[Saurabhdutt]

I was playing around wih the JCW configurator this morning and realised that there is an extra pack available called "MINI Tech Pack". It includes HNK system, head up display, reversing camera and many more.

This pack is also displayed on Cooper, S & SD however you cant really view the content.

Quite useful pack I reckon.

Saurabh

 

[alpha]

So basically the Visibility Package with the additional Harman Kardon add on option. All must-haves so great to have it in a package. Any cheaper though than adding those two things together?

 

[Saurabhdutt]

I am sure its a little cheaper than adding all the options separately. If I go for my next MINI, this pack will be on top of my list.

 

[silver]

On the UK website the Tech pack doesn't list whats included. I built my exact car and added the Tech Pack, but was still able to manually add the HUD and the Harmon Kardon upgrades. Weirdness.

 

[bjblyth]

It seems to be working for me on the UK site now. You have to add the Media Pack and the Tech Pack as a double so it's around £3,500 additional cost.

 

[kenl]

It seems to be working for me on the UK site now. You have to add the Media Pack and the Tech Pack as a double so it's around £3,500 additional cost.

Ouch!

Personally, I do not consider the HUD and reversing camera as must haves.

 

[Burning_rubber]

Looking at the size of the car the reversing camera is not really a must have but I can't really tell since I don't have it. The HUD however is very nice and when you get used to it you kind of miss it when driving in a car without it. I got used looking at my speed on the HUD but even more usefull is the navigation directions and scrolling up and down my music and phone contacts with the buttons on the steering wheel and being able to keep my eyes more or less on the road at the same time. It beats fiddling with the buttons and knobs on the command center and looking at your center display. I could recommend everybody to select the HUD in the option list but that's just my personal opinion.

By the way, the Tech pack doesn't seem to be available in Belgium. Just checked the configurator. For a global brand/model the differences between countries never stop to surprise me.

 

[Angib]

The reversing camera is standard (with visual boost) on the F57 Convertible due soon - and anyone who's tried to reverse a R57 Convertible with the roof down will testify that it's not a luxury.

 

[kenl]

That's true but the convertible has virtually no glass to see out of. I remember reading on another forum that you are not allowed to sit your driving test if the UK in a MINI convertible, not entirely sure if that is true or not?

 

[Angib]

I remember reading on another forum that you are not allowed to sit your driving test if the UK in a MINI convertible, not entirely sure if that is true or not?

Yes, that's correct due to the poor three-quarter visibility. And if they think the Convertible is bad, they should try the Roadster I now have - at Y-junctions, I have to turn it to be at right-angles to the main road, as though I was driving a HGV.

PS showing my age - HGV is now LGV, I think.

 

[Swinmin]

It seems to be working for me on the UK site now. You have to add the Media Pack and the Tech Pack as a double so it's around £3,500 additional cost.

Can't see that Tech Pack anywhere?
I've selected Media, but no option visible to select Tech Pack.
Can you give us detailed navigation/selection instructions please?

Swincoop

 

[Cessa]

I have the HUD and camera on mine and say that I really think they are a good idea and should be made standard inclusions. Although the mini shouldn't need the rear camera, it is such a handy thing and I use it all the time. If it saves you once from reversing into a short pole or even a child, then it has paid for itself.

 

[Angib]

I have just ordered my new tart's car (F57 convertible) today and some of the pack/price changes are:
- Chili pack is now £3,200, including LED headlamps;
- Adaptive LED headlamps are a £85 extra over 'standard' LED headlamps.

The dealer reckoned the new packs and other changes won't show in the configurator until 'current' builds are at the new prices (ie, sometime in March) - because the car I've ordered won't be built for a few weeks, my order is at the new prices.

 

[Hat]

i think vis boost is also std in the chilli pack also. how much was chilli previously? its hard to wok out if this is truly additional value or whether these bundles are making people take options that they wouldn't have if they were choosing them individually

 

[Angib]

I know what you mean - the Chili pack has gone up by £950 (£2,250 to 3,200) whereas LED headlights were 'only' £670. However the cost of my spec has gone down by £235, so something else has changed.

Now I look in detail, the extra cost for 17" wheels has disappeared, so maybe they are now in the Chili pack too.

 

[kenl]

£3200 for CHILLI pack is a disgrace! It wasn't that long ago that it was half that price.

Much as I love my MINIs the price of them is really getting eye watering.

If I don't get a REALLY good deal on a stock car next time I might well look elsewhere.

 

[kenl]

Now I look in detail, the extra cost for 17" wheels has disappeared, so maybe they are now in the Chili pack too.

One option I would not want.

 

[Angib]

One option I would not want.

But Michelin Super Sports are only available in 17" (and 18") sizes, so that makes at least 17" wheels compulsory for me - once you've tried that particular drug, there's no going back.....