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Paul · Oct 18th, 2007, 10:08 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by bobclive (original)

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.

Apart from maybe the money saved on fuel?

I can't understand the issue, the system doesn't kick in until things have warmed up and it has different components than a "regular" MINI did to take into account the stop/start system.

Oct 18th, 2007, 10:08 PM	#6
Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 05:37 PM Posts: 40,555 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by bobclive (original) 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. Apart from maybe the money saved on fuel? I can't understand the issue, the system doesn't kick in until things have warmed up and it has different components than a "regular" MINI did to take into account the stop/start system.