hey all,

i tried looking around and couldn't find this answer anywhere. does anyone know what's the deal with the middle button that is right in front of the shifter? i know the driver's side is the sport button, the passenger side is the DSC, but i haven't been able to figure out what the middle button does.


thanks for any input...

 

I believe that button activates/de-activates some of the fuel-economy features available elsewhere in the world but not here.

 

I've never even noticed a button there. I'll have to look when I get home tonight.

 

Some one posted a picture of it from a Euro delivered car. It was to turn on/off the auto start/stop function.

 

It's the official ejection seat button

 

It's a conversation piece used to start threads

 

No TWISTER ,thats up by the right side power window switch . That is why you can not get rear fogs and ejection seat on the same MINI .

 

The middle button de-activates the automatic stop/start function in Euro-spec cars.

 

Thank you David! OK, now can someone come over tomorrow and give me a remedial course on all those clickings that will allow me to know what the heck I'm attempting to program? I'm only slightly kidding.

Thought I was fairly handy with this kind of thing but pushing on the end of the stalk to make various changes is a bit confusing to me... I do not have the Navigation, just to be clear. Today when I was trying to figure out some of the controls via the radio *****, I started calling MINI's Road Side Assistance!? I quickly punched another button and it went off. I guess it's going to take me more time than I expected to learn the ins and outs of some of this stuff.

 

left to right
- sport button on (green light)
- auto start stop system off (orange light)
- DSC off

 

Hmmm, wonder how hard it would be to wire something to use that unused middle button (at least in the U.S.). I can see all kinds of interesting possibilities...