Since i got my October 03 mcs, Ive had to reset the clock every month or so. It seems to lose 1-2 minutes a month. I didn't think much of it until I read on ROADFLY that other have been having the same problem. What about MINICOOPERONLINE people? Has any one noticed this problem?

 

Interesting. I thought I might be experiencing a similar phenomena - but since I've been having even more trouble with my wrist-watches lately I haven't been able to determine for certain.

I'll watch more closely now.

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Yes, I'm having this problem. I lose about a minute a month. I thought I must be imagining things since I've never had a quartz clock lose time like this before. Dead, yes. Inaccurate, no.

I guess it doesn't lose enough so that I'd consider it a big problem...just sort of mysterious. It's probably a flakey connection and/or a a current leakage someplace in the circuit so that it gets insufficient voltage at certain times (e.g., when the car's off and parked). The time can only be accurate if the clock circuit receives a minimum voltage/current, right? Sorry, I'm not too technical...

I'm telling you, this car is posessed by the electrical spirits of british cars past.

 

Easy explaination,
As you drive your Mini closer and closer to the speed of light time begins to slow...thus causing the clock to appear to loose time. A simple adjustment to the flux capacitor should take care of the problem.

 

>>Easy explaination,
>>As you drive your Mini closer and closer to the speed of light time begins to slow...thus causing the clock to appear to loose time. A simple adjustment to the flux capacitor should take care of the problem.

HA!

 

 

A person with only one watch always knows what time it is.

A person with many watches is never sure.

 

>>Easy explaination,
>>As you drive your Mini closer and closer to the speed of light time begins to slow...thus causing the clock to appear to loose time. A simple adjustment to the flux capacitor should take care of the problem.

 

>>During my numerous test drives, however, the clock seemed so far out of my line of vision that I would rarely look at it anyway! Time is of no importance <<

Just like folks get used to the center-speedo, you get used to the clock. I have found that it is actually easier to look at the clock while keeping "1/2 an eye" on the road in the location that it is. ...I can't stand looking for the clock on many other vehicles I drive now - usually you have to look down so far on the dash/console that you lose all sight of the road.

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interesting Mini2go, I'll have to keep an eye out for that (sorry, bad pun, )

Cheers,
Ryan

 

Don't worry about the clock :smile:

 

A minute per month I can handle, but 2-3 minutes per week is a little more disconcerting. Mines a Feb-03 build, and I have to reset my clock once a week. If I forget for a couple of weeks, I start being late to work (more frequently), then get fired, lose house, family leaves...and so on.

Bill

 

I've had my MCS for nearly 4 months now. I don't think I've adjusted the clock yet.

 

>>Easy explaination,
>>As you drive your Mini closer and closer to the speed of light time begins to slow...thus causing the clock to appear to loose time. A simple adjustment to the flux capacitor should take care of the problem. But in that case, I think I'd lose a minute or two a week!

 

>>I've had my MCS for nearly 4 months now. I don't think I've adjusted the clock yet.

I've had my 02/02 build MINI Cooper 5-speed for 13 months, and I only
had to change for standard vs daylight time.

It seems to keep perfect time.

 

My clock lost about a minute per month so far. I adjusted it once. Not too bad but it is no quartz mechanism.
I guess someone can come up with a clock upgrade that would be a more reliable time piece. Ever see the dash clocks in an Infinity or Lexus?

 

This is easy to solve. All you have to do is drive an extra minute each month. Then you're back on time!

 

man you guys have it easy. I've had my MCS for less than 3 weeks, and so far it has gained 3 minutes.
(I have NAV, so at least I know I have the correct time down to the minute. I also have an atomic clock at home)
If your clock is slow, you just hit the minute button to catch up. My clock is fast, so I have to press it 57 times to bring it back.......

 

My clock gets slower too but yeah - I always thought it was the speed of light thing.

 

HI Kamakazi,

I too had a clock problem - losing a few minutes per month. I finally went to the dealer and they replaced the unit under warranty. The new one has not lost a minute over several months.

Cheers,
Omar

 

>>Easy explaination,
>>As you drive your Mini closer and closer to the speed of light time begins to slow...thus causing the clock to appear to loose time. A simple adjustment to the flux capacitor should take care of the problem.

hahahaha yeah! I just got done tuning my nitrofulx cap. clean as a wishel

 

The loss of time on your clocks is obviously related to the stumble. Everytime your car stumbles the clock momentarily stops. It might only be for a split second, but they all add up and by the end of the week you've lost 2 or 3 minutes. In theory, if you have a bad enough stumble, it is possible that you could actually lose 3 hours if you did enough driving in any one week period.

Hope this helps.

Ken

 

I haven't reset mine. I'm hoping someday I'll have
a new car.

 

I'll bet you anything you are all confused when you go out to your cars Sunday morning and find that your clock is off by an hour (plus or minus a couple of minutes).

Ken

 

I just wanted to bump this.

and include myself as having to fix a 1-2minutes a month