Saw a MINI Cooper SE at...

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Someone in my San Francisco neighborhood has an SE with plate ending in 74 in silver. If you're on this forum I'd love to connect.
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Hi

I am not that car but I am in San Francisco. Just picked up ours January 9th and don't have a plate yet.

Last week I saw 2 SE. One near Stanford and one in Marin.
 
Quorn said:
so why does only one mini have fog lamps?
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The the old, un-aerodynamic 2020/21 MINI Cooper SEs (110-mile EPA range) have traditional fog lamps. The 2022 MINI Cooper SEs (114-mile EPA range) replaced the fog lamps with slots that create a wind curtain to reduce the drag of the front wheels. The 2022 MINI Cooper SEs still have a form of fog lamps, but they've been moved up from the traditionally low position for fog lamps to live in the same buckets as the headlights.
 
It’s interesting that the pre 22 SE’s had a different nosecone/grille that presumably was for aerodynamics but the 22 on has the gas car grille (which I prefer) and still gets an extra 4 miles of range…
 
All of my S's had foglights in the usual (traditional) location. I'm not so fond of the new ones. Yeah, they light up the sides of the road, but the previous low-mounted ones were more helpful in inclement weather (fog, rain, snow, dust). I'm thinking of installing after-market fogs, but the wiring is giving me pause. (I also prefer amber lenses for the lights.)
 
insightman said:
I remember reading how proud MINI was to have incorporated the traction control system into the motor control system so it can act sooner to ensure traction than less-integrated systems, so I'm surprised to learn it activates the brakes, too. I'd be less surprised to learn the stability control system uses the brakes.
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I have yet to another SE when driving. One thumbs up from I3 owner.
 
Wait -- there are other SE's?? I have never seen another on the road in the East Bay. Crazily I see 30 Teslas every 10 minutes driving. In the week I've had my SE I have gotten plenty of surprised looks. There isn't another EV that I would want at this point.
 
drdunkyn said:
Wait -- there are other SE's?? I have never seen another on the road in the East Bay. Crazily I see 30 Teslas every 10 minutes driving. In the week I've had my SE I have gotten plenty of surprised looks. There isn't another EV that I would want at this point.
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Did you get surprised looks from any Tesla drivers? Many on this forum own both a Tesla and a MINI Cooper SE--they wouldn't be surprised, just happy. Those forum members would be prompted to wave, but then sheepishly pull down their hands, wishing they had been driving their SEs when they saw you. I doubt most Tesla owners, however, know there is such a thing as an electric MINI Cooper--that assumption comes from experiences attending Drive Electric Week events with my SE.
 
drdunkyn said:
Wait -- there are other SE's?? I have never seen another on the road in the East Bay. Crazily I see 30 Teslas every 10 minutes driving. In the week I've had my SE I have gotten plenty of surprised looks. There isn't another EV that I would want at this point.
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Same here, and some even expressed they didn’t knew MINI made electric ones.
 
I'm not reserved in my driving practices, and have gotten many surprised looks from Tesla and Dodge Charger drivers alike. Anyone who has asked me about my car always says "I didn't know there was an electric MINI"!! Of course, 4 months ago I was saying the same thing...
 
I think the only other SE I've seen was on the dealer's lot (the one I passed up for a much nicer color). And, yes, on some days, I see multiple Teslas. I guess that means driving an SE is more exclusive.
 
Not going to name the location, but I was very excited to see my first SE on my way to work today. I'd already spotted practically every other EV for sale in the US, so my bucket list is now complete. ;)
 
I saw 2 SEs in the neighborhood next to mine yesterday/today. I had only seen a 2021 before this, long before I received mine.

If anyone lives near Ortega Hwy, shout out.
 
jimmm18 said:
Hi

I am not that car but I am in San Francisco. Just picked up ours January 9th and don't have a plate yet.

Last week I saw 2 SE. One near Stanford and one in Marin.
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I picked up mine Feb 15th. I still have not seen another SE in the bay area yet.
 
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