Originally Posted by Clapton Fan 1

Today I tried the repositioning of the rear seats to a more upright position as I've seen described here at least a couple times.

Originally Posted by SuperGreg

Yup. It's called follow me home or something like that. So you don't have to walk up to your house in the dark. Will turn off automatically in about 20 sec

Originally Posted by KeyPlayaJim

Can anyone provide a link to that? It's the first I've heard of it; How does it affect the seat's ability to fold?

Ditto!

Originally Posted by gezz81

Not sure if anyone else experienced this; but I just rotated my tires from front to rear and no matter what I did, the MINI logo's just didn't line up.. whilst it was jacked up they were both positioned the same.. them once car was on the ground.. not so much..

Originally Posted by Clapton Fan 1

I was in the MINI checking out more things I didn't know about my R56. Had already started it with key in pocket, then girlfriend and her friend wanted to run an errand. You all can probably guess what happens next. Off they went without key! Fortunately only 4-5 miles down the road when they realized it and made a U-turn.

Today I tried the repositioning of the rear seats to a more upright position as I've seen described here at least a couple times. Those of you who have had passengers ride in seats positioned so are no doubt sadists.

Love this forum and especially this thread. Way better than any manual! Certainly more entertaining!

Originally Posted by daffodildeb

Awww--what a cute baby! Is s/he sleeping through the night yet?

Originally Posted by Ambrosia

I don't see what the big deal is with the alarm chirp. The audible notification is there for a reason, why not use it if one finds that beneficial or useful? Yes, some may find it mildly annoying out in a public/commercial setting (in a quiet neighborhood I can see how it would be an issue) but tough crap, since I find it more annoying and inconsiderate when those same people are the ones who damn well can't take the effort to park considerately next to you. I don't sound my alarm chirps when someone walks by or is next to my car UNLESS they are asking for it. And by that I mean the type of inconsiderate tards that lean on your car, rubs up against it or decide to let their brat swing their door into the side of your car. Car alarms, chirps, fart cans, horns, etc are just part of the urban musical landscape if you will...annoying yes, but it would probably behoove most of us to not get worked up over such small things (myself included).

Originally Posted by VelvetFoot

It's interesting that the rear parcel shelf with the round cutout for the wiper motor can fit well behind the seat with the cutout over the hump.

Originally Posted by Clapton Fan 1

I agree VF! Just discovered that Friday after packing for first weekend getaway in MINI. Stood there, parcel shelf in hand, and it hit me...Why not there? PERFECT!

Originally Posted by pilotart

The metal key works both ways, it will also roll down the windows and vent the sunroof panels just like the fob.

Although the standard fob will not close windows (or sunroof) with lock button, won't Comfort Access fob do it?

Or is it just the black button that does the complete close and lock.

Originally Posted by pilotart

This (post #939 fom March 25 '08) was such an excellent summary of so many 'tips' that I thought it deserved another view in this great thread

Originally Posted by daffodildeb

I'm always frustrated with the CD player. I almost always have an audio book in it, and I get tired of starting at the beginning at the track each day. Any way to get around this?

Originally Posted by Clapton Fan 1

Use cassettes in a portable cassette player plugged into auxilary. Of course for any new books you would have to transfer from cd to cassette, but I bet you can still find older books on cassette at auction sites and garage sales. I guess it all depends on your level of frustration with playback issue.

Originally Posted by Clapton Fan 1

Use cassettes in a portable cassette player plugged into auxilary. Of course for any new books you would have to transfer from cd to cassette, but I bet you can still find older books on cassette at auction sites and garage sales. I guess it all depends on your level of frustration with playback issue.

Originally Posted by dwdyer

You have an umbrella that fits in there? One that'd fit would barely cover my head. I think it might be for water dripping in, but it's puzzling.



I'm also trying to figure out the utility of the side cubbies in the back seat. I've had the car 3 weeks and I just noticed those.

Originally Posted by bhelton

Someone posted this over on the Week 40 forum and I thought this would be a good place for it: http://www.miniusa.com/AboutYourMini/. Most of the videos here are about the nifty things you just sort of learn about...or may not.

Originally Posted by daffodildeb

Here is one item that might be of interest to our newer owners. This was discussed over a year ago, but you're not likely to notice the thread. It's NOT in the manual as far as I know. Here 'tis:

If you're a distance from our car and want to unlock it, you'll find better reception distance if you touch the key fob to your cheek as you press the button (regular access). There has been a lot of speculation as to what causes this, and some have said it's an urban legend of the MINI world, but I can personally state that it works. One theory is that our sinus cavities create an antenna of sorts.

Around the time it was first discussed, my husband and I happened to go on a picnic. The park had a lot of trees and hilly ground. I'd gone up to the car for something and realized that I had forgotten my key. I yelled to my husband to "click the car," but he couldn't get it to open. He was a little down hill and far away that I had to shout, but even though he held the key as high as he could reach, it wouldn't unlock. I hollered back that he needed to touch the key to his cheek, and it unlocked immediately. He later told me he'd thought I was nuts, but was amazed that it actually worked the way the thread said it would! Dunno know why it works.

Originally Posted by SouthernMAMINIs

Or if you have a computer you can rip your audio books to a thumb drive and play them through the USB next to the Aux input. You can control that right through the radio controls and if you get one of the small USB sticks no one will ever see it.

Happy Motoring! SouthernMAMINIs.com

Originally Posted by daffodildeb

Here is one item that might be of interest to our newer owners. This was discussed over a year ago, but you're not likely to notice the thread. It's NOT in the manual as far as I know. Here 'tis:

If you're a distance from our car and want to unlock it, you'll find better reception distance if you touch the key fob to your cheek as you press the button (regular access). There has been a lot of speculation as to what causes this, and some have said it's an urban legend of the MINI world, but I can personally state that it works. One theory is that our sinus cavities create an antenna of sorts.

Around the time it was first discussed, my husband and I happened to go on a picnic. The park had a lot of trees and hilly ground. I'd gone up to the car for something and realized that I had forgotten my key. I yelled to my husband to "click the car," but he couldn't get it to open. He was a little down hill and far away that I had to shout, but even though he held the key as high as he could reach, it wouldn't unlock. I hollered back that he needed to touch the key to his cheek, and it unlocked immediately. He later told me he'd thought I was nuts, but was amazed that it actually worked the way the thread said it would! Dunno know why it works.