If you drive a MINI in Australia, you have to suffer with interior looks much worse than other countries! To comply with regulations there, MINI put the RPM display in the center so that the speed display can be over the steering wheel, and within the required distance from the drivers sight. To me, the result is ugly – the RPM display looks bare, and the speed display looks crowded:
An interesting link was posted today, to the manufacturers of the engine in the MINI Cooper (S) … Tritec Motors; the Diesel engine (not available in USA) is sourced from Toyota, and there are rumours that when the contract expires between Tritec & BMW, MINIs will get a French built engine instead.
MINIs On Top 2004 – the planning continues!
Although it is still 2003, plans for next year proceed. The date, 19th June 2004, is set. There will be more than one drive – a long one from Bar Harbor to the mountain, as well as a repeat of the Kancamagus drive, and perhaps others if popular.
Info on this years and next years runs can be found at MINIsOnTop; active discussions of next years plans are occurring on this MINI2 thread.
See you there …
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