i got the cold weather pack...not sure what I'll use the auto folding mirrors for though.

and now, I just got a job south of orlando (moving in a couple months) so won't be needing that cold weather pack either....oh well a heated seat is still nice when its 60 out LOL

 

Set the heated seats to 72 degrees
Too cOOl!

 

Can you adjust the temp on heated seats and if so what is the temp range

 

No idea what the actual temps are but each front seat has three heat level settings. They go from mildly hot to kinda warm.

 

I got the LED headlights on my F56 (without the turning feature) and noticed when I turned them on in the garage that the height of the beam changes as they come on. Not exact measurements but when they come on the top of the beam is say 3 feet above the ground then within a second or so it's like opaque shield comes down and they're only say 2 feet above the ground. I think this is maybe how they do high beams on the LED lights - not with more illumination but physically changing the light pattern. Maybe I'll don my welding helmet and see if I can see anything moving in there.

 

kinda warm.
May be cooler than the 110 degrees you get in Florida

 

Shouldn't be anything moving in the LED lights. I remember reading on how they did the LED Cornering lights that it was a total re-do of how BMW cornering lights used to work, where they had light mounted on some sort of swivel. Said that because the LEDs had to be fixed in place, they just added MORE of them that turn on in phase, pointed in different directions, as you take corners. I'd imagine what you're seeing is done the same in some way? Pretty cool all the same =)

 

My understanding is that the LED lights "self-level" when they are turned on. Thats probably what you are seeing.

 

That sounds like a possible scenario, but if what you're saying is true then the whole "bulb" mechanism is moving downward as they light up. That would be a relatively complicated situation. I can't say you're wrong but it makes me want to look up there even more. I won't have a chance to do this until mid next week, but if somebody hasn't come up with a definitive answer by then - that's exactly what I'll do.

 

The LED lights are basically the same as the HID lights in that regard -- self leveling.

If you go uphill, the lights adjust down a bit tomatoey pointing on the road. Adjusting up a bitif you're going downhill.

I believe they are also shuttered the way the HID lifts were on the R56. Shutter down for low beams, shutter up for high beams rather than having a separate bank of lights for high beams.

The shutter and leveling are two different things.

Cornering lights a third thing.

 

Oh, and it's not the light source that moves when leveling, it's the lens assembly.

On incandescent lights (which can be self-leveling but usually aren't) it's the reflector.

This guy has a problem with his but you can see what's going on.

 

Love the fact that when you unlock the car at night the headlights come on, and even cooler - the exterior door handles light up!

I never saw reference to this anywhere on the MINI site?

Its awesome though!

 

The ignition toggle switch light slowly goes on and off when opening the car.

 

This was new tonight, I went out and added some music to the HD and ran the car round the neighborhood. When I got out of the car as I was going in I noticed the light around the center ring was pulsing in red. It did it for like 1-2 minutes then it stopped. It's weird I've only had it for like 3 days but never seen this before.

 

Oh wow I didn't notice! That's really cute.

 

that is just letting you know the car is locked and the alarm is on

 

Or just locked. Mine does it and I didn't get the alarm.

 

I don't have the alarm, it's also weird I've only seen it once. Tried last night to get it to do it again but it never did it.

 

The winking image shows up after turning the engine off and opening the driver side door.

 

I believe that is if you have your headlights turned ON or in auto?

 

Can the power-folding mirrors be set (in the menus?) to automatically fold-in when the car is switched off? Most cars with power-folding mirrors have that option, vs a manual toggle (i.e. Button).

 

It doesn't appear so.

 

Where is the button for the power folding mirrors then and what's there if you don't get them?

 

Hold the lock button down for maybe 2 - 3 seconds & the mirrors will fold in automatically (thats if you have the power fold mirrors obviously)

Mine fold in from the fob with no issues

 

That's good to know, although I was wondering about an optional setting to make them fold-in every time the car is shut-down.