went to the pet store yesterday. omw out i saw the new cooper.

aside from being ugly in all the wrong places, they moved the gas cap to the Passenger side of the car

never understood the concept behind that sort of placement. why would anyone want to walk all the way around the car to put gas in it?!

they do this with american cars too.

 

that was one of the things i noticed as well, i dont like that part, but i do enjoy the f56

 

i wish there was a way to combine the best of all 3 gens of minis into one;

supercharge the latest bmw motor
slip it into an R56 body
with the R53 interior

now Thats a mini i would re-purchase!

 

Sat in one that other day and only thing I liked were the seats. That's pretty much it.

 

Gas cap sometimes indicates that the tail pipe is on the other side. At least with single exhausts. (This was on a Puzzler on Car Talk once)

 

I agree that it's crazy to have the gas door on the passenger side. Much easier to be where you want to be with the gas pump when the door is on the driver side. Let alone if you needed to back in to the pump because of other cars etc...

 

The F56 wasn't meant to attract MINI owners.
BMW succeeded!!!!

 

i would still want the 2L and the diesel version, still in the r53 =)

r56 is still too big

 

they made a 2 liter R53?!
where? did europe get the "good' version again?! like always...

that would be monster; a factory jcw 2 liter supercharged mini!

 

One theory I've heard is that if you happen to be at the side of the road adding fuel you would be out of the traffic flow. Since that would only apply to left side driving cars I tend to doubt that.

 

That would fly. I would be all over that like flies on ....well you know...

 

that has to be the Dumbest reason ever to make you walk to the other side of the car the other 99.9999999% of the time.

must be some American car makers idea; along with NOT including a gas cap holder when you fill your car up. i cant count how many "nice" american cars ive driven that made you lay the gas cap on your paint when adding fuel.

ive not bought cars because of little stuff like that.

 

I think he means take the 2 litre from the new F56 and place it in the R53

 

Folks in the UK are saying, "finally, the petrol filler cap is on the drivers side!"

 

"...so that if you happen to be at the side of the road adding fuel you would be out of the traffic flow. "

....so logically...

The NEW design has all four wheels located on the Passenger Side so that if you have to change a flat....

Really?

 

Your sig pic makes me sad

 

i did mean that =)

although i think there is a 1.9 diesel in the r53 or r56

 

That's exactly the reason. BMW would normally put it on the right side because LHD is predominant worldwide. MINI only started on the other side because it originally launched in the UK, and for the years the UK was its biggest market.

 

That's exactly the reason. BMW would normally put it on the right side because LHD is predominant worldwide. MINI only started on the other side because it originally launched in the UK, and for the years the UK was its biggest market.

 

My thoughts:

Supercharge a Honda K-series
Slip it into a R53 body sans all the stuff that will break
With an R56 interior