20 TIPS AND SECRETS OF THE R56 MINI COOPER. I WAS ONLY AWARE OF 11 OF THEM!
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Here is a list of 20 tips, tricks and less known items about the R56 MINI Cooper that I comprised from MINI Forums.. I think you may learn a thing or two.
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I know it’s been a while but to roll the windows down you have to click twice, one click and one click/hold
Cool Video. Something I found out by accident is that very cool to me... The Car knows which key is in the ignition and remembers settings. Like radio station and format for temperature and fuel economy. My key show's MPG and my wife's key shows L/100 km. Because we set it that way.
I've owned my R56 Cooper S for 8 years, and I've only just discovered the secret compartment, and the start-up without the keys from this video! Thanks!! 🤯
For the pet owners out there. With the car on and running you can take out the interior key from the key FOB and lock the car from the outside. Just don’t loose your key!
You can also turn off the car, remove the key fob, and restart it within ~30 seconds without the key fob installed. This is for cars WITHOUT comfort access.
excellent for car thieves to steal your car "with key etc" & your insurance would probably not pay out due to your stupidity... ie would you buy a safe load it with cash & then hide it in-front of your front window, whilst leaving the door unlocked???? "not very safe/secure is it!"
@@malp6280 i agree
not wathed whole vid but under rear seat is a tailgate opener and inside boot on side is a cable to open the filler cap if you ever get stuck with that.
I like the vin numbers on each panel, makes it easier to see if it's been crashed and repaired.
yup its what i did when i bought my used one lol. which actualy was used very respectfully and with all these addons i feel like a superstar. my last car was a 96 saturn LOL. I fell like i dunno..finally i made it i can die now lol.
Just bought a 2012 Mini Cooper S. This video has made me even more excited for the car now. Thanks for the video. It was actually super helpful!
You bet 🤙👍
Regarding your first tip about the ambient lighting: You can play with that switch / hold it a while in one position (forward or back, I forget) and then instead of just one color all the time, it will cycle thru all the colors- about 5 of them I believe - love that feature with my Mini Cooper R56 - 2013 model.
Hmm. When I hold my dipswitch forward it only smoothly cycles through the 9 colors where you can let go to get that PERFECT shade if you can spot it fast enough. There’s no “party mode” on mine, but flipping it backwards allows a selector of how bright or dim you want it.
NeoSquirrel hold it down for a complete color cycle and let go.
How’s the reliability on your 2013? Have you owned for a long time with many issues?
@@moshnroll507 Picked up this car on 30 August 2013 in Appleton, Wisconsin brand new still looks brand new never an issue no problems but shifting is not as smooth as with my Volvo S60 diesel but hey it’s not a Volvo (both cars 6-speed manual)
@@stephenschulte3996 thank you for the reply Stephen, I am awaiting delivery of a 2013 S 6 spd as well. I have almost cancelled my order after reading the bloated negative reviews of the vehicle. How many miles do you currently have?
you shouldn't of told me about the Gin handles! As a Brit, I'm off to have a spiffing time. Cheerio
Pull the interior light toggle the other way and it adjusts the brightness of the lights as well.
if you push and hold for 5 seconds it stays doing RGB mine has been cycling its interior colors for 2 years now :)
@@ZdayE32BMW is this true, I’m trying and it’s not working
hey, mine isnt working anymore and it gives me a error on my screen, u know what to do?
Love! Thank you so much for sharing!! I was especially happy to find out there is an aux port!! 👍🏼
Loved this video 📹 learned things about my mini I never would have known!!!!
Great video on tips, tricks, and features! The window roll down feature should work press and hold the unlock button while approaching until windows start to roll down. To roll back up insert the physical key in driver's door, turn right, and hold. Cheers and Motor On!
Thanks man
The window roll up function can be "turn on" via some coding using bimmercode. After it is done, the lock button on the key will roll up the window when pressed and hold.
@@renesis82 from what I can find you can choose one or the other so can either roll down wjth the button or roll up but not both. Not sure why they did this
@@chrissyboy7047 It definitely can do both. As d3 stated I think the app bimmercode was able to easily code that as well as disabling the stupid seatbelt warning and other idiot gongs they added to cars. You may have to pay for certain apps to be able to do some of the coding these days through wireless obd2 dongles, but you can still fire up an old laptop and learn the software to do advanced coding with usb to obd2 cable too.
