Thanks! That's a start. I've got a message in with them. Hopefully, it doesn't get lost in Internetland.

 

You must let us know if they actually respond. Wouldn't it suck if they said they added it for aesthetic purposes only (i.e. they thought it would look cool)?

 

Or if they just confirmed an earlier guess that its just to reinforce the strength of that panel...that would suck.

 

Must have gotten lost in Internetland. I guess it's all up to our imaginations...

 

According to National Geographic and their presentation of the "Kingdom of the Blue Whale." The heart of an adult Blue Whale is the size of a MINI Cooper. Now THAT I didn't know . . . .

 

WOW! That's pretty cool! ANd probably one of the best post on this thread! (I've been lurking for a while now...)

 

Did not have time to search all 71 pages to see if this was posted yet. I have two thing I have learned:

1. The ECU limits boost until water temperature reaches 175`F.

2. Overall boost pressure increases once ambient temperature goes about 50`F.

Who knew......

 

wow, where'd you find that info out?

 

+1

 

I have both temperature and boost gauges mounted in the MINI. I have been watching them closely over the past few months and that is how I discovered it.

 

I didnt know that these were available yet?? Or are these aftermarket ones? Im going to get the new ones when they come available I will make sure that I research this to provide further backup

 

The temperature gauge is part of the scangauge ( www.scangauge.com )

The boost gauge is from ( http://www.veisystems.com/home.html )

Both are aftermarket. Rumor has it that MINI is going to have a temperature gauge available in a couple of months. See below:

http://www.motoringfile.com/2009/03/...retro-fit-kit/

 

I reckon the Alta temperature gauge looks better - and looks more like it belongs too.

 

[quote=Zag;2670588]I had a Mercedes-Benz C230K, the hatchback they made for a few years. That car had a similar net on the passenger side of the transmission tunnel. I've been in c-class sedans that had the net there as well.


I came from this car too!

 

I think nets are pretty common in Euro cars, probably because of their small size and the need to make every inch count. Our BMWs have had nets or leather pockets, and I remember a Fiat years ago that had a fabric pocket matching the upholstery and the width of the front seat backs. Our '64 Porsche 356SC has leather pockets, too, running the length of each door. They're in place of the molded door pockets more modern cars have.

 

Not sure if this was posted yet:

If you forget to close the sunroof all the way after you've locked your car you can use the Key in the doors lock, turn it and it will close the sunroof (and windows too but I haven't tried) the rest of the way without you having to get back into the car and using the switches. My friend says it works for all BMWs.

 

Yes, it was posted somewhere a while back - it's a long thread so it's no wonder you didn't come across it.
Similarly, if you hold the unlock on the remote, it opens the window and opens the sunroof to the first position. What I wonder is:
1. why do BMW design it so you can open the windows with the remote but only close them with the key?
2. why only the first position of the sunroof?
I have actually used the opening thing in hot weather when my car is parked outside my office, to open it (from inside the office) a few minutes before I leave the office and let some of the hot air out. Opening the sunroof fully would have been even better.

 

I like the feature--another BMW trait--that you can close everything after you've shut down the engine and removed the key, as long as no one has opened a door. Sure comes in handy when you forget, especially the sunroof. Having accidently left open the sunroof a few times on my '94 BMW, it's handy. (I once remembered about 6 hours after I'd driven the car. Unfortunately it had rained quite a bit of that time. Lotta water inside.)

 

Yeah, some of the little features are really useful, I agree.
One I use a lot is: when you turn off the engine and remove the key, if you flash the headlights they stay on for a minute or so - so I can see to walk around and turn on the light switch in the carport.

 

Finished reading this whole thread, then I found something I don't remember reading in this thread or the manual. On our 2009 MCSA you don't need to use the sport button. It goes in to sport mode if you put the stick in manual mode with out telling it to shift. It will still go through the gears like in auto with the sport button depressed, but with out pushing it.

 

I did not know that the car would tell you (on the OBC) when to get your first state inspection sticker....and that you could reset the reminder for next time!!!

 

How does this work? Might be US-spec only, but I'd love to see if I can set other reminders.

ALSO - if you drive a manual with your foot on both the brake and accelerator, after about 1 second it cuts power to the engine. Which is rather frustrating if you're trying to dry out your brakes after driving through deep water. A case of the software designer being too clever for his/her (or my!) own good! I mean - why would you even bother to tell the software to do that?!

 

Thanks for posting this--after 2 1/2 years, I'm still finding out new stuff. For being a little bitty car, it sure is clever!

midoco, that's new--my '07 doesn't have that feature, and it also doesn't have the auto-up on the windows.

gokartride, I suppose you could do it by resetting to the month before it's due. You have the choice of month on the OBC.

 

It puts the trans in SD mode but it does not activate sport mode. sport mode in addition to SD mode on trans changes throttle response and tightens steering.

sure you do Deb - pull the headlight handle towards you after you've removed the key. the lights will turn on for a while. You can change how long in the OBC.

 

Sorry I wasn't clearer--The second comment was actually that the '07 doesn't have the default sport button--I have to manually turn it on.