every time i turn the car, the clock also restarts. weird.
so now i know how long i have been driving every time, but not helpful knowing what time it is....
anyone have any insight?
any way to reset this or anything? theres only 2 buttons

 

How about telling us what year and model your MINI is as the clock can be different in various model years.

 

2 buttons, I'm going with a 01-04. With the clock in the headliner.

 

yes, sorry, its an 03

 

A resetting clock sounds like the beginnings of a drained or slowly dying battery.

 

battery is new.
come to think of it, i was hard-wiring a radar detector, tried at the clock, not enough juice, so did it differently.
ill take a look at the wires again to see that they are connected properly.

 

Sounds like you may have cut the wire that provides full time power.

 

well all 3 were cut, and then put back again, i rechecked and redid it 3 times, still no luck?
weird

 

New battery or not, this is a classic symptom of a drained/bad battery.

Get it to a shop that can test it.

 

Is there even a slight chance that the fuse is bad? I know some clocks use one wire for the display (when the vehicle is powered up) and another wire (hot all the time) to keep the clocks memory. Just a random thought.

 

Maybe your turning so fast you have entered a time warp