Does anyone know if they ever published a Bentley manual for the Mini's 2007 and up? I can only find 2002-2006 on Amazon and in the market place.

 

Yeah, i was wondering if someone was ever going to publish something for the Gen2 Coops myself........

 

According to their site, it's "coming soon."

http://www.bentleypublishers.com/fin...er-s&year=2007

 

I added myself to the "notify me when it becomes available" list from the publisher about 3 weeks ago. I am waiting as well.

 

We are all waiting on it to come out. As soon as it is we'll post a notice.

 

no news yet

 

Wonder why it's taking so long to get this new version out for the r56. =/

 

They are very very expensive to publish and as of yet there really has not been a large demand so they are working on other cars with a higher demand.

 

In the mean time the best alternative is to subscribe to the BMW/MINI website minitechinfo.com. $30 for 24 hours gives you access to almost everything the dealer has access to including all current service bulletins and repair procedures in the TIS.

You can also buy a copy of the TIS DVD from late 2007 that covers the R56 from ebay for under $40.

 

Ive been following Bentley Publishing on facebook hoping for an update on the R56 manual. Just saw this today.

Bentley Publishers
Coming this September! The MINI Cooper Service Manual: 2007-2011 contains repair and maintenance information for the R55, R56 and R57 MINI Cooper models, also known as the Mk II. Pre-order before August 19 and save $15.00 off the list price. Much more information on this book, including an excerpt and the table of contents, can be found here: http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=bm11

 

Finally!

 

is that Oxygen Blue I spy on the cover?! Now I must have it!

Whoooooa. $125? Were the old ones that expensive too?
Should I pre-order to save the $15? Or wait until I have an issue and NEED one and hope that someone has one used for sale cheaper?

 

pre-ordered.

 

The set (2 books) for my BMW was $225.00 7 years ago. So $125 is not bad.

 

Pre-ordered! I'll probably forget I ordered it by September 6 though. It'll be a nice surprise!!!

 

Good question, but I've found manuals in general to be quite expensive. As cars have gotten more complex, so has the documentation. For example, in the shop manual for my '78 MG, the schematic for the entire electrical system fits on one page. When I had an '88 Mitsubishi Montero, there was a second volume just for the electrics - and that was 23 years ago. I hesitate to think what the electrickery section in the MINI manual must look like...

 

Just pre ordered! I still have the one for my 01 VW GTI, I consider that book the bible. So much info and well detailed. I would gladly pay $125.

 

Osom!

 

Placed order today .

 

Amazon is pre-selling for $93.92 free shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/MINI-Cooper-R5...573199&sr=8-10

 

Rats, well it's only money .

 

Order Placed!!!! Osom

 

Order placed (and I don't even have a 2nd gen MINI - mine is 2003), just want the info at hand.

 

I'd be very surprised if it's an actual book. I'll bet you will have to load Ebahn reader on the PC... (just like the Audi service manual I bought from Bentley...)

In other words, it's an Ebook.

 

It's a book

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1058 pages
• Publisher: Bentley Publishers (September 6, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0837616719
• ISBN-13: 978-0837616711

BTW - I have the Ebahn cdrom for our 2001 VW Cabrio - I hate it. Even worse than navigating through the BMW TIS program.