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      01-19-2017, 07:51 PM   #23
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Why wouldn't you just lock your car?
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This is what I do.....not about to leave this car unlocked anywhere
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Mine turns everything off when I lock the doors. Why not just do that?
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I do that. But with the top down and getting gas people stare. There is only so much ke$ha people can take during a full up
First, I fully agree about locking the car if you are leaving the car.

Second, no one should listen to ke$ha.

Now for my point: there are times when I am sitting in the car and want to be able to turn everything off. However, as a habit, if I am sitting in the car, my foot is on the brake pedal. So, I have on a number of occations turned the engine bavk on with a second press rather than turning everything off. On those (rare) occations, it can be annoying.

For the rest of the time, just lock the door when you get out (and don't listen to ke$ha)!
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      01-19-2017, 08:03 PM   #24
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I can see where you're coming from. When I used to live in a house, I never locked my car in my garage because it would require me to have my key if I needed to grab something from my car.

I had the same annoyance with the radio staying on so I just coded the radio to shut off when the door opens and now, all is well.
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I coded mine to behave differently. Press the stop button and the doors unlock. Single pull of the door handle and the radio turns off. Locking the car is optional at that point, but comfort access makes it easy enough.
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All good suggestions. Zoomigo, your process flow is excellent, and I may need to come up with a checklist like that, I just never have had To do such a thing in any other car ive owned.
I have reservations about a sequence that closes the garage door before the engine is shut off. With AutoStartStop enabled, the engine shutoff step could easily be overlooked. If the garage is attached to a dwelling, the results could be deadly.
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You can also code to unlock doors on engine off so no double pull too
You can also configure the doors in iDrive to remain unlocked. That's my choice.
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      01-21-2017, 07:21 PM   #28
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Just think of it this way:

The first press puts the car into park, so it's not really an increased number of actions that you have the take because it replaces the need to put it into P. Instead of pressing one button to put it into park, and then pressing another button somewhere else to shut the car off, you just press one single button twice.
this applies to automatics only. Same as the brake press stuff. With a clutch, there are different ways to screw up: (a) clutch in for second press: engine restarts; (b) clutch out before first press: kills the engine if it happens to be in gear. Either one makes you feel like a dolt.
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You can also code to unlock doors on engine off so no double pull too
You can also configure the doors in iDrive to remain unlocked. That's my choice.
That's true but some people feel safer driving with doors locked
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Geez all this over turning the car off. I just get used to driving my new 2 series. Winter sets in with massive amounts of snow. I switch to driving my Hummer and spend two minutes looking for the stupid start button. Then realizing in exasperation it requires a real analog key. Spend next two minutes back in the house looking for the bloody key. Can't find keys but see keys to Jeep. Give up, grab keys to my Jeep TJ. All analog right down to a window crank. Jump in and freeze my butt off all the way to where I'm going. Cursing the bloody button all the way.
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Geez all this over turning the car off. I just get used to driving my new 2 series. Winter sets in with massive amounts of snow. I switch to driving my Hummer and spend two minutes looking for the stupid start button. Then realizing in exasperation it requires a real analog key. Spend next two minutes back in the house looking for the bloody key. Can't find keys but see keys to Jeep. Give up, grab keys to my Jeep TJ. All analog right down to a window crank. Jump in and freeze my butt off all the way to where I'm going. Cursing the bloody button all the way.
Where's the like button?! The only downside to that statement is that your Jeep isn't a modern $50,000 car. We DEMAND for our modern $50,000 cars to do all of the work for us. This is the last stop before our car drives us to work autonomously.
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You can also code to unlock doors on engine off so no double pull too
This is what I did. The two code items work together nicely:

(1) car unlocks when you hit the stop button on engine (so no need for the annoying double pull on the handle so long as the engine is off)

(2) raidio turns off when you open the door.

Bam! Now all you have to do is turn the car off and then pull the door handle once. Just like in the old days.
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I have mine coded to unlock the doors upon shut off but I left the radio playing option as I enjoy listening to it while pumping gas, which is also nice if I have the kid or passengers with me.

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This is what I did. The two code items work together nicely:

(1) car unlocks when you hit the stop button on engine (so no need for the annoying double pull on the handle so long as the engine is off)

(2) raidio turns off when you open the door.

