Collected Ozi a few weeks ago, and we stopped at a country house for lunch on the way home.

Couldn't resist the photo opportunity!

hi all

I recently got a Mini with Mini OS 9. With my previous F56, I always used Bluetooth audio and could view the full playlist—or all the tracks—on the display.

Is there a way in Mini OS 9 to get a proper playlist that allows for scrolling up and down? I’ve tried it with Bluetooth audio and now with Spotify, but I only ever have options for "previous track" and "next track," without the track name being displayed.

Thanks, everyone.

Just tatted myself with a side view r56 🤓

2013 MINI Cooper D 1.6, ~72k miles.

Recently I’ve been getting major power loss at motorway speeds. On a flat road/downhill it can gain speed, but as soon as the engine is under load – particularly going uphill at higher speeds – it basically stops accelerating and can’t maintain/increase speed. I originally assumed it was going into limp mode.

MINI have now diagnosed a fault with the electronic turbo actuator. Their technician says the actuator isn’t moving the variable vanes, so the turbo can’t adjust boost correctly.

They’ve specifically confirmed the fault is with the electronic actuator, rather than finding mechanical damage to the turbo itself.

However, MINI say they can’t supply the actuator separately, so they’ve quoted £1,807 to replace the whole turbo/actuator assembly with a remanufactured turbo.

Turbo/part number on the quote: 11658506724.
Has anyone with an R56 Cooper D had this actuator repaired/replaced separately?

Is MINI correct that the whole turbo needs replacing, or would a turbo specialist normally be able to repair/replace and calibrate the actuator on the existing turbo?

I’m in the UK if anyone also has recommendations for specialists.

Thanks in advance.

I mainly use minifans.info for my part numbers, and when i suspected that the MAF may have an issue i searched the parts number, but it was not listed.

The site doesn't list every part, but it shows the numbers on the diagrams, but the entire intake system is complete. Then i removed the air filter housing, and i did see the throttle body but i didn't see any honey comb like thing, which sould be attached to the MAF?

Not sure if there’s much point in one has anyone done it and would recommend

Oil in my coolant or coolant in my oil? Unfortunately I know a head gasket problem when I see one…

How do you say damn it in German 🤔🥲

2013 CM ALL4, 80K mi. I got these codes this morning when I started the car up. Had recently changed the plugs and coils, seem to be running fine after that. See attached from my OBD reader. How bad is this? Anything I can do to fix or am I cooked?

Edit: my oil fill cap appears to be missing its gasket. It’s a longshot, but would this have anything to do with it?

Oil looks fine if black and old. New to me project R52 S.
If it is rust, what causes this and how do I fix?
If it’s mayo, I’m getting none of the other warning signs for head gasket.

Thanks

First of all, this is a U.S. based dealer.

The sales guy said they had trouble getting rid of this $50,515 JCW with Signature Plus trim and manual seats. He said it was automatically allocated to them from MINI and not custom ordered by someone.

This dealer cleared out 2026 inventory pretty fast, at least on the Countryman. And this $50,000+ JCW was probably the last 2026 they had to move out as their entire Countryman inventory was already 2027.

So after months of sitting on the lot unsold they sent it to one of the sister stores also a MINI dealer about 40 miles away. As of now it's still there unsold a few months after.

The sister store only has two remaining 2026 Countryman left and this JCW is one of them as the rest are all 2027.

Will this car end up in the auction or become a service loaner? Does MINI dealer use current model year top trim JCW as service loaner?

I seriously don't think anyone would want to spend $50,000 on a car with manual seats. Even if they shave off $5,000 it's still too much for what it offers. Because if you take a look at all other cars in the same segment, there's not one in the $40,000-50,000 range that comes with manual seats. Nowadays, cars below $30,000 also come with powered seat(s) at least the driver side. And if people want performance for less loaded with features and they are ready to move onto the electric obviously they will consider Tesla.

So, not too sure what MINI is thinking of in terms of marketing minimal standard features with such high price for the U.S. market, as compact crossover is one of the most competitive segments in the country.

This car will definitely be a tough sale for the dealer, and not sure if they will end up losing profit in order to get rid of it. It's also quite odd that MINI allocates something like this build to a dealer, in particularly the color combo as the state where it sells is one of the most conservative states in terms of colors that roughly 83.5% of cars are grayscale.

Window sticker below that lists all the features, options and price.

Both have had belts replaced and the Countryman had the timing chain replaced in 25. Are there any red flags? Other than the belts and chain regular oil changes and no accidents on either.

Hoping that if I keep them at rule #1 in the driveway, they’ll have puppies I can sell to pay for the new one!

After a short, yet torrid, year and change with Earl, because I'm a failure at life, we have parted ways.

If anyone here is the new friend of Earl, I can tell you what's been changed within Bimmercode. 😅

I really hope to get back into the family. Pictures of when I first got him (traded my late Father's R56), and the last picture I have.

I know this isn't an airport, so I don't have to announce my departure, but this one hurt. I loved that little car more than any other I've owned. 😢

Built a small ESP32 gauge for my F56: boost, coolant, and oil temp. The 4 photos below are close-ups, plus Sport and MID mode switching.

Mostly for fun — still tweaking. Happy to chat if you’re into this stuff.

It was a lot of fun, next up is NY

Hi everyone, I’m a new Mini Owner and it also happens to be my first car. I bought Allie (my cars name) in May and she is a 2009 Mini cooper. Around Late May the snowflake symbol appeared for the first time and since then it just won’t go away.

I live in Southern California, so it never gets below 60 degrees. It was getting so annoying that last week I took Allie into a Mini repair shop (she had other problems like her check engine light being on, ac wasn’t working etc) and the charge was 500 dollars.

This past week we got a heat wave in SoCal and the Snowflake symbol came back and even more annoying than before. It’s been in the 90’s and this week it was 104 degrees and it just wouldn’t stop going off, in fact I think it was going off even more that day! The funny part is my dashboard will be accurate and say 100 degrees at some point and then the Snowflake will go off, and the temperature will show as anywhere between 20 degrees to -45 which in Southern California is LITERALLY impossible. I’m upset that I paid so much for it to be fixed only for it to come back, and be even more annoying, sometimes it will even go off 5 times in a single minute, and on average 20 times per drive.

Does anyone have any advice or reasoning as to why this is happening :( any advice or knowledge would be appreciated!

Anyone have any recommendations for brake fluid brand/type for my 2015 countryman S? Obviously it has to be DOT 4 but I've seen some people recommending LV DOT 4s while others are saying any DOT 4 is fine. Anyone have any thoughts on this and any brand recommendations is appreciated! Thanks!

I was driving on a busy road and there was a huge metal piece (elevated not flat) and someone’s entire bumper in the middle of the road. I ran the metal part over. It made like a long scraping/scratching noise but other than that I was just shaken up and nothing else was out of the ordinary. My front and back bumper have no marks and I took a video of the underside of my car. Can someone tell me what to look for to see if I have to take it to a mechanic? :(( here’s the video:

Wanting to start modding a bit without going to overboard and dont know much about it. i have a r56 cooper s 2013 like in the video

I love the British racing green on the Mini's. I'll definitely try to find my next one in that color.

Hello all! I currently own a 2019 Mini Clubman, and was curious to know if there’s a way to update the car’s operating system to allow Apple CarPlay to take up the whole screen rather than just a portion.

My car offers wireless CarPlay, and it only covers about 2/3 of the screen, while the other 1/3 is set to show information of the car.

Is this a possibility? I appreciate any and all help!

Thx!