When driving in city/commute. Are you using the start/stop for the engine to stall when you are stopping or you always disable it. Some mechanics are telling me it could cause problems to leave it enabled.
When driving in city/commute. Are you using the start/stop for the engine to stall when you are stopping or you always disable it. Some mechanics are telling me it could cause problems to leave it enabled.
On my last car (G31 540i) it was irritating because the car would coast sometimes with the engine shut off. When picking up the throttle out of bends, this would lead to a delay, which almost felt like a flat spot on the throttle. It also used to occasionally shut off just as I was looking to pull away at roundabouts and junctions, which lead to a slight delay, meaning I’d push the throttle down harder (because I’d committed to a gap in traffic and wanted to get moving) which would then cause a very jerky acceleration.
On my current car (F90 M5 Comp) it’s far less obtrusive, but it kicks in when the engine isn’t that warm, which I don’t like. I want the car to come up to temperature properly. I’ll use it if I’m sitting in a lot of traffic, but for just normal driving around town (where my stops are fairly minimal) it gets turned off.
Yes, it’s convenient and helps with emissions and that’s great, but if you’re not stopping for very long at a time, it can be very annoying.