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Hi all, waited since June for my new F56, received it today...love it
This is my third Mini in six years!!!.....on a test drive in June of a 2014 cuz 2015 were not out yet, I asked the salesperson if the KM/MPH digital could be displayed like my other Mini's...sure he said....so he pushed a button and up came the digital display of the KM / hr as I was driving. The gauge also has permanent display in Analog form......so today when I received my car, they went over everything me. I knew I had another question there before I left.....so I could not remember at the exact time...information overload.....then I left and drove away. I got a coffee down the road and while driving I told not see what my current exact speed was. Only in the analog form.....so I then drove back to the dealer...asked my delivery specialist the question....she played around with my settings....after 5 min. She gave up...We tried together the "BC" button....all that came up was the Engine Temp.....then she called the sales manager who was my initial salesperson before he was promoted....he was the one that showed it to me on the demo...he still says that it came be done. He then tried all sorts of things. No help...so he tells me that the car has to go to service and reprogrammed to have the digital KM displayed.....I said I didn't have the time right now, but if they could look into it, and get back to me with a fix, I would appreciate it...no problem....so here is the answer....in Canada if you order the Essentials Package which includes Heated Seats and Sun Roof, you loose the Digital KM / hr read out......I said nobody brought this to my attention...I said it is impossible to drive around reading the very small analog numbers, I can't !!!! Who would order and drive a car this way ? Either Iam going to drive to slow or too fast and get a speeding ticket, take your pick. All cars built today from the cheapest to the most expensive ALL have a digital KM / MPH readout display, except me and my car because nobody brought this to my attention. A serious issue.
Anyone facing this issue, and what was the fix...I am told by Corp that this issue can't be done after the car was made....anyone ???? Thanks for your input and time to read my story.
This is my third Mini in six years!!!.....on a test drive in June of a 2014 cuz 2015 were not out yet, I asked the salesperson if the KM/MPH digital could be displayed like my other Mini's...sure he said....so he pushed a button and up came the digital display of the KM / hr as I was driving. The gauge also has permanent display in Analog form......so today when I received my car, they went over everything me. I knew I had another question there before I left.....so I could not remember at the exact time...information overload.....then I left and drove away. I got a coffee down the road and while driving I told not see what my current exact speed was. Only in the analog form.....so I then drove back to the dealer...asked my delivery specialist the question....she played around with my settings....after 5 min. She gave up...We tried together the "BC" button....all that came up was the Engine Temp.....then she called the sales manager who was my initial salesperson before he was promoted....he was the one that showed it to me on the demo...he still says that it came be done. He then tried all sorts of things. No help...so he tells me that the car has to go to service and reprogrammed to have the digital KM displayed.....I said I didn't have the time right now, but if they could look into it, and get back to me with a fix, I would appreciate it...no problem....so here is the answer....in Canada if you order the Essentials Package which includes Heated Seats and Sun Roof, you loose the Digital KM / hr read out......I said nobody brought this to my attention...I said it is impossible to drive around reading the very small analog numbers, I can't !!!! Who would order and drive a car this way ? Either Iam going to drive to slow or too fast and get a speeding ticket, take your pick. All cars built today from the cheapest to the most expensive ALL have a digital KM / MPH readout display, except me and my car because nobody brought this to my attention. A serious issue.
Anyone facing this issue, and what was the fix...I am told by Corp that this issue can't be done after the car was made....anyone ???? Thanks for your input and time to read my story.
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