1st Gen R53 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Question...About Options

On BMW's the "Hot Climate Option" is just different HVAC system programming to control what ducts are open and closed with the AC on, to allow it to blow more, colder air on the passengers vs. in the footwell. On BMW's this is the standard config for the US. "Hot" means "hotter than Germany". I assume it's similar in some way on the MINI (whether it's driven by programming, or by different HVAC hardware, I don't know).

 

you can plug the VIN in here: bimmer.work : VIN Decoder for BMW

btw, COP = Coil On Plug control, type of ignition for the R50,52,53s

 

My MINI has the' warm climate' option as it was bought in Miami, Fl. The option number is 0823 IIRC. I asked for a definition of this option and a SA @ Cincinnati Mini could not find the definition in their system...only the option number (0823 IIRC). So far, I have discovered that there MAYBE is an extra fan in the system. My local MINI dealer doesn't seem to want to do the research to answer the question. Anybody have an answer... I will admit that I suck on searching

 

COP is on the 2nd gen+ cars.

 

2nd gen are Coil-Per-Cylinder (CPC). both confusing as $$$$ to me but hey its mini. Why would they list it as COP on a gen 1?

 

Not sure but this explains the differences.........
Understanding Multi-Coil Ignition Systems

 

Where did you get your build sheet in English? Mine was half English, and half German. I had to have my friend, Hans, translate mine.

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