Best places to stash stuff in your mini – Mini car User Manual

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BEST PLACES TO STASH STUFF IN YOUR MINI

First things first. This book fits snugly
inside the case provided for your factory-
authorized owner’s manual, and is
designed to be stowed away in the glove
box. Or conveniently left about on the
coffee table.

1. Coin Caddy
Technically engineered as the beverage
holder. Reinvented by resourceful you
as the handy loose change receptacle.

CAUTION: When parking in low-lit

urban areas, cover all exposed coinage
with cup.

2. Toll Ticket Cranny
Your MINI’s dashboard console features
four vertical slits (two within driver’s
reach, two for co-pilot assistance) for
securing toll receipts and parking stubs.

3. The Glove Box
Re-engineered by MINI designers.
Because no one really keeps gloves in
there anymore. Use it as a CD box. A
toolbox. Or turn up the air conditioning,
and it’s a refrigerated icebox.

4. Door Cubby
Accommodates:

•

1 cell phone, PDA, or Travel Etch-a-Sketch,
depending on priorities.

•

3 pair sunglasses (optimists).

•

1 collapsible umbrella (pessimists).

Cooling/Heating Feature

Turns your MINI’s glove box into a mini
refrigerator for chilling contents to 50˚
Fahrenheit. For emergency roadside
candy bars and spare hero sandwiches.
Your MINI goes great with mayo. Or
activate the heater to warm contents
from soup to nuts. (See Fig. 6)

Strategic golf club placement

With both rear seats folded down, your
MINI can accommodate four golf bags
comfortably. Unfortunately, this leaves
no room to accommodate a foursome.
Recommended: with one rear seat folded
down, fit one to two bags lying angled
diagonally, and one to two golf buddies
seated vertically.

How to fit a bike:
1. Adjust passenger’s side seat to furthest

forward non-reclining position.

2. Remove front wheel. Of BICYCLE!
3. Lay the bike on the side opposite the

rear derailleur rotating the handlebars
counterclockwise until they are
parallel with the cargo area floor.

4. Place front wheel in cargo area and

close hatch.

BEST PLACES TO STASH STUFF IN YOUR MINI

Fig. 7 Use floor space as parking citation crumple zone.

Fig. 6 Cooling/Heating Glove Box

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