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Originally Posted by Kevman
has to be bad for car shutting down and stating up thousands of times.  |
Supposedly BMW beefed up the starter as well as other engine parts so that all the extra starts won't cause excessive wear on the motor. I think most manufacturers who make cars with the start/stop feature have done the same.
But yeah on my wife's X1 we always leave that feature off, neither of us is too crazy about it. In fact, I wouldn't buy a vehicle that didn't allow you to turn off the start/stop.
All that said though, I wouldn't be afraid to use it in start/stop mode all the time if we liked it.