Thank you--I've been saying this ever since I got mine, nearly 60,000 miles ago! I've owned sports cars and sports sedans for 38 of my 42 driving years, and I think it's the hardest to drive well. I don't know if it's because it's so "twitchy" or what, but I'm happy for the challenge. Keeps me...young(er).

 

^ & ^^

I thought the same after driving my MINI for the first year... I recently installed a larger rear sway bar and it's made a world of difference...

 

Hi

Strange what you chaps say about the fuel guage

Ive conducted some tests with my 07 dooper and it seems spot on

10 Carrots = 480/500 miles on computer
5 carrots = 240/250 miles on computer
2 carrots =100 miles on computer
1 carrot = 48 mile on computer


so it seems mine is functioning properly

 

I've owned my 07 MCS for about 3 weeks now. I have always owned Japanese cars prior to this. So I guess a few of my complaints are a result of my deviation away from standard Japanese automotive ergonomics and features. But there are a number of things about my MCS that annoy me to no end so far. (I didn't read the whole 32 page thread, so I'm guessing that some of these have been covered already...)

• The rain gutters above the doors are useless. If there is water on the roof, it's going to pour into the car and on me if the car moves with the windows open.
• The open door "catch" positions are very discrete, and the door slams closed in your face and/or leg if you happen to miss them.
• Window switches on the center console
• No engine temperature gauge on a turbocharged car?!?
• Have to disable DSC system every time car is started.
• Have to enable Sport mode every time car is started. (I usually remember to engage Sport only when I stall the car trying to leave my parking spot.)
• Lack of sufficient side bolstering in seats.
• Goofy, huge key/fob
• Start/stop button (It was cool on my Honda S2000 11 years ago, but ENOUGH with the start buttons! And why do I have to press it again to stop the engine?)
• Why is the audio on/off/volume button way down there in the no-mans-land of the center console?
• Wheel bolts (as opposed to studs)
• Run-flat tires
• Goofy factory audio arrangement makes upgrading to a standard aftermarket head unit difficult and expensive.

Don't get me wrong - I've always wanted a 07+ MCS. And the car has really grown on me even more so since I bought it. I LOVE the driving dynamics of the car - So much so that it makes it easier to overlook most of the the quirks. It's just that so far, many of its unique design quirks have unfortunately been annoying to me as opposed to endearing.

 

Why are you disabling the DSC? I could understand if you are autocrossing, buy why kill a safety feature "every time the car is started?"

 

I LOVE IT AS WELL

 

I understand the DSC setup. It's a multiplied issue in my lowered car, cause every time a front tire pics up just a tad, or hits an itty bitty patch of something slick like sand, it'll engage the DSC, jolt the car back and forth like you don't know how to drive a clutch, and takes a few seconds to get you going again, on top of any turbo lag you may have. God forbid you're trying to get out of someone's way, or yer own. A little wheel spin at least keeps you in a fwd motion and not kill yer throttle and/or apply brakes!

 

Exactly.

To me, the DSC isn't as much a safety feature as much as it is a source of potential unpredictability. I'd rather leave the control of the vehicle entirely in my hands as opposed to a computer that is attempting to use algorithms to divine my intentions and possibly countering and nullifying my own corrective actions.

Also, I do autocross and have been doing so for a decade. So I like to drive my cars on the street set up as closely to how I would drive them at an event for consistency.

Maybe I will give DSC a shot in the snow next winter and see how it does.

 

Psh, even in snow conditions, I don't like it. I'm trying to up a small hill, yet the whole traction control crap doesn't let my wheels spin to actually MOVE. Turn it all off, and I barely make it up on my one-wheel-wonder diff by spinning the tires in the snow. Just give me my LSD! All this electronic nannying is taking away the one thing that should've been installed before anyone shuts the door of their car: good drivers training. Like you said sarits, it just numbs the people who really want to DRIVE their car, and not commute.

Only advantage to all that stability control is when yer on the hwy and it snows and what not. But then really, by then, odds are you're going to fast for the conditions if you need that stuff. So I can see where there's a time and place for it, but my car governed by it is just all wrong IMO. And before anyone bash's me for this, yes, I AM looking at older cars these days.

 

I have only one complaint well 2 but they are related, I hate programming a destination in the GPS, and I HATE the factory audio system. Feel trapped with the audio cause I don't want to remove the factory GPS.

 

Still no hates or complaints...I ordered Molly just the way I wanted her and am LOVING every minute of it!! The only thing I think I wish I had ordered was XM Radio, oh well...hopefully Hubby will be getting a MINI before long, XM is a "must have" for him!!

 

I've had my R56 for two years now and the only thing I hate about it is that bloated SUV's love parking next to me in the lot.

 

Runflats

 

I paid to upgrade to a crappy stereo. (2008 - hopefully, they're better now.)

 

And as I posted and saw my signature, I was reminded of another thing that annoyed me about my MINI - my checkered side scuttle fell off last week! Looks like I gotta buy a pair at over $100. Ouch.

 

When I leave the car the windows go down a few millimeters. Not so much there is an air gap but you hear and see it move. Makes me nuts.

 

I think you'd be more bothered if they didn't do this and you couldn't open the door (the closed windows extend into the frame for a good seal, so they have to lower slightly for the door to open; once the door is closed they go back up again).

 

There's no way to just turn the climate control off... I hate having to reduce the fan to zero when an off button would work best!

Can't disable the TPMS when you lose the run flats without hacks.

Passenger airbag sensor... super huge grrrr!!! I'm not giving a stealership over 1k to fix a sensor mat. Had to hack this one out since only the US cars have it.

Radio! I have blutooth but can't play music over it?? very lame! So another trip to Apple store for a lame dock to lightning adaptor to play music from my iPhone, which btw will not charge my phone. You have to use a normal usb to lightning cable and use the usb port for that, which will not let you play music. Nice of mini to ignore any software updates to fix that.

Temp gauge?? A car that's done for if it overheats but yet has no gauge, just a "you're too late, good luck with that new engine" light. Got a scangaugeII just for that alone!

Holy torque steer batman! You'd think a LSD would ease that up but either I'm not used to FWD or it's always bad in a mini.

I could go on, but I don't want to sound like I dislike my car, I do enjoy it... really

 

No iPhone 5 Compatibility on Mini Connected. Always unmounts and remounts my iPhone. Sometimes have to push hard on buttons on steering wheel. Sunroof is not automatic. Sun Visors are Hideous. 3 Cup Holders in a 4 seater car??? Sometimes its annoying not having a key hole on the passenger side because I put my windows up with the key hole sometimes. Revs drop extremely fast when the A/C is on. (Manual Transmission)

 

If A/C is ORIGINALLY off and you push Defrost, When your done with defrost and you push the button to turn it off, the A/C Stays on!! on the lowest setting. (Auto Climate Control)

 

I found something...
I hate that my Battery died today (BAD)!!
Thankfully I was parked at work and my Husband came to my rescue!! (GOOD)!!
Molly will be having a Slumber Party @ MoP!! (SAD)!!

 

Why do you need to? The TPMS works quite happily with non runflats.

 

I don't like the little buttcrack icon flashing at me and having to clear the error message everytime I start the car so I can see my clock and what station the radio is on.

So yes... it's working perfectly but I can't turn it off!

 

Why didn't you leave the Tire Pressure Monitors on the wheels, when you changed to non-run flats? That would solve your problem, with no hacks.

Dave

 

I did leave em on the wheels, they just happen to be not the wheels I have non run flats on.

Winter set is stock all seasons
Summer set is sticky tires, light wheels.