Great video, thanks, some very interesting features. You explained it all very well too !
Enjoyed the video, and what a great looking house 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I had the rear wiper feature on my Volvo 480 from the eighties, its a good idea. Also front wipers would go from intermittent to normal when accelerating hard.
One never leaves the house without a bottle of Gordons, simply not done old chap! Nice video. Thanks.😁
As a new mini owner, I found out if you hold the color button until it blinks a couple times, it will consistently change colors and cycle through the rainbow smoothly! It's so dope! Mine's a 2011 base model cooper, but it's in the same generation so in theory it'd work haha
Thank you…. I’ll be checking all of these out especially the windows feature, living in Australia it will come in handy through summer plus it will look cool lol
This is what i love about the head light washers. I think it is every 3rd time you was your front window it washes the lights. After the wipers have stopped the head lights then get a wash. After the head lights have stopped being sprayed, the window wipers do one more sweep to get rid of any splash.
The rear view mirror twist button thingy actually changes your mirror so that at night time if there are people blinding you with their lights you can dull their lights in your mirror reflection. At least in the 3 minis I’ve had they all do this.
VIN numbers are found on multiple panels so you can tell if your MINI has been in a structural accident.
Like my Fieros... VIN on all body panels.
vin numbers all over the place, even inside the sealed square frame, was used to combat chop shops and auto theft, if I remember correctly.
Yep saw that in a movie
Cool Stuff, thanks! I just bought a 2012 Cooper S Clubman. Super fun little car!!
Hold the ambient light switch in the opposite direction to change them. My r58 coupe made it to where it would continuously change within the different colors!
Gosh I love my Puffy -Mini Cooper R56 2010 . All those secrets are so funny and make me love the car more tbh I was discovering some of them when I bought the car from the owner I was like oh my god that's so cool I was smiling like a child by discovering some hidden features
Great vid bro, I didn't knew some of this tips thx 👍🏻
You can drive mini without key. Start car normal (doors must be closed) Turn off car and take key out, and start car again without a key. Sorry for my english :D
Great video, thanks
I bought a mini cooper a few days ago and really thank you for this interesting video, it will be useful for this beautiful frame. See You 😉👍
That hidden compart was baller bro
Picking my 2010 mini cooper d up today. Can't wait to try these. So updated from my 2006 cooper s.
How is your 2010 mini? I am considering buying a 2010 model, does it have any issues, is it fun to drive, is it quiet...?
I absolutely love mine I've only owned it around 4 months...it's a 2010
Car can be locked or unlocked and if you hold the unlock windows and sunroof will open. If you put the key in the door lock and twist and hold eventually the windows will close
If the battery is low on power this function will not work which may explain why yours didn't function!!!!!
You missed that the rear seats have two settings, tilt them forward, then lift locking bracket, push seat back and you have more upright rear seats and slightly bigger boot.
I think this one needs a little more explanation. Which is the locking bracket, the lever on the back of the seats? Where do you push on the seat, and when you say “push back” do you mean from the direction of the boot or from the front seat? My headrests prevent any more forward movement toward the front.
@@neosquirrel look at the rear seat catch bracket on the car. Once you figure it out that how to pull it out you noticed that it sticks out. Now just pull the back seat back. Hope this helps but guess you might have figured it out already 😀
Bought a 2007 Mini Cooper S and thjs video was really helpful!!
I snagged an 11 base mini a couple months ago, first night drive I was like "oh snap, RGB, thats lit" but it was set to rainbow cycling aka unicorn vomit, couldn't really see it in daylight. I knew there had to be a way to change it but id driven off grid and didn't have the manual so I had to take a minute to find the switch. Car definitely has some odd features but its become an endearing challenge to find them all, definitely a stark contrast to the 93 Buick I'm rebuilding
I just got a 2014 fiat and am learning it also has some neat things on it. I can't wait to learn what else it has.
