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Paul · Feb 18th, 2007, 04:01 PM

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But the new Mini goes further because you can choose what colour light you’d like to bathe in. And better still there’s a slider knob that changes the hue on an infinite scale, from red through scarlet and then purple until it ends up vodka bar blue. For me this is the greatest piece of in-car entertainment ever. It means I can spend 40 miles getting the colour exactly right. And then, after just five seconds, decide it’s wrong and start again.

Someone should tell him it's only got four (or is it five, mines been broken so long I cant remember) colour options.

I do think Clarkson forgets the facts in place of a good comment sometimes though (either that or he seriously needs specs or his hand eye coordination working on!):

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You have to put the key fob in a slot before you press the starter button, but the slot is behind the steering wheel where it cannot be seen.

Where has the ignition barrel on almost every car ever made been, where you have to slot a little key into a little hole? Oh yes, behind the steering wheel.

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Every single time I wanted to lower the window I ended up lowering the temperature by mistake. Although this did mean I could spend the next hour putting it up and down and then up again until it was just wrong.

How far apart are the temp and window switches, and ones a chrome toggle switch, the other a big, fiddly to use, silver dial?!

Feb 18th, 2007, 04:01 PM	#8
Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 09:30 AM Posts: 40,710 Online	Quote: But the new Mini goes further because you can choose what colour light you’d like to bathe in. And better still there’s a slider knob that changes the hue on an infinite scale, from red through scarlet and then purple until it ends up vodka bar blue. For me this is the greatest piece of in-car entertainment ever. It means I can spend 40 miles getting the colour exactly right. And then, after just five seconds, decide it’s wrong and start again. Someone should tell him it's only got four (or is it five, mines been broken so long I cant remember) colour options. I do think Clarkson forgets the facts in place of a good comment sometimes though (either that or he seriously needs specs or his hand eye coordination working on!): Quote: You have to put the key fob in a slot before you press the starter button, but the slot is behind the steering wheel where it cannot be seen. Where has the ignition barrel on almost every car ever made been, where you have to slot a little key into a little hole? Oh yes, behind the steering wheel. Quote: Every single time I wanted to lower the window I ended up lowering the temperature by mistake. Although this did mean I could spend the next hour putting it up and down and then up again until it was just wrong. How far apart are the temp and window switches, and ones a chrome toggle switch, the other a big, fiddly to use, silver dial?!