Comments on: Holiday Shopping Parking Tips from MINIUSA

By: zakdog

zakdog — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:10:52 +0000

just a note from the transportation planners in my office...back in angle parking! It is the same as head-in angle parking but safer! Instead of pulling directly into the space and having to back out with limited vision into oncoming traffic, this new method allows you to slow with blinker on...back into space with less turning movements than parallel parking. When pulling out, you can better see the oncoming traffic and make a clean and easy merge! In addition other benefits include having the open door "herd" people (read small children)to the curb and having your trunk loading zone at the curb (not in traffic)!

coming to a city near you within the next 5-10 years...you know how slow D.O.T. and engineers change... ;)

Greg

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 21:13:31 +0000

As a mod it might be difficult but in theory it should doable with the MINI having the same electrics as the E46 BMW 3 series.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 20:32:21 +0000

Mr. Bridger Said "It's very doable as it a feature that's now standard on all BMWs."

I'd be interested in seeing that circuitry. That would be a very nice mod.

By: Rocketboy_X

Rocketboy_X — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:32:43 +0000

I know there's someone in the Western New York area that does a good and cheap job of fixing rims, but that would only apply to about 1/10 of 1 percent of the readers here.. heh heh.. Call your dealer, they might be able to help out…

By: Elmor

Elmor — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 00:57:06 +0000

certainly agree ceegee regarding the mirrors…though it would probably confuse me further. Does anyone know of a way to repair the rims after they've been, well, should we say…”scraped?”

By: Rocketboy_X

Rocketboy_X — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:02:16 +0000

Don't forget that 'hotspot' type sticky mirror will also give you a good view of the rear wheels…

By: Gabe

Gabe — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 03:08:54 +0000

It's very doable as it's a feature that's now standard on all BMWs

By: ceegee

ceegee — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 02:25:00 +0000

flipping the right powermirror all the way down always helps me not scraping the curb and ruining my rims… I wish this would go automatically when putting the car into reverse!

By: Gabriel Bridger

Gabriel Bridger — Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:27:28 +0000

As someone who parallel parks at least once a day I can definitely agree that it is an art form. Of course when you're in a MINI it's almost too easy.