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Old 01-12-2007, 11:26 AM
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What is the red on the top of the tach?
Maybe I've missed something along the way but what is this red bit on top of the Tac?
Photo is the from Detriot auto show and was from an 07 MCS.
 
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Old 01-12-2007, 11:31 AM
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Thats where you insert the flux capacitor to get some extra jigowatts of performance....
 
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Old 01-12-2007, 11:34 AM
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Did you notice if the car had an alarm? Maybe that's where they put the blinking "armed" light.
 
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It's filled with red LED's that go back and forth like a Cylon....
 
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Thats where you insert the flux capacitor to get some extra jigowatts of performance....
I Love it!
 
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Old 01-12-2007, 12:02 PM
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Cool -- if it is the Flux-capaciter I'd think I'll to go back to 1969 and scare the beegeebers out of Classic mini owners.
I'd love hear what they would say about how the R56 has spoiled the pedigree!
 
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Old 01-12-2007, 12:34 PM
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I think they took it out of Yucca's Bonnet Scoop
 
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Its the alarm indicator
 
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Originally Posted by designerMINI
Maybe I've missed something along the way but what is this red bit on top of the Tac?
Photo is the from Detriot auto show and was from an 07 MCS.
It's DETROIT! Not Detriot.
 
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Old 01-12-2007, 12:45 PM
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lol
 
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Its the alarm indicator
That should make someone think twice about snatching the tach.
 
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Originally Posted by rrudorf
It's DETROIT! Not Detriot.
It is only Detriot at Halloween. Or whenever one of their teams wins a championship.

Looks like the alarm light to me, too.
 
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Old 01-12-2007, 01:27 PM
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Do you think it makes a veerrhhhmmmveerrhhhmmmm sound?
 
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Pops on when you redline the car?
 
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Old 01-12-2007, 05:16 PM
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maybe a projector for the HUD for SUV targeting
 
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Originally Posted by designerMINI
maybe a projector for the HUD for SUV targeting
Id love to see those silly SUV's try to pass me now!
 
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Originally Posted by rrudorf
It's DETROIT! Not Detriot.
That was way funny! LOL uncontrollably!

I think it's a new Plasma Projector. GO DETRIOT
 
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Flux Capacitor?
Originally Posted by kookmyers
Thats where you insert the flux capacitor to get some extra jigowatts of performance....
WOW! I MUST trade in my '06 for that! Who needs a JCW package???
 
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Old 01-12-2007, 09:56 PM
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snooze button?

egg timer?

pencil sharpner?

Toaster?
 
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Old 01-12-2007, 10:29 PM
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Maybe it's like a turkey temperature guage for the Turbo. It pops when it gets too hot.
 
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It's the alarm heartbeat indicator.


Heres a video from mini2 of it working: http://youtube.com/watch?v=jOINTUUA-Rw
 
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wow thats pretty awesome.
 
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Originally Posted by designerMINI
...guage...
It's gauge, not guage...
 
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It is indeed the alarm indicator. It pulses slowly for the first 16 minutes after locking the car, then pulses using less LED's and at a faster rate after this. It is seriously cool. Makes the car seem alive evn when parked.
 
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Hmmm, I wonder if it could be rewired with a switch so that you could light it up - continuously - at will. Could come in handy for getting those dumb-***** out of the left lane at night when you want to pass.
 
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