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Previous MINIs I’ve owned have turned on a lamp if they detect a problem with tire pressures, and that’s it – this new Clubman is much more fancy, showing a graphic warning above the steering wheel that even points to the suspect tire; the center console display goes further, showing actual pressures:

 

 

Sadly, the car is correct; one tire was down to about 10psi – and it’s clear why; there’s a screw in it (the downside of living in a new home development I suppose):

Not sure it’s fixable; I’ve heard that it’s hard to get runflat tires plugged (the annoying bit is that this tire has only done about 600 miles!)

My new MINI Clubman is apparently one of 277 sold in USA in January (one of maybe 750 of the new design, for December and January):

Apart from the Clubman sales, what’s mysterious to me is the extremely low 504 Countryman sales; it’s the lowest monthly sales for that model since it was introduced to USA at the end of 2010!
This is also the first month where they have been zero sales of the Coupe and Roadster; I guess those models really are gone, now.
Lastly, one single convertible – though presumably we’ll soon be seeing sales of the redesigned car.

Monthly sales are recorded here