Bam! Now all you have to do is turn the car off and then pull the door handle once. Just like in the old days.
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I have mine coded to unlock doors as soon as the engine is turned off and also to turn off the radio and accessories when I open the driver side door.
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I coded mine to behave differently. Press the stop button and the doors unlock. Single pull of the door handle and the radio turns off. Locking the car is optional at that point, but comfort access makes it easy enough.
Oh, I also have my seat coded to slide backwards a bit when I open the door. It'll then slide back into place when I get into the car and press the start button.
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      01-29-2017, 11:44 PM   #37
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Where's the like button?! The only downside to that statement is that your Jeep isn't a modern $50,000 car. We DEMAND for our modern $50,000 cars to do all of the work for us. This is the last stop before our car drives us to work autonomously.
Neither my 228i xDrive or my M240 xDrive will do this. Button not required.

Neither will they make coffee and have it sat ready for me in the morning... darn
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I really don't miss the button when I get into my jeep. But at least my JK has remote start and its already running when I get in.
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(1) car unlocks when you hit the stop button on engine (so no need for the annoying double pull on the handle so long as the engine is off)
My 2016 218i does this out of the factory without coding. When I stop the engine it will unlock all the locks.

My routine is as follows:

-Pull in my spot
-Put the car in park
-Check the clock for 2 min wait time before shutting down
-Put the radio on mute
-Turn off the lights
-Check the time to see if the 2 mins is up
-Press the stop button once
-Open the door without pulling twice
-Leave the car and lock it with holding down the lock button to fold the mirrors and to close if any windows are left open
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My 2016 218i does this out of the factory without coding. When I stop the engine it will unlock all the locks.

My routine is as follows:

-Pull in my spot
-Put the car in park
-Check the clock for 2 min wait time before shutting down
-Put the radio on mute
-Turn off the lights
-Check the time to see if the 2 mins is up
-Press the stop button once
-Open the door without pulling twice
-Leave the car and lock it with holding down the lock button to fold the mirrors and to close if any windows are left open
Guess the double pull is an annoying US thing? Why the 2 min cool down? I didn't think things like turbo timers were needed anymore.
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Guess the double pull is an annoying US thing? Why the 2 min cool down? I didn't think things like turbo timers were needed anymore.
Might be, maybe some other members from outside the US can confirm this?
I've been doing it since I got the car, my dad advised me to do it and besides the head of BMW Turkey's Technical department told me to do so as well. Apparently it needs it so the pump can pump the turbo with cool oil before shutting down because once the car is turned off the turbo will be left hot with no cooling factor other then the outside air temp. He said they come across really messed up ones along the road so in the long term it's better. Plus I don't mind sitting extra 2 mins in that beauty
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Other than extreme situations, a 2-minute cool down is completely unnecessary and just a waste of fuel. First, if it was an important procedure that should be followed, they would mention it in the owner's manual. Second, these cars come with auto start-stop. If turning off a hot engine was going to cause any significant damage to the turbo, then they would not have a feature that shuts off the engine the moment the car comes to a stop. Third, these cars have electric water pumps. They can pump as little or as much coolant as necessary to keep the engine at the ideal operating temperature. Along with the improvements in oil technology, this contributes to the reason that a long warm-up period when you start the car is also unnecessary.
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Other than extreme situations, a 2-minute cool down is completely unnecessary and just a waste of fuel. First, if it was an important procedure that should be followed, they would mention it in the owner's manual. Second, these cars come with auto start-stop. If turning off a hot engine was going to cause any significant damage to the turbo, then they would not have a feature that shuts off the engine the moment the car comes to a stop. Third, these cars have electric water pumps. They can pump as little or as much coolant as necessary to keep the engine at the ideal operating temperature. Along with the improvements in oil technology, this contributes to the reason that a long warm-up period when you start the car is also unnecessary.
It is mentioned on mine, it states;

"Component Protection • After-running of electric coolant pump = improved heat dissipation from engine switch off point. Allows protection of turbochargers by reduced oil coking during heat soak."

Letting the turbos cool, either via an easy run for a few kilometers or a short idle before shutdown hurts nothing and adds protection. Better safe than sorry...
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Can it be coded so one pull of the handle unlocks and opens the door?
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