nice list! #6 is awesome, and if you pay attention when light is shinning on your display only what is in the light turns white, not the hole display, so you can have half of a letter/number white and half red. its trippy when you first see it. The noisemaker is also your intake for your hvac. if you don't want the added noise you can get a delete (the noise maker is a round thing further down the hose where it splits by the throttle body, but if you disconnect it completely it will mess with your air, mine fell off because its held on by zipties (stupid choice) and I though my blower motor died for the longest time till I realized just that hose wasn't connected. Runflats was an awesome choice since there is no spare tire, I know they're more money but as someone who has need to use the run flat I can tell you it is well worth it. Living in the northeast I had bent rims and had a sidewall blowout but was still able to drive to the shop to get it fixed, saved my butt many times. I have also heard of a way that you can remove your key but still have your car running, so that you can lock it and go in some where without having your car get cold, have you heard of this? need to try it on my 07 r56 when i get it back from the shop and the windows down trick
on one of our keys the clip broke so we were able to pop it in start and remove it without the holder keeping it in
For the window down from the key youve gotra hold it for a while. It'll also take the roof down on the R57. The key also holds lots of car info in it, the 1st thing the dealership will do is check the key data.
Another neat feature is that the windshield wipers automatically slow to the next lower setting when you stop. The rear wiper (if already on) goes from a delayed wipe to a constant wipe when the car is shifted into reverse.
All standard features on BMWs for years.
No. 6, the LCD display in full sunlight. That's called transflective LCD. Basically there's a semi-reflective mirror behind the LCD, usually the light illuminates through it, but when it's overpowered from the external then the reflective properties of the semi-reflective mirror take over and you see the sunlight reflect back through. Hence it's white. :)
#1, if you move the switch in the other direction it controls the brightness of the ambiant lighting. It goes from dim to may too bright for night driving imo. #7, I think you have to program that in, I know I had to use a scan tool to enable that. I didn't know about the hidden compartment. I'm checking that out in the morning. Headlight washers are a requirement for >25w zenon lights in the EU.
Hey I'm super glad that you made this video. I wanted to post it onto my mini Cooper club page. About the windows going down when you hold the lock button this was a question that came up on my mini page. I was not aware of this option so I tried it myself. It said I should simply hold down the unlock button. So I have made it happen once still not quite sure how I did it. And on the mini page apparently it happened to someone while they were sitting next to someone's car.lol thank you very much for your videos I learned so much. I cannot believe I have an AC cooling that in my glove compartment!!!
thx fun just got my 2011 convertible love it
I appreciate you.mentionimg the rear hatch feature. I was so upset because my carbiner flipped and the key fob fell into the boot unknowingly. Im glad I had unlocked the car as it is a habit i have. I had to leave the car ( safe spot), but now when I got back to fiddle, I can get that hatch open and grab my key. Good to know in "emergencies". Life is strange, be prepared.
thanks for the fuel filter/pump tip...cool...hopefully no big hassles to happen but handy place to work on those,thank you :)
If you hold down that interior light switch for about 10 15 seconds, it will cycle through all the lights automatically.
Does this work with the mini from 2010 base model
Love the hoodie!
Thank you for the video
Great video, thanks for the tips, I am a huge mini fan, current owner of a 2014 S convertible. Also, I am a huge Vette fan as well and I saw your flag in the garage. Awesome.
Very nice Video good tips
Yep, can confirm #7. Also the Panoramic roof opens if you hold it long enough
also can confirm it (cooper S 2013, r56) can open windows with holding "unlock" button. but, windows will not roll up on "lock" button. Somebody said that it was some regulatory requirements in the US or something
On the R56, The Window Roll Down is only with the "comfort package" which also makes ignition "keyless" ie: you can start and drive with the fob in your pocket. There is one give back with this feature though, the fobs in the comfort package do not recharge while driving and require periodic battery replacement. You can determine if your car has the package by looking at the back of your fob. If, opposite the unlock button there is a divot for prying off the back cover, you have a comfort package and under that cover is the CR2032 battery. Don't worry about when to change the battery, the car will display a warning after start up in the tach if your battery is low.
@@robidriver That is incorrect. I am able to roll down the windows with the key fob but I dont have the keyless option and my fob charges as normal
Loved that video. The hidden compartment I found by complete accident. It was so cool. And I thought the same thing. Avoid the department 🚓compartment. 😉
Getting my mini soon can’t wait seeing this video makes me more excited haha
Great stuff man, I just got a 2007 and I'm still finding cool tweaks. I'm going to play with the ambient light feature now!
Same! 2007!
@@brendanguyen6222 just got mine two days ago
Me too.
@@ericsalidbar1693 how is it? I'm getting the 2009 model this month at the end.
TOOL! Props, Brother!
