11-05-2014, 09:31 AM | #1 |
Captain
35
Rep 609
Posts |
Auto Start Stop
I've searched the forum without success. I have a '13 X Drive 28i. When the auto start stop is active the start is quite noticeable. Does everyone else experience this also?
__________________
NB8S Past Garage: Z4, 135i. Present Garage: 2013 X Drive X1 2.8i.
|
11-05-2014, 10:17 AM | #3 |
Private
5
Rep 75
Posts |
After owning the car for almost 2 years now I had mine coded by the dealer to stay off by default when you start the car last month. It is by far the best mod I have done to my X1 so far.
|
Appreciate
0
|
11-05-2014, 10:24 AM | #4 |
Mullini
43
Rep 203
Posts |
I've seen a lot of complaints about ASS, but I am not one of the complainers. To me when the engine restarts it's a fairly subtle sensation. I'm not sure if it just works better on my X1 or if others are very sensitive to the car restarting at all. I certainly wouldn't call the sensation a "shudder," as I've seen others describe it. Maybe it also has to do with how you depress the pedal. I'm not a driver to "blast off," so maybe because I take it easy there's less of a sensation.
At any rate, if I am coming to a stop in a situation where I expect to otherwise be idling for a minute or more, I let ASS engage. In other scenarios, I ease to a stop and ASS does not engage. It's a matter of feel. Very rarely in true stop-and-go traffic on the freeway I will click ASS off. Otherwise, I go by feel. And in busy Los Angeles, my sDrive mpg average as I approach 30,000 miles is 28. Happy with that, and at least a fraction of that is due to ASS, I would bet. |
Appreciate
0
|
11-05-2014, 05:22 PM | #5 |
Private
9
Rep 89
Posts |
I wouldn't say the restart on mine was noticeable. May the combination of the Diesel engine and the manual box helps.
I have noticed as the colder weather approaches, stop start very rarely cuts in though. |
Appreciate
0
|
11-06-2014, 01:12 PM | #6 |
Veloce
10
Rep 145
Posts |
Glad we got the 35i as it comes without Start/Stop
__________________
I may not have ended up where I intended to go,
but I know I've ended up where I'm intended to be. -Douglas Adams |
Appreciate
0
|
11-06-2014, 03:16 PM | #7 |
Lieutenant
125
Rep 545
Posts
Drives: x3 m40i
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Vancouver,BC
|
Mine works perfectly fine. I do not use it all the time. I turn it on in heavy traffic.
The most important thing you can do is learn how to control it with the brake when you come to a stop, otherwise you will hate it. |
Appreciate
0
|
11-06-2014, 04:49 PM | #8 |
Private
5
Rep 75
Posts |
You may want to check the manual on this. I vaguely remember reading in there and on the forums about using it in stop and go heavy traffic can cause issues and BMW advises against using it then.
|
Appreciate
0
|
11-07-2014, 11:00 AM | #10 | |
Lieutenant
125
Rep 545
Posts
Drives: x3 m40i
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Vancouver,BC
|
Quote:
Same thing when you get to a red light, you more or less know how long you will be there. |
|
Appreciate
0
|
11-07-2014, 11:23 AM | #11 | |
Veloce
10
Rep 145
Posts |
page 59 (Italics are mine):
Quote:
__________________
I may not have ended up where I intended to go,
but I know I've ended up where I'm intended to be. -Douglas Adams |
|
Appreciate
0
|
11-07-2014, 05:28 PM | #12 |
Enlisted Member
1
Rep 30
Posts
Drives: 2015 X1 Sdrive28i; 2001 M5
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Merritt Island, FL, USA
|
I've not had any problems. I normally drive in SD so it is disabled, but I often shift to D when sitting at longer lights to enable it. When the light changes, just shift to SD and it starts right up.
|
Appreciate
0
|
Post Reply |
Bookmarks |
|
|