2nd Gen R57 Convertible Most liked posts in thread: Openometer alternatives?

Is is useful? No. Is it too big? Yes. After five years of ownership do I even notice it is there? NO.

You are doing what we all do when we first buy a car and obsessing over things. Trust me, if you bought an "S", you will forget about the odometer quickly and find many other things to be concerned about. :lol:

Jim

SORRY. I read that wrong. Got to clean my glasses.

 

It's such a unique and strange adaptation that no one (other than the MINI faithful) will know what it really is unless you spill the beans. So just come up with your own creative description for it (e.g., "Ultraviolet Exposure Meter") and use the opportunity to amaze your friends.

(There's an old thread somewhere with a list of useful alternative names for the openometer, but for the life of me I can't locate it...)

 

Crowbar, bondo, krylon... done.

 

:cornut: ScanGauge II is an option that many of us use. It'll give you about any engine data that one could want except oil pressure/temp. It'll interpret and cancel engine codes. The info is real time. It's small 4in x 1in x 1in and very light. Simple to install, it plugs into the OBD II. You can run 4 modes at once. Relatively inexpensive for what one is getting at ~$150.

Jason

 

The openometer is not a separate unit that is detachable from the tach. Logistically, your options are either replace the tach-openometer combo with a standard tach, or remove the openometer inside and use the space for something else (but it is not a standard gauge size).

The outer case of the tach-openometer combo is a single piece of plastic (front and back halves), and the gauges inside are mounted into a single plastic base. There is a photo of the opened unit on NAM: Annoying Openometer - North American Motoring (post #14). If the openometer is built like the tach, it is integrated into the white plastic back and you would have to completely chop off the gauge at the narrow point to make use of its space.

 

You could trade it down the street for a Camery.

 

Sounds like a great first mod!

 

Thank goodness the openometer is only an option in Yurp!

Wouldn't the foot cut from an old sock cover it up so at least you didn't have to look at it (or, worse still, have other people see it....)?

 

:useless Promises, promises.

Congratulations on your new MINI.