ALWAYS put your MINI into gear when you park your car.
Some people don't and just use their handbrake, which is fine and you should! BUT as the MINI's handbrake works off the rear disc brakes, after a drive the brakes get very hot-when you then stop and park, the discs cool down and contract slightly and even though you have your handbrake on, it is like for all the world like you only half pulled it up.
What happens then is your lovely MINI will, if on a hill, roll down the road and smack into something!!!!
But, if the MINI was in gear it wouldn't go anywhere.
The reason i brought this up again is because a friend at work told me of his boss's daughter's incident with her MINI...........the 'above' happened and when she arrived out next morning to her car...it wasn't there! It was after rolling down the road hitting a ditch, then went over the ditch and into the field
Not a good outcome you'll agree!
Moral of the story: PUT YOUR MINI INTO GEAR AND PULL UP YOUR HANDBRAKE
