Posted by murmini Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:44:00 GMT
Couple of mornings recently I fired it up only to find the gas gauge at zero causing a brief moment of panic until one recalls filling up just a couple of days ago. Next time I started it it was fine so I assumed a bad sender unit as the on board computer was also going nuts trying to calculate the distance I could go on the remaining fuel and just showing dashes in place of a mileage reading.
Read more...Posted by murmini Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:55:11 GMT
Ian’s Auto-Up Window Circuits are once again available. He has produced 128 of them but they are going fast. This is an easy mod to do yourself and provides you with several options:
Ian’s site is here.
Posted by murmini Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:49:58 GMT
The new independent American magazine for all Mini owners MC2 is out now and promises to be informative, newsy and well just plain interesting. While most enthusiasts certainly get their ‘fix’ from the web, it is always good to have the hard copy of a periodical. This premier issue has some excellent articles and I think as a form of encouragement, they are making many of them available on line as downloadable PDFs.
Posted by murmini Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:19:45 GMT
I promised in an earlier post, that I would keep you informed if Ian Cull’s Auto-Up went back into production. While Ian states that he intends to start manufacturing again in the future, there now seems to be an alternative at The Official Home of the Mini Cooper Automatic Window Circuit or MCAW. It looks very good and has a few design differences from Ian’s. In fact it looks like Kevin has designed it from the ground up using Ian’s concept as inspiration only. It claims to offer DSC track mode as well as integration with garage door openers. Ian has given it a very thorough technical review here.
Posted by murmini Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:38:00 GMT
I guess it’s part of the it’s English heritage but if you park your MINI, shut off the lights and the ignition as you leave the car, flip the traffic signal switch to the left or right and it will illuminate the front and rear side lamps on the selected side only. Why you might ask? Well in England (and other European countries), it is a legal requirement for a stationary vehicle to display front/rear position lamps on the offside of the vehicle, when the vehicle it is parked in an area governed by a speed limit of more than 30mph. I have noted that all of the BMWs exported to the USA do this as well. It’s the Law!
Posted by murmini Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:34:00 GMT
If your driving a Mini Cooper S and your sensing a little more 'oomph' in this cooler weather, your right. The main reason for the increase in power in cold weather is due to the increase in air density in the Roots/Eaton supercharger.
Read more...Posted by murmini Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:27:27 GMT
The first issue of MCSquared magazine is about to become reality and should be out by December 2nd. I believe there are a few Charter Subscriptions left and they are issuing a limited edition T-Shirt to the first 2000 North American subscribers. More info here.Posted by murmini Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:18:00 GMT
So your tooling down the road in your mini and enjoying the feedback of the 'lively' steering wheel. Your frequently taking your right hand off to shift gears and you decide, for one reason or another, that you would like to put your window up. Unlike most cars with electric windows, including our direct cousins the BMWs, you have to stop all this fun shifting and HOLD your finger on the window 'up' button and HOLD it there until the window completely closes. Read more...
Posted by murmini Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:24:16 GMT
Nice to read an article on dcmini about waving. Daniel even included the ‘official’ mini semaphore that was part of last years marketing materials from miniusa. This is truly something we should celebrate, I mean the identity of the MINI and it’s heritage culminates in the sighting of another one whilst out ‘motoring’. A flash of the lights, a hand thrust up through the sun roof shows the bond that exists between all MINI drivers . . .well almost… nice article Daniel !
Posted by murmini Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:10:25 GMT
Bob Womac has created an excellent webpage on the Harman Kardon stereo used in the USA Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S. This is the upgraded 8 speaker stereo system sold by miniusa as a factory option. Bob defines his site as a review and tutorial and that it is. For those somewhat perplexed by preset point-source and diffused modes it is the definitive page on the product.
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