If you have DRLs, you can turn them off an turn on your fog lights on (I like to turn fogs on w/out my Xenons or DRL in heavy fog) by pulling your e-brake up one click.

Works on my 03 MC anyways...

W/out DRLs programmed, you can have your fogs on w/out headlights, simply by turning on your parking lights.

 

I was just giving High Energy a thorough cleaning inside - every nook and cranny kind of cleaning.

While I was under the drivers seat I noticed what at first appeared to be an audio cassette case stuck under a flap in the carpet. But it was not.

It seems like a small compartment, with a divider in it, currently empty. It is about 4" x 3" x .5" and sticks out of the carpet about 1" has the Mini logo on the small bit that shows.

Anyone know what this is for? Was there something in there that came with the car but is now gone? Or is it a small hiding compartment (although for what I could not imagine)?

Thanks

 

My 2005 Chevy work truck does this. Seemed really weird at first. Especially when I want to cancel the cruise (by button; not brake), it's hard to tell how much throttle to give it without accelerating a little first.

 

The little "hiding compartment" is for giving the rear passengers some heat and cool air.

 

Are the speed sensitive wipers something that you have to program? I had them, and I got a few things programmed (follow lights / DRLs), and now I dont have the wipers...

 

Yes, I believe it is something that has to be programmed / activated.

 

Do you mean the covers in the boot? What are you referring to? Thanks.

 

Directly under both driver and passenger seats are a plastic black vent that sticks up about 2 inches high, and is rectangular. Turn on the heater (floor), and stick your hand in front of it.

 

Wondered what those were. Thanks! (so you can hide things there? New to me.)

 

Uh...only if you dont want to lose those things...

 

D'oh! Never thought of rear HVAC vents! thanks for the explanation. (And you're right, definitely not a hiding place <lol>)

 

This is an old thread but I just read about it being a recent 03 MCS owner. Pls can you clarify further how the rear parcel shelf is positioned? Is the rear parcel shelf in the upright or inverted position? I was trying it but can't get it to fit there.

 

the rear parcel shelf will fit vertically standing up and will be against the front of the rear seat, with the rear seats folded down. The fuzzy top of the shelf faces towards the front of the car; the cut out of the shelf that fits over the rear wiper motor will be nestled against the hump on the floor in the middle. There will be a lip of the parcel shelf that will fit over, almost, the rear headrests......this might be difficult to picture, but once you just try it, it works nicely

 

Ok, I am sitting in my MINI waiting at the drive-thru teller and I look down at my toggle switch bank....I noticed that the last 2 of my 5 switches, the passenger window switch and the front fog light switch, are not perfectly facing striaight to the back but are tilted ever so slightly towards the driver position like in a cockpit....never noticed that before...even the black shiny hoops that separate the switches are tilted towards the driver

 

I just went downstairs to look at my toggle switch bank.

All my switches, save the driver's (left side) are tilted slightly to the left (driver's) side, and the shiny black hoops are straight. Unless your car is an '07, this leads me to believe that the position of the switches is just random, more a manufacturing and/or installation variable than an intentional design feature. Anyone else?

Zip

 

Just popped into the garage and inspected my '06. Everything, including the toggles, appears to be dead straight. However, the chrome shiny reflection of the toggles could lead to an optical illusion that makes them appear slightly off kilter.

 

Maybe so, but mine is not an optical illusion. All but the driver's side toggle are tilted slightly left. Apparently it is installation difference, although within tolerance.

Zip

 

Are the toggles in the same order on European cars?
If so, US and British toggle switch banks are probably identical and interchangeable -- so I doubt they're designed with a tilt in either direction.

 

"The rear parcel shelf is designed to rest right behind the front seats upside down when it is removed from it's normal place."

what's that mean? maybe a picture?

thanks,
dominos

 

Once the rear seats are folded, place the shelf so that the cutout (for the rear wiper motor) is over the rear center cup holder. Also, make sure that the top of the shelf is facing towards the front seatback. The rear headrests should fit nicely on the underside of the shelf. Hope that helps

 

I've seen numerous attempts to explain this without much success. So, here is a handy little photo:



I hope it helps.

 

I got it now - Thanks very much - that's really COOL.

 

great photo mini2go

 

did you know that 88percent of all accidents happen within 6 blocks of your house..

that is why i moved last year..
LOL>

 

Cute.

When you listen to the radio while the car is parked and the motor is off, for example when washing your MINI. When the 20 minutes is up and you have to turn your radio back on, it comes back on at a sensible volume. No matter how loud you had it set.