I have mini as well and really didn't know these ❤️❤️❤️❤️
had my car for a year and a half, always wondered why I was seeing washer fluid spray in the wind on both sides of my car 😮
I still jelously own one in red color, black roof, and 118.000 miles on it. It runs perfectly and super fun to drive on weekends.
Wow, great job! Subbed
Appreciate your video yesterday I just bought a 2009 Mini S with full custom dual exhaust all around aftermarket coilovers really clean not one dent with 96k it's like new for $5,300 the guy wanted 6,500 and so I saved $1,200 the hidden gems are awesome I had no idea there's a little secret stash spot where the passenger sits and the main glove box having the AC blow cool air for drinks and didn't know the kiosks recharges itself every time it plugs in I didn't realize how fun this car would be I had just sold a 2001 Audi TT 225 Quattro and this 2009 Mini S is way more fun to drive and I think it's faster no doubt about it maybe because it's lighter but it has way more pickup once I hit the sport mode I have a huge grin on my face that's worth every penny great video man!
Gordons Gin, haven't heard of that for decades. Lol! Brilliant vidoe btw.
Thank you!!!!
It was the go to for many decades
If you lock your key in the car, the boot will pop open to let you in. Dont just shut it without wondering why it opened..
🎩😩 I’ve had 3 flats in the 👩🏽🦱last three months, 👚👍🏾bought a 👖Spare tire, which sometimes causes the trunk to open so I keep the spare “in the back seat” haha! Gordon’s Gin! 😃
Cool Video, love the car. Automatic Adjusting of the Headlights is mandatory with Xenon or Led in Germany, the washing fluid too. There‘s also the option of the Lights moving with the Steering in Corners up to 15 degrees.
Just purchased a 2014 maual base model your video helped and also confused.
awesome thanks, I was looking for the ox aux cable
I have a Mini Paceman it’s really cute and fun to drive and handle awesome
All cars with xenon must have self adjustment to prevent blinding oncoming traffic, it not just mini cooper thing.
Probably half of these are things that all cars have.
The rolling of the windows feature with the keyfob has to be enabled to work on your car. They also roll up when holding lock for a couple seconds. I did this to my daughter's car that wasn't enabled. Pretty cool feature. And if you have the auto wiper feature they will roll up if the car windows are down and it starts raining.
Indeed, it's called "full closure" I believe you can program the mirrors to come in on certain models by holding the key fob button down too.
Hey how do I get this programmed? My mini (cooper convertible 2010) does it if I pull the manual key out the fob and put it in the door, but doesn’t seem to do it if I just use the fob as I’m walking towards the car
🎩 WOW Thank You! 👩🏽🦱 I have this car! 👚👍🏾Awwww Cool! 👖I had NO idea! Thx!
It's in the manual, but if you lock the car with the sunroof open and it's windy the alarm will often go off. If you press lock twice it disengages the interior motion sensor so the alarm won't false trip. Also good if a fly gets in to the compartment which will also trip the alarm. Also stops the alarm going off if sitting on a ramp or hill.
Thumbs up because you taught me the gas cap actually locks, that annoyed me the most, I thought it was always open, still, a lot I love a lot that annoys me about the r56: sunshade, will always brake sunroof, chrome, oem stereo and speakers, the 18inch wagon wheels mine came with, it’s a bigger mini, the usb hiding, the speakers on the door directly in the location you want to kick the door open, the mini emblem will deteriorate and loose the black, it being a BMW, the Peugeot engine, the stupid screws BME uses, some shit plastic, the oem shifter and e brake,
Thanks, just bought one of these
Thanks for the video. I was disappointed my 2016 doesn't have many of your features. It's a F56.
If you hold the toggle for the interior lights it will flash after about 6 7 seconds and turn the lights RGB
Also my lights are purple blue and they also move not just xenon
The automatic wiper is a cool feature, also present on my '96 mégane
Interesting to see what you had found out.What do you use for obd2 engine decoder?Please do the video on how to decode the engine errors?
Kinda neat. Kinda cool.
If you want to warm up your mini you start it, you have about a 3 second window to pull the fob back out, then you can get out and lock it while it warms up. You have to put the fob back when you get back in.
will try this one day
I love this function. Think it might only be there as part of the comfort pack tho possibly but not sure. I have a friend who cant do this with his Mini
I have a 2007 Cooper (not an S). One other little feature that I found after owning it for 3 years is that there's a cigarette lighter/accessory socket in the boot/trunk. On my right-hand drive version it is on the left-hand side.
the rolldown does work,i managed it.also single door unlock can be done but cant get alarm set rollup which is legend to me.i also hear on some cars prob just auto if you set mirrors in reverse for seeing kerbs at say 20kmh forwards they return back to normal automatically.
