R56 A few changes I've noticed on my 2011
#151
07-09-2011, 03:06 PM
Just got back from a 2011 Cooper S test drive with my MA... He mentioned that MINI are removing the burble/pop from 2011/2012 Cooper S's due to customer complaints???
The Canadian 2011 S with 5,000km I drove sounded nice but there was no burble or pop at all, even with the sport button ON. He wasn't sure if the JCW would still have the burble/pop.
The Canadian 2011 S with 5,000km I drove sounded nice but there was no burble or pop at all, even with the sport button ON. He wasn't sure if the JCW would still have the burble/pop.
#153
07-09-2011, 03:51 PM
Just got back from a 2011 Cooper S test drive with my MA... He mentioned that MINI are removing the burble/pop from 2011/2012 Cooper S's due to customer complaints???
The Canadian 2011 S with 5,000km I drove sounded nice but there was no burble or pop at all, even with the sport button ON. He wasn't sure if the JCW would still have the burble/pop.
The Canadian 2011 S with 5,000km I drove sounded nice but there was no burble or pop at all, even with the sport button ON. He wasn't sure if the JCW would still have the burble/pop.
My 2011 Clubman with JCW exhaust (thanks Jim!) is lethal with the "button ON"... Sounds crazy with pops! And I love it (when I use it occasionally)...
#154
07-09-2011, 04:09 PM
#156
07-11-2011, 04:35 PM
#157
07-11-2011, 06:57 PM
#158
07-14-2011, 09:28 PM
exhaust pops and burbles
I didn't touch the sport button for the first two weeks while breaking my 2011 MCS in...
When I finally did, it was like when Peter Griffin didn't have gas until he was 30:
"brrrrpp -- What the hell was that??"
When I finally did, it was like when Peter Griffin didn't have gas until he was 30:
"brrrrpp -- What the hell was that??"
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#159
07-15-2011, 12:20 PM
you don't need to break off the plastic rings to lower the rear headrests. use a needle nose plier and/or small metal object (nail) to push out the small metal dowel which locks the ring together. headrest can now be lowered or removed. and you save the ring for any potential resale of the mini.
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08-21-2011, 07:07 PM
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08-22-2011, 05:34 AM
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08-22-2011, 06:21 AM
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#166
08-23-2011, 03:57 PM
Ok, so I'm going to say one thing I've noticed on my '11 compared to my '06 is that I LOVE it just as much as my '06! I totally resisted getting the '11, even to the point of almost backing out of picking him up when he finally arrived at the dealership. I couldn't imagine getting all psyched up again about a MINI that wasn't an '06 much less El Kabong. While I would be thrilled if I still had El Kabong, I'll say that all the little changes in the ensuing 5 years have made for a MINI that I totally fell in love with on the first drive home. The interior fit and finish is just crisper somehow, the center console has a more intuitive layout(to me) and the handling has made an exciting change.
I think I lucked out again and got the best of the current generation
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Annette
I think I lucked out again and got the best of the current generation
.Annette
Yep, I think owning a 2006 and now a 2011, we got the best of the first and second generations, lol!
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08-23-2011, 07:57 PM
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My past 06 MCS came with a cigarette lighter and ashtray. I don't smoke so i pulled it out, put it in the ashtray with my pocket change.
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