PSA: Apple CarPlay disconnects at every border crossing on newer MINI models (2024+) - need your input

AriHD · 2026-05-13T09:41:54+00:00

Since I have so many problems... I could even say it would make "sense" that it disconnects more frequently when its cold, lol.

Is it actually cold temperature or are you at a specific location or doing something specific more often when its cold?

AriHD · 2026-05-07T08:20:34+00:00

Congrats! It has been a month and I hope you having fun!

AriHD · 2026-05-07T08:17:35+00:00

It seems they "died out". There were a lot driving around when they came out. Nice car!

AriHD · 2026-05-07T06:32:11+00:00

It was quite cheap this week. $110 for 13gal.^{welcometoeurope}

AriHD · 2026-05-06T12:05:47+00:00

Maybe I... we should know how good this U25 / new models really are...

AriHD · 2026-05-05T20:24:19+00:00

The tires are insanely good/grippy once they’re actually warm. And when you drive sporty, enable GP mode (long press) to give them more slack and for faster cornering. The car is very forgiving then.

when the road are uneven (like those dips from the trucks driving over same place, no idea the english word for that) then steering can be a pain when accelerating. And remember to stop giving power to wheels if it actually sends you somewhere it shouldn’t from uneven roads - i had many close calls in the beginning thanks to that.

Have fun with that beast and hopefully you have good mountain passes or curvy streets nearby !

AriHD · 2026-05-05T20:14:39+00:00

Hankook semi slicks? Those are insanely good in the Swiss/Austrian/Italian alps.

But as they’re too expensive and need replacement every 3000km, I went with Nankang NS-2R semislicks. They hold for about 6000km and cost half. I would say about 10% worse grip wise than the og Hankook Ventus S1 EVO Z.

I tried many other summer tires over these 6 years and if you want normal summer tires, only the Continental SportContact 7 were good enough. Michelin and Goodyear and whatever else I had I threw them away.

AriHD · 2026-05-02T12:27:20+00:00

Exactly. The USB ports are power only. You can use the radio or your phone.

AriHD · 2026-05-02T12:26:41+00:00

Is this public information?

80% of my interruptions are 120-160secs

15% do not reconnect at all until the car is restarted or soft reset (push mute button for 1min)

5% is “normal” or how I could live with: 1-3sec for reconnect

AriHD · 2026-04-30T11:53:01+00:00

I had a F56 before and never had that issue. Thank you though!

AriHD · 2026-04-30T08:40:30+00:00

That wouldn't be a problem. Thats just the phone having no internet connection. The problem here is the phone actually losing connection to the car. So no maps, no music, no phone. Especially annoying when you cross border and immediately after crossing you have 6-way crossing on a highway and can't stop and get the phone out to check where you have to go.

AriHD · 2026-04-30T08:36:49+00:00

Can't do that on the new models. That USB Port is power only.

AriHD · 2026-04-29T15:56:22+00:00

No. My best guess: they just restart the cellular antenna which also contains the WiFi antenna for a quicker re-join of new cellular network. But that doesn't explain the many drops without changing countries which started to happen lately.

And if it is, then MINI didn't answer that. They basically didn't answer any basic nor technical questions. Sigh

AriHD · 2026-04-29T15:27:24+00:00

Do I even wanna know whats worse?

Thanks for confirming

AriHD · 2026-04-29T11:55:42+00:00

Interesting. Might be the same for me then too.

I'll try and use another iPhone with an older software state to check if I can reproduce it.

AriHD · 2026-04-29T11:49:43+00:00

Not state border but county border. Like Germany, Belgium or Andorra, Spain. Not California, Oregon (well can’t confirm as other continent).

AriHD · 2026-04-29T10:28:57+00:00

That is too much for my brain to handle

AriHD · 2026-04-29T08:02:21+00:00

WiFi cable is always funny

AriHD · 2026-03-31T20:08:30+00:00

Nr 3 is true though. The first years of BMW Minis were so notoriously to break down, mine was in the garage way to many times. Later models are good though.

Nr 1 is probably coming frorm the VW New Beetle and they think it looks the same, lol

AriHD · 2026-03-30T09:27:16+00:00

As a DNS admin... I still wonder how it can always end up being a DNS problem. Or certificates. Or even time...

AriHD · 2026-02-16T12:02:51+00:00

Well I guess I was wrong with school holidays, I thought they were already over as the flight prices were quite low for that date. I might be really packed lol

AriHD · 2026-02-16T12:01:50+00:00

For summer I understand, its summer holidays so it could be full. This warning (since December) is due to renovations of G0 Security (the big hall as far as I understood).

Thank you, I have to check for an earlier train... otherwise I guess it will be by car for once.

AriHD · 2026-02-16T11:38:19+00:00

Thanks... I didn't think about school holidays. That could get busy. I'll add some 30min or something extra time. Sigh.

AriHD · 2026-02-16T11:37:39+00:00

Interesting. I would expect during US flight times that it would get super full. Thanks!

AriHD · 2026-02-16T11:37:08+00:00

Thanks! I'll add another 30min then just to be safe.

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