Illogical stuff in the SE. It's the little things...

Oh you do, do ya? Yes those who have pushed their cars super hard need a cool down period. Seems to be brief in the video I saw. I'm not really worried about that part for me as I don't race

 

It's been so long since I've driven a manual transmission I seem to be totally wrong on what's common. The only one I've used within the last decade is my old Fordson Dexta tractor, which is British and so sort of brethren to the MINI. But it has a "high" and "low" gear range, so it's really not like a car.

 

How about the locking charge port door? This seems to be a holdover from ICE cars where people need protection against fuel siphoning. I've had to learn to lock my SE after I plug in at a public charge point. Hard to steal electrons from an EV, though. At least until two-directional charging becomes a thing.

And of course the biggest (by far) annoyance, no light in the charge port bay. It's just a dark, black hole when trying to plug in at night.

 

I don’t want to read this thread since I don’t have mine yet. But I read some.

 

Well, the locking lid keeps anti-EV vandals from pouring sugar into your charging port. I solved my charging-in-the-dark frustration by sticking one of these tiny, adhesive LED button lamps on the side of my charging handle.

 

Yeah I thought lockin caps are to prevent vandalism of any sort. People can be stupid sometimes and do nasty stuff.

 

Smart! Saved in my cart for later...

 

"A, 2, and d" lol!

These things really don't bother me. And frankly, I'm glad that my cars don't update regularly, that would drive me crazy. My phone does and it's obnoxious - most changes are for the sake of change, adding no value. In fact, it removes value because things don't work how they used to. And try a quick google search for how to find a function? Yeah, you'll get answers for two revisions ago. Maddening. One of several reasons I DON'T drive a Tesla.

Anyway, the Mini is my fun car. It is about the drive, not about the tech. My Sig+'s 6.5" screen is tiny compared to my Bolt's 10.8" screen, and you know what? I like it that way. It's a car, not a computer! (Well, ok, it's also kind of a computer these days, and all cars are drive-by-wire in the end - pay no attention to the man behind the curtain).

 

Is there an OTA update available that causes an instrument panel (physical or heads-up) to pop up in front of a Tesla driver? Even though Elon swears no driver needs an instrument panel in front of them, he should offer it as a megabuck option and get richer on the chumps who would pay for such a logical accessory.

 

Believe it or not, that's how the MINI wheel controls used to be. My 2014 Clubman is arranged exactly that way.

 

I don't agree. I've driven both and this honestly is far more intuitive for me.

I'll tease, stop trying to change the car layout I love

 

They really should have moved the driving mode switch to the left side for the US drivers. On my old, it was a switch around the shifter. They moved it after. It's now a long reach for short arms - especially in mittens when you can't feel as well.

 

Are you subtly complaining about the absence of a heated steering wheel?

 

Lol, no. Just it was 15°F when I was out this morning. This afternoon it got up to 25°F and I was just in ugg gloves. My hands are sensitive to both hot and cold so I have a collection. While not snot freezing cold that gets me to do both gloves and mittens, it was cold enough for Bernie mittens today

I'm really only complaining about short arms

 

Gah no fish? I got over no winking but in the green minimalization analyzer I get stars but no fish.

 

I assume you must have found a transcript of the BMW committee meeting deciding the fate of MINI following Brexit?

 

I made no sense did I? So my car, no joke, would have a little Mini icon from the front on start up (like where the electric plug comes on now) and the car would wink with a headlight.

Then when in green mode, you can go to My MINI > Technology in action > MINIMALISM Analyzer and you will see a set of stars. It used to have a fishbowl that is explained on page 216. When I went today there was no fish. It's even in my manual describing it but it doesn't come up. I realize it's silly, but we made a game of if with my son going for long drives when he was young.

This is a pic I stole from the internet. I cannot find the one I have quickly to share. Manuals had more categories