Just in case you’ve never seen this site … Marketallica has a nice collection of MINI advertising pictures from around the world – go here to see them (yes, it’s quite old now, I know!)
I think my favourite is the “tire tracks and traffic cones in subway” 🙂
My colleague Christians father, Guy, has been visiting USA from France recently … Guy has driven many cars during his life, including F1 and Formula 3000 cars, and has raced – including “real” ice racing … so yesterday I gave him the keys to GPMINI!
Guys first comment on his return – what a shame the speed limits are so low around Essex & Gloucester … He also thanked me for letting him drive “his” car – the GP is perhaps named after him (Guy Peyla)!
I was asked today why GPMINI’s rear windows weren’t tinted … good question! So Joe suggested that I check the “window sticker” specification sheet:
Tinted rear windows aren’t listed – but they’re also not listed for GBMINI#3 so that doesn’t prove much.
Interestingly though, there are some other quirks of the GP specification:
And, it’s claimed that the GP is pre-wired for CD changer but many owners have tried but failed to find the wiring; it must be really well hidden!
Finally, although not really an error, whoever edited the GP specific document must have run out of space – they listed DSC in the “engineering and safety features” section, but overwrote the “flat tire monitor” option which appears in the same place on normal MINI lists (hopefully they didn’t omit the actual flat tire monitor function!)
With errors like these, it’s no wonder we were wrongly told that the GP was pre-wired for the alarm … the GP drives wonderfully and looks fabulous, but it’s complete list of features & specifications are hard to find 🙂
(and we’re still waiting to discover if and how a factory alarm can be installed into a GP … are you listening, Mr. Stracco?)
M&I / GBMINI 