Originally Posted by 2008 Cooper S

It has been a long time since I looked at my owners manual. I know you can turn on the option of DRL, but it is not a true DRL. If I can recall having that option on leaves all the lights on all the time. So in other words it is the same as just turning you lights on. On Chevys they have the head lights on with less voltage, but with no other lights. The mini runs the headlights at full power along with the tail lights and parking lights.