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What is the dumbest thing on your Mini F55/56?

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#1 ·
Here is your chance to tell us what drives you bonkers on your Mini.:D:D

I try to figure out what the purpose is/was of the Sun Visor on the driver side. It flips up/down you can not move it forward or backward to adjust it when the sun hits you in the face......whats the point of having one?:(
 
#2 ·
Here is your chance to tell us what drives you bonkers on your Mini.:D:D



I try to figure out what the purpose is/was of the Sun Visor on the driver side. It flips up/down you can not move it forward or backward to adjust it when the sun hits you in the face......whats the point of having one?:(


For someone like me, it's invaluable. I happen to live in a place where I travel east in the morning for work, and head west in the evenings home. So the sun is in my face every single day.

A pump or two of the seat height adjustment--and I never, ever have to deal with the sun in my face.

I'm very grateful that the driver's sun visor is there. This MINI is the 1st car I've owned where I don't ever have to worry about getting blinded by the sun. The other sun visors in the other cars I've owned have always come up short & made for frequent uncomfortable rides sometimes. Not the MINI.


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#7 ·
Having to turn off the auto stop/start every time I start the engine.
 
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#16 ·
BINGO!!!!! This is atop the list in my book! You can tell a lot about engine health by looking at the oil & spark plugs!

And to follow that up, MINI switching oil recommendations by TSB and not informing owners is a huge gripe for me!
 
#21 ·
I have a F54 and wish the tach was a bit more prominent. My 2013 Mustang had a cool feature where the instrument gauge cluster would illuminate red if you went into the red area on the RPM gauge. Not that you would want to get into the red but the 1.5l on this Clubman is so quiet. Other thing that would be nice is a boost gauge but I can add that.
 
#26 ·
I understand it being turned back on in green mode as it's a "green" feature, but I just wish it could remember your last setting instead of resetting itself every time you turn off the engine :(
 
#27 ·
My only gripe with the car is no decent place to put the key fob, it either rattles around in one of the cup holders...or if me and the Mrs are on a long journey and both have drinks it rattles around in the little pocket bit behind the cup holders, the newer BMW 1's etc have a small little slot that the key sits in nicely, which would've been a great handy feature in these cars

And I would leave it in my pocket but then it's a faf getting out of the car and seacrhing all of your pockets to lock the car again if you, like I always do, have forgotten which pocket it's in!
 
#30 ·
dumbest thing is the Rear Wiper Switch.....ever noticed or tried to turn it On or Off. It is very slippery. No groves or notches to grip your fingers onto it. My fingers keep slipping. Very Bad design. They can take a lesson or two from the Japanese Auto Manufacturers on this one.