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bobclive · Oct 18th, 2007, 07:32 PM

I think the auto start is a pain in the ass, it is there to lesson BMW`s carbon footprint and not for our benefit, anyway a bit extra CO2 makes the plants grow which means more food for the starving third world.

More to the point, it defaults to on which means the car may start dozens of times when driven in traffic to and from work as opposed to one start there and one start back in off mode. Once the warranty period is over how worn will the starter ring and starter dog be, pretty dam worn out I would say.

A simple solution to get rid is to press the button down and carefully drop a small amount of super glue between the top of the button and the outside front of the plastic gear lever housing. The red light will then always be on and the auto start always off. If you then want to turn the engine off press the on/off start button.

By the way you green fanatics NASA got their numbers wrong, the hottest year in the USA and probably the world this century was in 1930 (stephen Macintyre).

Bob.

Oct 18th, 2007, 07:32 PM	#5
bobclive MINI2 Newbie My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2007 Local Time: 02:07 AM Posts: 36 Offline	auto start I think the auto start is a pain in the ass, it is there to lesson BMW`s carbon footprint and not for our benefit, anyway a bit extra CO2 makes the plants grow which means more food for the starving third world. More to the point, it defaults to on which means the car may start dozens of times when driven in traffic to and from work as opposed to one start there and one start back in off mode. Once the warranty period is over how worn will the starter ring and starter dog be, pretty dam worn out I would say. A simple solution to get rid is to press the button down and carefully drop a small amount of super glue between the top of the button and the outside front of the plastic gear lever housing. The red light will then always be on and the auto start always off. If you then want to turn the engine off press the on/off start button. By the way you green fanatics NASA got their numbers wrong, the hottest year in the USA and probably the world this century was in 1930 (stephen Macintyre). Bob.