I have held the tach in my hand...doesn't work. Its interesting some people say they think its on the driver's side. If I was forced to pick, I'd say its definitely NOT from that area. More a center speedo, passenger side thing. The secret compartment door already has the "running fix" that MINI did, with the rubber stop. I left it open one day and it still made that buzz. So I don't think its that.

Scary thing is, I've got the soft base 15" tires. I couldn't imagine having the sportier tires from a rattle/buzz point of view. Or maybe, actually, thats the trick. They beat the car into submission haha, while I'm giving mine the soft pillowey luxury treatment, lol.

 

That's why you need a passenger. If the door itself has to be held and "torqued" a bit. I could definitely dampen the buzz just by holding the door itself--but only when twisted. Eventually the entire dash was replaced.

 

Gym bag seat belt reminder.
Also, when I wear pants with cuffs, the cuff always catches on the up down seat adjuster when I get out of the care. (I Know, I know - don't wear cuffs!)

 

Roscoenj,

That is just your MINI's way to give you a good-bye hug!

 

NO KIDDING. Coming from a 2001 Jetta to a 2007 Justa last week, this is one of my major peeves. Also, it seems like you have to go to the dealer for a reprogram for every little mod. You could Mod a VW to the gills, and just use your VAG-COM to flip a few bits and you were DONE.

DO NOT LIKE the BMW method.

 

What year is yours? Mine has 1 touch up windows.

 

Will I hate if your 1st in line at at Red Light you can not see it . Wait for a horn to honk to motor on .
El Tiger

 

'07 was the only year without 'em, but there is a mod for it.

 

check out Lightinsight.com

 

I have read this problem a lot. If you are first, don't pull up so you can't see the light. If you have to in order to trip the light, just lean forward and look up. I really have never found this to be a major problem. A problem, yes, but not all that bad.

Jim

 

Who has the mod? The only one I've seen is for earlier models.

 

Just put the top down

 

Yup you're are correct. Just got back from a test drive after I used my sawzall to put the top down. Why didn't I think of that earlier

 

Works every time.......

 

http://www.lightinsight.com/

 

I know you joke, but...

This kind of thing was not that uncommon back in the "olden days" when the original Mini's roamed the roads here in Canada. They were cheap to buy (used) and quite disposable, and when they got to be old heaps there were a lot of fun things you could do with them before they took that long last ride to the junk yard. Sawing off the top and getting a couple of months of summer driving was not unheard of. I had a Mini in the '70's that was on its last legs due to rust and brake issues. I put 4 tall snow tires and a roof rack on it and used it as an off-roader in an old quarry and on some forest trails near where I lived. What a hoot! It did surprisingly well in that environment. I still drove it on the street, too. It eventually ended up in the junk yard, as most did.

Somehow I just can't see doing that kind of thing with my '08 MINI when it gets old and decrepit. Times have changed!!

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I did it to a Mazda B2000 truck when Mini Trucks were the Rage... it also had a tilting bed and the tailgate opened sideways just like the doors

 

Thanks for sharing those wonderful memories, but I wasn't joking. I cut the roof of my 2010 JCW so I could see the the traffic light

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YUuyzQDmjY

 

Don't know, but I've seen references to it on NAM. Maybe a search?

 

"Stupid gas gauge!" - Homer S. Simpson

But seriously...today my 07 MCS shows 5 of the 10 candy corns gone, so the tank would be HALF FULL, right? WRONG! At the pumps, it takes 9.77 gallons to fill it. The tank holds 13.2 gallons. So the car shows half full but in reality has about 26% of the tank left. I find that unacceptable.

 

Do a search on this topic, and you'll see this has been covered multiple times. You may have a truly defective gauge (covered under warranty still?), or you may be including the gas in the filler neck in your 9.77 gallons. The factory tank capacity IS 13.2, but this isn't the whole story.

On my car, if it's full to the brim according to the gas station shutoff click, I get about 120 miles before the first light goes off. The rest of the lights aren't proportional to this. This seems to be pretty typical, judging by what others have said over the years.

 

IIRC it's 3 gallons for the first light, 2 gallons for the 2nd and 3rd lights......now you have half a tank....and 1 gallon each for the remaining of the 7 lights.

 

I don't think so. I've looked. IIRC, it requires a sensor on the window to keep from amputating fingers, and the 2007 doesn't have that sensor.

 

Chimex from CravenSpeed. Works great. Plugs into the seatbelt connector. When not in use, the cable keeps it from getting lost.


Only tall people can wear cuffs in MINIs.