The ambient lighting. Mini runs the spectrum and will scrolls through the spectrum or I can set the color. Also it lets you set the brightness of the lights. Tap the unlock button to unlocked the car double tap and hold rolls down windows and on the convertible double tap and hold again the top comes down.
Not a trick or hidden feature, but I like the way the turn indicators still function normally if the four-ways are blinking. Every other car I've had the hazard lights override the turn signals, making the turn signals useless.
I just purchased a 2015 mini countryman S all wheel drive. The car is pristine there is no smell of any dampness or mold or mildew inside the car or the trunk not the rug or the seats but inside the windows it smells moldy and mildewy I did clean it and there was a lot of black stuff that came out of it. Have you ever heard of this?
Yep, holding the unlock button down opens both windows and sun roof. Pretty awesome little trick on hot days
There's an emergency fuel cap opening plastic pull chord behind the rear lhs(in my car) just remove the light cluster & you'll see it. If the fuel cap doesn't open when you unlock the car, pulling the toggle will open it manually.
It’s actually accessed through the felt panel near the left taillight. Even has a little built-in clip to hold the green pull cord.
The exterior mirrors fold up and in which is cool, not really hidden but neat
To Open or close the windows With your key you have to enable this feature First. In germany we have an obd coding tool named Carly. You can use your phone to enable Many cool features too.
True... mine did not do it at first. Hubby took care of thru OBD, you can deactivate the start/stop etc. Recommended item (OBD) to have :)
Didn't you know that us Brits don't go anywhere without a bottle of Gordons Gin?
Hah. Legit made me laugh. 👍🤙
@@VetOnVettes haha : )
The engine sound thing is definitely interesting.
Great vid and I learned tricks I didn't know before. Question: I have a 2011 MCS. I didn't see it on your 2010 model but on mine just above on the very top outside bezel of the tach there's a red arc. It looks like it should glow but it doesn't seem to do anything. Does anyone know why this is there?
Something I discovered with my 2011 R56 is if the battery runs out and the key fob is also dead, you can't open the boot. There is literally no way to pop the boot. No internal release under the back seat like there was on the previous model. It's a design flaw for sure, but just so you don't lock your jumper battery in the boot like I did. Worst case, you can with a bit of effort fold the boot flap up and feed your arm in, but it's definitely not ideal.
#21 The windows automatically drop about 1/4 inch when the door is open and then fully extend up when the door is closed (to aid pressure equalization for door closing).
A couple of points. Ambient lighting was not standard in Europe. Don’t know about other markets. When you don’t have it there are still 2 little LED floodlights to illumination the gear lever area. Those are pressure washers for the headlights. They are not designed to defrost. They operate when you wash the windscreen with the headlamps on. In Europe headlamps over 2000 lumens have to have pressure washers to remove road dirt that may deflect the beam and dazzle other road users.
I don't know if it's relevant still but the unlock button window rolling can be made with a diagnostics and the lock button can roll them back up.
Nice bro
Also, if you are on a hill, press the brake pedal a little harder and the brakes will lock until you start releasing the clutch.
Hill assist
I have to press the brakes a 2nd time for this and then it holds for a limited time before releasing on its own so be careful lol
Love the car, looking into getting an R53 Cooper S (or whatever the supercgarger one is called), some stuff are really cool I guess, but, seriously, you are excited for some stuff that have been in budget cars like 15 years already. I mean, the rear wiper starting with putting the reverse while the front ones are on? Or the windows closing if you keep pressing the lock button on the key? Happy miles with your car! (P.S.: Can-bus cars usually also close the a/c outer duct on reverse, so as not to get exhaust fumes in the system)
Took me by accident. But if you hold the color controller long it will strobe
That sounds extremely dangerous.. but awesome 😎
It's not really a strobe per se but it constantly changes which is pretty cool doesn't affect driving at all
Also, the ambient lighting brightness is adjustable...
@@davebarrow4460 yeah my bad it color shifts would have been a better word to use.
@@1013handam how!?
another thing about the ambient lighting - if you push that lever in the opposite direction, you can change how bright the light is! there are three options :)