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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 10:38 AM
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Thanks!

I have fallen in love with MINI's creativity. As an artist who's made his share of pitches it's neat to see some really creative ideas make it to production. I can just see some entry level designer pitching an idea for mood lighting or toggle switches to an exec. It's nice to see an exec say, "Yeah! Now that's an idea!" instead of laughing.

Oh, nice name for you MINI, by the way
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 12:24 PM
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Just remember that some of the things you site as standard, you've assigned to used Mini's. Not the case from 2002-06 for much of that stuff.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by bhelton
Interesting. I suspect it is probably more common in cultures outside of America too.
true. to me driving and 'motoring' is the same. I drive my car. I think of electrical devices when the term motor is used lol.

same with 'bonnet' and 'boot'... just not from a country that uses them lol
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Edge
Very nice blog post. I do want to point out one error though... the new Openometer (its official name) in the R57 MINI Convertible is optional... not a standard feature.
Just got an e-mail in my inbox introducing the "new Openometer". Checked it out at the link here and it is listed as standard.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by funsizd
Just got an e-mail in my inbox introducing the "new Openometer". Checked it out at the link here and it is listed as standard.
See post #23.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Edge
See post #23.
Sorry, I misunderstood
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by funsizd
Sorry, I misunderstood
No, you didn't misunderstand... you just didn't read all of the follow up posts before you replied. No big deal! I went ahead and edited the post you quoted to clear things up though.
 
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