Found this diagram on the realoem site:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...28&hg=65&fg=95
I wonder what it looks like and if it can be used to hold other things. Looks like it mounts below the toggle switches. Anyone got a picture?

 

Looks like one of the Fischer C-Box units. BMW has offered them in either CD or cassette version in Europe for a long time. Don't know if they're available here in the US. Here's a pic from Mini2 ...

 

Looks like it renders the cig plug useless.

 

Used to have something like that in a 94 E-Class. Dunno if that option was offered in the US or not. But it was useless because of how hard it was to get em opened and shut.

I hope these are a lot better 10 years down the line!

 

Just get an Ipod and the $40 kit and forget carrying multiple cds around in the car and messing with contraptions like this...all my cds are in their case and cabinet where they belong.

 

Thanks for the info and picture, Ozbone!

 

That's where I keep my CDs anyway. They don't need a holder; they just stay put.

 

like you need that thing anyway. Who's gonna smoke in their MINI!? besides, there's an extra one in the trunk