as necessary.
My $28K Clubman S has an idiot icon instead of a system that tells me with 99% accuracy a snapshot of the air pressure on each of the 4 tires. Unacceptable for a vehicle fitted with OEN runflats and no spare tire.
My sister's "lowly" 2008 Chevy Impala has such system. In that car you can view the actual air PSI reading for each tire on the LCD dash display at the touch of a button (And that car doesn't even have runflats). The system is pretty damn accurate too. You can see immediately which tire(s) have less or more air pressure and make adjustments as necessary.
My $28K Clubman S has an idiot icon instead of a system that tells me with 99% accuracy a snapshot of the air pressure on each of the 4 tires. Unacceptable for a vehicle fitted with OEN runflats and no spare tire.
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"Dodge's SRT engineering team finally developed what they hope to be a cure for torque-steer issue in high-powered front wheel drive cars... it's called wheel spin."
And trust me, you don't know what torque steer is until you drive something like my other car (300 ft-lbs at the wheels going through an open diff to unequal length drive axles...)
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I had the pleasure *ehemm* of driving a Cadillac Allante once. That car was monster fast and the torque steer would literally rip the wheel out of your hands. The Mini certainly isn't that bad but it's annoying to say the least. I opted for the LSD on my MCS and now I'm wondering if that was a mistake with this FWD car.
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- One touch sunroof, please!
- Rattles
- Cost of options - some of this stuff should just be standard on the S", like the rear fogs and some of the convineince package
- Factory iPod adapter location in center console - it should be in the upper glove box - cmon!
- Location of steering wheel radio controls - it's easier just to reach for the radio.
- can barely see where the redline is on the odometer.
Of course the car is way too much fun to really care about any of this.
- Rattles
- Cost of options - some of this stuff should just be standard on the S", like the rear fogs and some of the convineince package
- Factory iPod adapter location in center console - it should be in the upper glove box - cmon!
- Location of steering wheel radio controls - it's easier just to reach for the radio.
- can barely see where the redline is on the odometer.
Of course the car is way too much fun to really care about any of this.
Last edited by MellowYellowGuy; 08-13-2008 at 12:47 PM.
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All R56's *do* have one-touch auto-up windows, I thought.
EDIT: Hmm... maybe '07's didn't. I'm basing this on what I've been told about '08+.
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things I don't like:
1. large cups block the windows, so when I go to a drivethrogh I have to roll up my window before I put the cup down.
2. I hate 6th gear. It does absolutely nothing.
3. random rattling around the top of the dash
4. larger blind spots than you would expect
5. when I can't open my door wide in the garage the only way to get out of the car while holding something is to roll the window down because the window angles in
1. large cups block the windows, so when I go to a drivethrogh I have to roll up my window before I put the cup down.
2. I hate 6th gear. It does absolutely nothing.
3. random rattling around the top of the dash
4. larger blind spots than you would expect
5. when I can't open my door wide in the garage the only way to get out of the car while holding something is to roll the window down because the window angles in
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awkward cup holders. it's hard to roll down the windows when i have a cup in the cup holder.
my seatbelt buckle always gets stuck between my chair and the door... i basically end up yanking it out of anger every time i buckle my seat belt.
sound system is not that great.
my seatbelt buckle always gets stuck between my chair and the door... i basically end up yanking it out of anger every time i buckle my seat belt.
sound system is not that great.
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1) Stereo layout making it very difficult to swap in a different head unit
2) Wheel-Fender gap
3) No spare option
4) Orange displays - wish you could change it like the mood lighting
5) No chrono pack
6) The seatbelt ding comes on when there's any weight in the passenger seat, including a gallon of milk or my backpack.
7) Options are too expensive and no LSD for auto
8) Air has 2 options - nill or full blown
but I still love it!
2) Wheel-Fender gap
3) No spare option
4) Orange displays - wish you could change it like the mood lighting
5) No chrono pack
6) The seatbelt ding comes on when there's any weight in the passenger seat, including a gallon of milk or my backpack.
7) Options are too expensive and no LSD for auto
8) Air has 2 options - nill or full blown
but I still love it!
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Some one mentioned the un-intuitive radio controls. I agree. I got the Nav instead.