Nice to know. It worked the exact same way on my 2016 Jaguar but the later Jaguar years didn't have this ability. Cheers

 

I have a Range Rover Supercharged and I think it’s a very bad thing for the vehicle and doesn’t improve anything long term in the car. The vehicles are not made to turn on and off so much. It will long term cause early failures in systems and I’d say the only people who like the feature are not real drivers. They are the folks we all always have to pass and belong in the slow lane and have no where to really go. You Should take the bus is my opinion.

 

Lemme guess, you're the guy that rides a foot off my *** when I'm going just as fast as all the cars in front of me with nowhere to go. It's delightful.

 

I used to be that guy way way back. I've since gotten an amazing wife and 3 boys. I still drive fast but only 10mph over the speed limit but I live the false life that I'm always late for something so I still get frustrated but I don't tail anymore. I just nicely change lanes. It was refreshing though driving in Europe last week. I have a Ferrari as well so I can't help but enjoy to drive all out but I go to the track now. But anyway, it was a delight last week that the fast lane on the highways are just for people driving faster and people get out of the way very quickly for the folks that love to drive and drive with passion like me. I love the road and I am also the type of a person, if you own a car like a 911 or something similar, why own it if you don't drive it. Just drive safe. I am super safe now as I'm getting wiser and older

 

European drivers are more courteous, use their intelligence when driving and yield the lane when necessary. Possibly better enforcement? Near zero enforcement here in the US. Having driven in nearly two-thirds of the states, have found Florida drivers to be the absolute worst. I now drive in the right lane most of the time because the remainder of the traffic is all stacked up in the left lane, usually behind some yokel doing under the speed limit in a pickup truck with wheels and tires that probably cost more than the trailer they live in. That’s why they call it FloriDUH.

 

Cheap shot. Much to their chagrin, Rome is still in Europe and nothing beats it for worst drivers.

 

I once heard a comedian say: "There's only two kinds of drivers on the road when I'm out there: Morons and Maniacs. Morons are all the people going slower than me. Maniacs are all the people going faster than me." I rarely see saints on the road. I find humor in both sides of the conversation. Just give me a lonely backroad where I can just do my own thing....

 

Well said. Morons and Maniacs. I agree. When I'm texting and driving, I'm a Moron. I'm a maniac all the other times. I will now have a better outlook on everyone else. Thanks for that!

 

I love this simple way of disabling the auto stop-start, thanks for the tip! It sounds like you've not run into any issues having this unplugged on both vehicles for a year.
Out of curiosity, I looked in the Workshop Manual and it looks like that little black connector on the battery ground goes to the Battery Monitoring System or "BMS control module". Is this not something that needs to be connected? I'm just honestly curious. These vehicles are electrically quirky enough, I don't want to intentionally cause any problems.

 

Super curious about this also. I've had 3 or 4 instances on my brand new 2022 P400 where the auto start didn't auto start while I was at a light and the car ended up back in park. It's annoying and I'd love to turn it off permanently.