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Vehicle 2006 MINI Cooper S Convertible 2010 BMW 1 Series 135i Convertible
105-Amp Alternator Yes No
15,000 Mile Extended Service Interval Tune-Up; Extended Service Interval Spark Plugs Yes No
2 Front; 2 Cupholders Total No Yes
3 Front and 1 Rear Cupholder, 4 Cupholders Total Yes No
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes Yes Yes
55-Amp Hour Battery Yes No
6-Speed Manual Transmission With Overdrive No Yes
7-Fin Spoke Alloy Wheels, 16-In. X 6.5-In. Yes No
8000-RPM Tachometer No Yes
Adaptive Xenon High Intensity Discharge Headlights With Automatic Leveling No Yes
Alloy Patina Interior Trim Located On Doors, Instrument Panel, Pillars and Foot Pedals Yes No
All-Season Traction Control Controlled By ABS and Engine Management Yes No
AM/FM Radio With Speed Sensitive Volume and 6 Speakers Total; CD Player Yes No
Audio and Security Prewiring Yes No
Audio, Telephone and Security Pre-Wiring No Yes
Automatic Climate Control With Sun Sensor No Yes
Automatic Headlights With Automatic Off Yes No
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On and Dusk Sensor No Yes
Automatic Locking Retractors Yes No
Battery No Yes
Black Chrome Located On Exhaust Pipes No Yes
BMW Ultimate Service(TM) Free Scheduled Maintenance For 48 Months or 50,000 Miles No Yes
Body Color Grille and Chrome Fuel Door and Chrome Center Dual Exhaust Yes No
Brake Drying No Yes
Brake Fade Compensation No Yes
Brake Standby No Yes
Cargo Area Locking Storage Yes No
Cargo Area Power Outlet Yes No
Cargo Area Tiedown Hooks No Yes
Cargo Cover Yes No
Cargo Net No Yes
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Cargo Area Yes No
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Trunk No Yes
Check Control Vehicle Monitor System Warning Lights Include Oil Low No Yes
Check Control Vehicle Monitor System Warning Lights With Pictogram Display Yes No
Cigarette Lighter No Yes
Cigarette Lighter and Ashtray Yes No
Coinholder No Yes
Corner Brake Control Yes No
Cornering Lights No Yes
Courtesy Lights Include Xenon Dome Light, Footwell Lighting and Door Handles Yes No
Crash Sensor Unlocks Doors, Turn On Interior Lights and Turns On Flashers No Yes
Crash Sensor Unlocks Doors, Turns On Interior Lights, Turns On Flashers and Includes Battery Safety Terminal Yes No
Cruise Control No Yes
Crumple Zones No Yes
Delayed Courtesy Light No Yes
Delayed Courtesy Lights Yes No
Delayed Power Retention Operates Windows Yes No
Digital Clock Yes Yes
Diversity Radio Antenna No Yes
Drive-By-Wire Control For Throttle Yes Yes
Driver Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes No
Driver Airbag With Dual Threshold, Dual Stage Deployment No Yes
Driver Side Lower Console Storage Located On Dash Yes No
Dual Body Color Folding Power Adjustable Heated Exterior Rearview Mirrors No Yes
Dual Body Color Power Adjustable Folding Exterior Rearview Mirrors Yes No
Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) Vehicle Stability Control System Operated Via ABS and Traction Control Measures Steering Wheel Angle, Yaw Rate, Wheel Speed and Lateral Acceleration No Yes
Dynamic Traction Control No Yes
Easy-Entry Seat Yes No
Electronic Brake Assistance No Yes
Electronic Brake Force Distribution Yes Yes
Emergency Fuel Shut-Off Device Yes No
Engine Oil Cooler Yes No
Engine Start/Stop Button No Yes
Exterior Temperature Gauge No Yes
Fixed Hoop Aluminum Safety Rollbars Yes No
Fold-Down Tailgate Yes No
Free Scheduled Maintenance For 36 Months or 36,000 Miles Yes No
Front Active Head Restraints No Yes
Front Air Dam Yes Yes
Front and Rear 3-Point Seatbelts Yes Yes
Front and Rear Automatic Locking Retractors No Yes
Front and Rear Body Color 9-MPH Impact Absorbing Bumpers No Yes
Front and Rear Body Color Sport Bumpers Yes No
Front and Rear Crumple Zones Yes No
Front and Rear Power Windows With One-Touch Up and One-Touch Down Yes No
Front Auxiliary Audio Input Jack No Yes
Front Carpeted Floor Mats No Yes
Front Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor No Yes
Front Dual and Side Sunvisors Yes No
Front Dual Door Mounted Storage Yes Yes
Front Dual Illuminated Vanity Mirrors Yes No
Front Dual Map/Reading Lights Yes No
Front Dual Reclining Bucket Seats Manually Adjust 8 Ways Total With Adjustable Seat Height and Adjustable Headrests No Yes
Front Dual Seatback Storage Net Pockets Yes No
Front Dual Sport Bucket Seats Adjust 6 Ways Total With Manually Adjustable Seat Height, Manual Memory and Manually Adjustable Headrests Yes No
Front Dual Sunvisors No Yes
Front Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes No
Front Power 277-mm X 23-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 259-mm X 10.2-mm Solid Disc Brakes Yes No
Front Power 338-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 325-mm Ventilated Disc Brakes No Yes
Front Power Cloth Sliding Sunroof Yes No
Front Power Outlet Integrated With Cigarette Lighter Yes Yes
Front Pretensioners No Yes
Front Pretensioners With Force Limiters Yes No
Front Seatbelt Height Adjusters Yes No
Front Stabilizer Bar Yes Yes
Functional Hood Scoop, Side Skirts and Side Air Intakes Yes No
Getrag(R) 6-Speed Manual Transmission Yes No
Glass Rear Window On Convertible Yes Yes
