Used MINI Tachometers

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About Tachometers

A car’s MINItachometer (also known as a revolution counter or rev counter) is an important component that helps to ensure that the driver of the vehicle does not work its engine too hard. 

Positioned within the dashboard panel and displaying information either in analogue form or digitally, the MINItachometer displays the number of engine crankshaft revolutions per minute. This helps the driver to see when the engine is straining, or over-revving, and to change gear to alleviate this. The MINItachometer display is marked to show when the engine revolutions reach a point where they need to be reduced.

Some more modern tachometers have warning lights integrated into them which light up to show when the gear should be changed as and when a defined number of revolutions have been reached.

The main benefit of a MINItachometer is to provide overall protection for the vehicle’s engine. Engine wear can be expensive and result in ancillary problems that will affect the running of the vehicle. Additionally, properly observing the MINItachometer readings will reduce running costs by minimising fuel consumption. It may also have a positive impact on the level of exhaust emissions.

The MINItachometer is therefore an invaluable vehicle component that assists the driver in maintaining the health of the vehicle’s engine.

MINI trivia

• Mary Quant, the inventor of the miniskirt, credited the Mini for the inspiration behind the iconic fashion accessory.
• Where you'd expect to see a radio or speaker system in a Mini, was actually an ashtray in early models. The designer of the first Mini was a heavy smoker who believed that listening to the radio was more of a distraction than lighting a cigarette.
• The Mini Copper gets its name from F1 car designer John Copper.
• Minis are still made in the same production site as the original line. The same site is still used in Oxford, although their car panels are now made in Swindon, and most of the engines made for Mini cars are manufactured by BMW in Hams Hall.
• It can be hard to keep track of all of the different companies that have owned MINI throughout its long history. At the moment, the name is owned by BMW, and MINI has its own independent division.