I woke up to the year's first dose of nasty weather this morning. Nearly an inch of wet, slushy snow fell on KC overnight. As fortune would have it, the MINI was burried two cars deep and tucked safely in the garage.
Not that I don't want to drive the MINI in winter weather, it was just too much of a hassle to shuffle the cars around just to see how well the MINI handled the slippery streets.
One thing I did discover last week was that the MINI comes with a 37° courtesy "bong". So when the weather starts to look like this...
The MINI's on board computer alerts the driver with a flashing temperature reading and a courtesy bong or beeping sound. The first time I experienced the bong I thought things had gone haywire, but after a little research online I learned that it was really a feature. When the outside temps drop below 37° F, the MINI OBC warns you that the streets may be icy. Pretty cool but it doesn't take much to amuse me.
Thanks to the greatest coffee maker in the world, the sting of the cold was softened by this frothy cup of goodness waiting for me inside.
Posted by todd at December 03, 2003 11:23 AM
The title of this entry made me wonder where you were going with all of this… after all, the word “bong” has several meanings…
And remember, weather like this is 1) one reason we cleaned out the garage in the first place, and 2) perfect for driving old cars.
And it barely qualified as snow.
Posted by: Dino on December 3, 2003 11:39 AMYeah, man. Like, I wish my car came with a complimentary bong…
Posted by: timsamoff on December 3, 2003 09:17 PMWe had sun and temps in the low 70’s here in SoCal. It “barely qualified” as sunny.
Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah!
Posted by: j/c on December 16, 2003 02:13 AM