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Old 05-19-2008, 12:31 PM
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Adding stripes and deleating rear wiper both increase hp by about 5 each (not to mention 5 hp for deleating rear badging)!
 
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On my 08 MCS, I have both auto up and auto down on both windows - driver and passenger. It has spoiled me when I get in other cars/vehicles now and I sit there wondering why the windows are not going up and down.
 
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Old 05-19-2008, 02:14 PM
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Try taking a pic of the buttons & location - might help those smarter than me give you an answer...But I don't remember anything like that in my '04...
Ditto, I would like to see these switches, I have no idea what these could be to. After market lighting maybe?
 
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I will try and get some pictures tonight, they are very small switches about the size of a thumb nail and are right in front of the lighter socket.
 
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Those are not stock. Maybe the previous owner installed something really cool like oil slicks or afterburners.
 

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I had a feeling they were not stock, I need to trace the wires to see what they were suppose to do.
 
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Old 05-19-2008, 04:14 PM
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I had a feeling they were not stock, I need to trace the wires to see what they were suppose to do.
Or you and a buddy start popping the switches and the other guy walk around the car to see what happens!
 
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Old 05-19-2008, 04:19 PM
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Yeah, but watch out for the spinning tire shredders. Max ankle damage.
 
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Switches

May be for the ejection seats...
 
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look like light switches to me
 
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I had a feeling they were not stock, I need to trace the wires to see what they were suppose to do.

Maybe you have driving lights on your car? If so, they are possibly wired to only function when your brights are on...
 
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or aftermarket "butt warmers" if you car didn't come stock with them
 
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I have no idea what these do. I have left both in the on position.
or aftermarket "butt warmers" if you car didn't come stock with them
which would explain why your butt has felt so hot all this time you've been driving with the switches on
 
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Old 05-20-2008, 01:49 PM
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which would explain why your butt has felt so hot all this time you've been driving with the switches on
That's called the "Toasty Tushie" feature.
 
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Originally Posted by eager2own
Dogtor, are you sure you have auto-up on the passenger window? I didn't think any MINIs had that -- but I have often been wrong.
Yes, quite sure. In fact, if you read the specs of the Clubman S on miniusa, it says there is auto up/down on both sides.
 
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Old 05-20-2008, 07:04 PM
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^ cool -- gald they did that. Originally, it was only going to be driver's side (like all other pre-08 MINIs outside the US)
 
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Originally Posted by Striped Toad
Adding stripes and deleating rear wiper both increase hp by about 5 each (not to mention 5 hp for deleating rear badging)!
And converting the rear window washer gear into a squirt gun (see thread on NAM for instructions) will gain you a need for all ten extra horses.
 
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Im not sure if this has been mentioned but I have an issue that annoys myself and my friends.



You have the 7 warning lights on the right hand side. There are the 6 big ones, and the 1 little one. What is that little one for? I have never seen it go on, it looks like there is a LED inside it. And to make it worse it is not mentioned in the manual. It drives me crazy
 
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Wow, the newer gauges look so different than the ones in the older models.
Now I am curious to see if I have a little little also.
 
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Old 05-21-2008, 06:10 AM
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Wow, the newer gauges look so different than the ones in the older models.
07BPB's gauge is the one on the optional chrono pack
 
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Old 05-21-2008, 06:31 AM
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I just checked, and I have the infamous "little light" also.
And yep, there's no mention of it in my manual, either.
 
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Originally Posted by x uh oh x
That's called the "Toasty Tushie" feature.
or the male version called "sweaty *****"
 
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Old 05-21-2008, 05:56 PM
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Little Light in Chrono

Perhaps it's not a light but an ambient light sensor to adjust the brightness of the face as in the Nav equipped vehicles.
 
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Old 05-21-2008, 06:08 PM
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Wifes '03 Honda Pilot has auto up (Drivers only).Thats why GBMINI.net made the auto up latching relay.
 


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