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Hickster · Oct 26th, 2007, 09:54 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.

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.

Can't see the issue myself. I've had my stop/start Cooper D since early September now and never had need to turn it off. In fact, on the occasions when it doesn't stop or if I'm in Mini E's mini (pre stop/start), I feel like I should turn it off myself. I don't want to sit there burning up fuel and going nowhere!

Oh, and I have to point out that although NASA's figures have demoted 98 to the second warmest year ever in the US, it was by 0.02C which is about half of nothing in the grand scheme of things. It certainly did not change the global figures. Anyway, this isn't the place to discuss CA

Oct 26th, 2007, 09:54 PM	#25
Hickster E's H2B My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The SOUTH Local Time: 06:06 AM Posts: 7,370 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. 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. Can't see the issue myself. I've had my stop/start Cooper D since early September now and never had need to turn it off. In fact, on the occasions when it doesn't stop or if I'm in Mini E's mini (pre stop/start), I feel like I should turn it off myself. I don't want to sit there burning up fuel and going nowhere! Oh, and I have to point out that although NASA's figures have demoted 98 to the second warmest year ever in the US, it was by 0.02C which is about half of nothing in the grand scheme of things. It certainly did not change the global figures. Anyway, this isn't the place to discuss CA D-lite-full