Glovebox Yes No
Gray Poplar Genuine Wood Trim Located On Instrument Panel, Doors and Center Floor Console No Yes
Halogen Headlights With Auto-Leveling Yes No
HD AM/FM Radio With 10 Speakers Total; CD Player; MP3 Player No Yes
Heated Washer System No Yes
Hill Start Control No Yes
HVAC Rest Mode No Yes
Independent Double Pivot Strut Front Suspension With Coil Springs, Gas Charged Shock Absorbers and Sport Ride Type No Yes
Independent MacPherson Strut Front Suspension With Sport Ride Type Yes No
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Coil Springs, Gas Charged Shock Absorbers and Sport Ride Type No Yes
Independent Multi-Link Z-Axle Rear Suspension With Sport Ride Type Yes No
Interior Air Filter No Yes
Interior Load Area Light Yes No
Interior Pollen Air Filter Yes No
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob Yes No
L A T C H Yes Yes
Leatherette Seats Yes Yes
Leather Located On Center Floor Console No Yes
Leather Located On Doors Yes No
Leather Located On Shift Knob Yes No
Leather Steering Wheel No Yes
Lockable Glovebox Yes Yes
Locking Fuel Filler Door Yes Yes
Manual Air Conditioning Yes No
Memory Adjustments For Driver Side Includes HVAC No Yes
Multi-Color Paint (If Selected) Yes No
Multi-Function Remote Operates Door Lock/Unlock, Illuminated Entry, Sunroof, Soft Top, Fuel Door and Hatch Yes No
Oil Temperature Gauge No Yes
Park Distance Control (PDC) Rear Electronic Parking Aid With Alarm and Ultrasonic Sensors Yes No
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor No Yes
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Activated By Seatbelt Engagement and Passenger Weight Yes No
Passenger Airbag With Dual Threshold, Dual Stage Deployment No Yes
Perimeter Lighting Yes No
Power Door Locks Operated Via Internal Switch No Yes
Power Door Locks Operated Via Remote and Internal Switch Yes No
Power Electro-Hydraulic Engine Speed Sensing Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering Yes No
Power Engine Speed Sensing Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering No Yes
Power Soft Convertible Top Yes Yes
Power Tailgate Lock/Unlock Via Button On Tailgate Handle Yes No
Power Window Lockout/Override No Yes
Power Windows With One-Touch Up and One-Touch Down No Yes
Programmable Daytime Running Lights No Yes
Radio Antenna Yes No
Radio Anti-Theft Yes Yes
Radio Data System Yes Yes
Rain Sensing Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers No Yes
Rear Air Dam Yes Yes
Rear Bench Seat With Manual Headrests No Yes
Rear Carpeted Floor Mats No Yes
Rear Electronic Limited Slip Differential No Yes
Rear Heating Ducts Yes No
Rear Stabilizer Bar Yes Yes
Rear Window Defroster Yes Yes
Remote Fuel Door Release No Yes
Remote Tailgate Release Located On Multi-Function Remote Yes No
Remote Trunk Release Located Inside Vehicle No Yes
Retractable High Pressure Headlight Washers No Yes
Roadside Assistance Warranty For Unlimited-Miles, 48-Months No Yes
Rollover Sensor No Yes
Run Flat Tires No Yes
Run-Flat Tires Yes No
Safety Rollbar No Yes
SBRP195/55R16 87 V-Rated Performance Tires Yes No
SBRP205/50R17, All-Season Tires No Yes
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags No Yes
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags With Head Protection Yes No
Second Row Dual Bucket-Style Seats With 50/50 Split Folding Seatbacks and Integral Headrests Yes No
Selective Locking/Unlocking Via Remote Keyless Entry Yes No
Selective Unlocking No Yes
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls No Yes
Service Interval Indicator For Brake Wear Yes No
Service Interval Indicator For Brake Wear and Oil Quality No Yes
Side Guard Door Beams Yes Yes
Side Skirts No Yes
Sport Leather Steering Wheel Yes No
Stainless Steel Footrest Yes No
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio, Cruise Control and Wireless Enabled Devices No Yes
Style 142 Alloy Wheels, 17-In. X 7-In. No Yes
Supercharged 1.6-Liter, I4, 16-Valve, OHC, MPFI Engine; Front/Transverse Mounted With Horsepower Of 168@6000, Torque Of 162@4000, Cast Iron Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads Yes No
Supercharger With Intercooler Yes No
Tachometer Yes No
Telescopic Steering Column No Yes
Temperature Controlled Storage Cools Glovebox Yes No
Tilt Steering Column Yes Yes
Tinted Glass Yes No
Tire Inflation Monitor Yes No
Tire Pressure Monitor No Yes
Trip Computer With Miles To Empty No Yes
Trunk Anti-Trap Device No Yes
Trunk Light No Yes
Turbocharged 3.0-Liter, I6, Double-VANOS 24-Valve, DOHC, EFI Engine; Front/Longitudinal Mounted With Horsepower Of 300@5800, Torque Of 300@1400, Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Head No Yes
Twin-Turbocharger No Yes
Valet Lockout Yes No
Variable Intensity Brake Lights No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Lockout Yes No
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Double Locking and Engine Immobilizer No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Engine Immobilizer Yes No
Vehicle Speed-Sensitive Intermittent Windshield Wipers Yes No
Wind Deflector For Convertibles No Yes
Windshield Wiper Activated Headlights No Yes






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