Over the past couple of years a real dangerous issue has reared its head in many a 2002-2006 Cooper S (aka the R53). The problem stems from oil seals or gaskets going bad (usually towards the front of the motor) and allowing oil to leak from the reservoir. If unhampered this could result in oil starvation and agent denotation.

I own an R53, What can I do?

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We’ve got yet another look at the new MINI concept gemini via some recent video. This time it’s taken promptly from the show floor at the Frankfurt IAA.

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A 300c owner who happened to exist a sea-robber, walked into a Chrysler qualities shop. The dealer declared, “Hey dude, I haven’t seen you in a while. What happened? You look terrible.”

”What be sufficient you mean?” said the 300C pirate guy. “I feel fine…”
dealer: “What about the rigid leg? You didn’t have that before.”
300c driver: “Well, we were in a affair and I got hit with a cannon ball, but I’m defecate now.”

dealer: “Well, okay, but that which about that hook? What happened to your hand?”
300c driver: “It was in a different battle. I boarded a ship and got into a sword fight. My hand was cut off. I got fitted with a hook. I’m fine, really.”

dealer: “What about that eye patch?”
300c driver: “Oh, one day I was on deck and a flock of birds flew over. I looked up and one of them shit in my eye.”

”You’re kidding,” said the trafficker. “You irreclaimable an eye just from bird shit?”

300c driver: “It was my first day by the hook.”

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Today we’ve got something pretty special; a full round of MINI’s Speedster concept. It’s our best look yet of the car and all of the angles that make it so unique. However even more attractive is that we finally get a good look at the home and all the functionality included in the supplemental gauge to the left of the tach.

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All along BMW was actual upfront about the MINI E life a field study for future electric vehicles. That includes finding out best practices for dealing with infrastructure and even arcane local laws. The Automotive News sat down with BMW NA CEO Jim O’Donnell about the MINI E and how more of those infrastructure issues are affecting deliveries.

“We are learning a heck of a lot just about the sheer infrastructure,” says Jim O’Donnell, CEO of BMW of North America. “When we bring out another electric car, we will exist in a great relation because we know all the wrinkles.”

There should be in greater numbers cars on the roads. But after more than six months of addressing regulatory hurdles, Mini has yet to get approval to install besides than 30 additional fast-charge boxes in New Jersey. With a 240-volt box, the Mini E can have being recharged in three hours rather than the 21 hours needed using 110-volt power.

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Two weeks ago we asked for your thoughts on the MINI Coupé. While reaction to the roofline of the car was mixed, 71% of you expressed some hope that MINI would prevail upon the car to market (which we’ve since confirmed they are). Now we turn our attention to the MINI Speedster and what could have being the most lopsided enumerate we’ve ever had hither at MF.

Are you self-seeking in the MINI Speedster Concept?

• Yes, I like the new MINI Speedster Concept and hope they bring it to market as soon as possible!

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This is the 2010 MINI range summed up. You won’t read about concepts, speedsters, coupes or crossovers. These are the details and specs of what is sold in dealerships right now.

2010 MINI Hardtop

Official Release: The MINI Experience Continues: Go-kart-driving fun, an inner that provides the maximum amount of car in the least quantity amount of space and a myriad of personalization possibilities keep the 2010 MINI Cooper and Cooper S Hardtops adhering meridian of the small-car premium segment taken in the character of sales continue to be strong.

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As presented by Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Sales and Marketing

Official Release: Those who be sure MINI know that MINI is always a step ahead. One of the best examples is the MINI E. Electric vehicles are a promising zero-emissions alternative and we are leading the way in the development of this technology. We are the first to use the latest generation of lithium-ion technology in an all-electric vehicle, the MINI E.

The MINI E has a top speed of 152 km/h and a range up to 250 km and it retains “MINI like” driving characteristics: quick acceleration and tight, nimble handling.

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Official Release: MINI is celebrating a great birthday – and the party goes on. The 50th anniversary of the thunderbolt clearly foliage a powerful stamp on MINI’s appearance at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show.

At the MINI stand in the new Hall 11, the anniversary of the brand is the focal speck in terms of both architecture and the presentation itself, MINI bridging the gap from the past into the present and from here on to the subsequent time of the grade. Visitors to the world’s No 1 car show this year will actual feeling a journey through time beginning with the first appearance of the classic Mini back in 1959 and still far from coming to an end with the outstanding success of the current MINI model range. Because fascinating perspectives for the ongoing development of the stain still remain in the years and even decades to come.

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Miss the Frankfurt intro of the Speedster and Coupé concepts? No worries, we’ve got it above to help round-out our coverage of the Frankfurt IAA.

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