Midyear Changes
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FrankinCarp
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AutoCAD has an article on the 23 Mini
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/...y 2022/bmwDM638474-1-20220524-.-Engagement-.-.
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It would be fun if AutoCAD had an article about how the 2024 SE was designed. The AutoCar article revealed this interesting design statement:
The aim is to reduce the design to what matters and rely less on chrome and stylistic flourishes.
Guess I bought my SE 3 years too early if I didn't want to spend nearly $2K to get rid of the stylistic flourish that is the fake hood scoop.
Other than the fake hood scoop, I like all the other stylistic flourishes on my 2021 SE. There are plenty of other minimalistic cars out there already so "cleaning up" the MINI Cooper will make it less distinctive. My current SE's anachronistic switches, buttons, and knobs on the dash and headliner all make a lot of sense to me. Dispensing with these haptic, easy-to-locate controls in favor of a large, circular screen that replaces these controls doesn't appeal to me. And why a circular screen if they're eschewing stylistic flourishes?
MINI will have a difficult time making the 2024 MINI Cooper as minimalistic as Alec Issigonis' original.
Norman Levi
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Waiting for my Mini SE delivery. The "variable light decoding" can be recoded with Bimmercode. I did this on my 2021 530eX. Works great.
Please explain to the Bimmercode users on this thread how to do that with their MINI Cooper SE. If you're right, I'll become a Bimmercode user.
jwzimm
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Agreed, I to would be curious about the process and results of this on the SE. While the VLD and NGHB coding on the 5-series is well known and proven out I have yet to find any information/confirmation on the changes needed to activate it on the Cooper SE.
From my previous coding days (using laptop and eSYS) I know you would be able to simply edit the VO and delete the 8S4 option in the VO and then default code the car. That "should" activate (more disable the deactivation of) the VLD. Can Bimmercode modify the VO and code the car like this? I do not think the VLD activation is in the list of codable options in Bimmercode so you would need to know what specific codes need to be modified in what modules and use expertmode. What would work the best is to obtain the trace files from a UK or EU Mini SE that has the matrix headlights active and compare them to the US version.
Norman Levi
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Here you go...
See attached .pdf
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SameGuy
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And it works on an F56 LCI2?
Norman Levi
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I have not tried it as I'm waiting for delivery of my Mini SE. That being said, I do remember reading a post that said it worked on a Mini.
Puppethead
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Whoa, I thought those were the default wheels for non-Iconic. What's replacing them? The US build site still shows them.
The 17" Power Spokes are very efficient and don't impact range. I run the Power Spokes during the summer and Spectre Grey Revolites in winter.
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I like my Power Spokes so much I drive on them just one day a year. MINI says they're their lightest 17" rims and I'm sure they're also the most aerodynamic. However, are they still reserved for the Iconic trim or does 2.0 make them available for the Signature Plus? The 2024 rumors say "larger wheels" so I doubt the 17" Power Spokes will continue. If MINI has a large stash of them, maybe they'd be willing put them on Signature Plus, too.
Will the 2024 SE continue with the F56's 5 × 112 wheel-mounting pattern? I wonder what pattern the Ora Good Cat uses?
drdunkyn
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Pretty sure we're way past the true minimalist idealIt would be fun if AutoCAD had an article about how the 2024 SE was designed. The AutoCar article revealed this interesting design statement:
The aim is to reduce the design to what matters and rely less on chrome and stylistic flourishes.
Guess I bought my SE 3 years too early if I didn't want to spend nearly $2K to get rid of the stylistic flourish that is the fake hood scoop.
Other than the fake hood scoop, I like all the other stylistic flourishes on my 2021 SE. There are plenty of other minimalistic cars out there already so "cleaning up" the MINI Cooper will make it less distinctive. My current SE's anachronistic switches, buttons, and knobs on the dash and headliner all make a lot of sense to me. Dispensing with these haptic, easy-to-locate controls in favor of a large, circular screen that replaces these controls doesn't appeal to me. And why a circular screen if they're eschewing stylistic flourishes?
MINI will have a difficult time making the 2024 MINI Cooper as minimalistic as Alec Issigonis' original.
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drdunkyn
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Also, I LOVE the adaptive headlights. I haven't messed with them on Bimmercode since they came standard on my 22 Iconic. Had them on my last car and would never go back. Those few degrees of additional lighting in a turn is super helpful. I'll go back and look at what B-code offers, but since a lot of the changes require a "headunit reset" which means resetting all the preset buttons, I'm not going to be testing it. I'm a set-it-and-forget-it guy!
Different system. All Mini’s have the lights that illuminate corners and auto high beams. Adaptive headlights allow you to run high beams all the time and reduce the illumination only in the direction of other drivers. It is like super auto high beams. Up until recently it was not allowed under US regulations. More sophisticated system like Audi’s can project images and words with the headlights.
drdunkyn
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Interesting, in BMW Adaptive Headlights refer to the ability to pivot the lights in cornering. Didn't realize it was the Matrix changes that happen in the MINI
He switched mine to 16" Victory spoke as those were the only other 16" I guess. It's still Revolite on the website though. I wonder if it's just my timing... Not sure I'm convinced on the Power Spokes as they don't look balanced and I read that it requires a special balancing device? Also it looks like a conversation piece whether it's a UK plug or a cross.. As with the other thread on wheel options, I hope they come up with more aero options.. For now I'm thinking of the rail or scissor spoke...