I am still awaiting delivery of my Mini. I am getting all the accessories I can and among these is the sun screen for the windscreen.

Can some one please provide the widths and heights of the windscreen and the rear window. As both is more like trapezoidal please provide dimensions at the greatest distance.

Thanks in advance

 

Just get one from MINI. I like mine a lot and it looks cool having the logo on it. Fits perfect.

 

Ooops! You meant sunshade for your windshield (i thought you meant windscreen as in windblocker in a cabrio, duh!).
-Bruintoo

 

Thanks for all your inputs. When it comes to sun shade I am very practical and calculating shall we say? The reason I need to know the windscreen dimension is because I want to get the Axius silver reflective one that is one piece which became very difficult to find. I have no idea why they change the good old one piece design to the two piece design. I recently have drove all around town and could not find the original one piece until last week. I came across them at Target and better yet they were on sale. I bought 2 for my VW Westfalia and my Discovery but forgot the MCS!

Today I realize I better go back and see if the few standard size I saw last week have not been snapped up. I went there this afternoon and found 3 left. I bought 2 and ready to return home. Guess what happen?

My 1996 Land Rover left me stranded in the Target parking lot. It will turn over and start idling but as soon as I give it some gas the engine rpm will not rise. I tried this about 10 times try to see what it does. If I leave it for say 2-3 minutes and restart it will start and the RPM will shoot up to about 1k like it normally does. I will then give is some gas and the RPM will goes higher to around 2k but immediately it dies. It dies in a manner of fuel starve instead of lose of ignition. The check engine light will also comes on. From this it appears that the problem lies in the fuel supply. The starting is successful because it relies on the idle and enrichment circuit. I just have it towed home so I don't have to pay the overpriced Land Rover mechanic to fix it.

What an irony. After owning a Land Rover I am extremely skeptical of all British cars. I have decided years ago I will never touch another Land Rover with a ten-foot pole. Now I found myself obsessed with a Mini Cooper.

The reason I took a leap of faith to order the MCS is 1) it is owned by BMW and 2) It does not have Lucas electrical system 3) It does not have a British engine nor transmission.

Any way, I found my sun shade for $4.75 which is $5 off. However with the tow truck it costed me about $100 in the end. Who knows what it will cost me in parts to fix the stupid fuel/engine management in the Disco. At least it will be good for my trouble shooting skills.

- Vince