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  1. Justa Jim

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    #2 Justa Jim, Jul 10, 2012
    I know the como makes it hard. but it looks like the petrol door is on the right side. I don't like it over there. :nonod:
     
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    #3 Crashton, Jul 10, 2012
    Good catch Jim. I just wish all makers would put the gas fillers on the same side. That would avoid so many hassles at the gas station.

    I really hope it looks better with the camo removed..... :fingerscrossed:
     
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    #4 Justa Jim, Jul 10, 2012
    I agree with ya on both counts.

    Jim
     
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    #5 john171, Jul 10, 2012
    Yeah it is confusing, especially when your one car, the MINI, has it on the left, and the Outback has it on the right, you have to pay attention when pulling into the pumps, pulling up to the pumps, wouldn't want anyone pulling into them!
     
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    #6 agranger, Jul 10, 2012
    Yep... my wife's Volvo has it on the opposite side as the MINI. I'm usually so confused that I have to look for the arrow every time I pull into a gas station.
     
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    #7 DneprDave, Jul 10, 2012
    I like that big, old fashioned, round, cathode ray tube sticking out the front, in the first photo. Is that some kind of retro entertainment system?:D

    Dave
     
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    #8 Gizmo, Jul 17, 2012
    I think the design of the "iDrive" control will be slightly different for the MINI.
     
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    #9 minimark, Jul 17, 2012
    Reminds me a little of a small Nissan Juke from the side.... Please let the camo be disguising goodness....

    ...oh and the fuel door is on the opposite side on our BMW.
     
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    #10 Gizmo, Jul 17, 2012
    Has anyone else noticed that the bar above the license plate (that is either chrome or body color) is larger on the F56?
     
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    #11 Angib, Jul 19, 2012
    Over here in Yurp, it used to be standard that the fuel filler was on the curb* side of a car, so that it suited the actual roadside fuel pumps that still existed in some places. So as Brits drive on the left side of the road, that meant British cars had the fuel filler on the left side and I assumed BMW stuck with that convention for the Mini.

    It also presumably helped with the Clubman which still has the club door on the right/driver's side for Britain - there is not a UK-specific model with the club door on the curb side.

    I guess the F56 is now a thoroughly German car so they've decided to drop the nostalgia bit and put the fuel filler where they're used to it being.

    *Actually it is on the 'kerb' side of the car in British English, but that's nit-picking....