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  • #16
    its a pain mind my street is downhill so everyday at the top it will go into eco i will get to my house park then go to get out and it starts

    if you open'd the door id rather a bleepy noise like when key still in
    Black and white E-HDI DS3

    Originally posted by ZACK
    Sorry Wools, Seems You Were Actually Right

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    • #17
      Originally posted by jaspabt View Post
      ...It does this so you dont leave the car with the engine on I guess...
      What this man said, that is the reason why the system fires back up when you open the door so you don't leave techincally on unattended.

      The reason for the Air con is simple, there is not enough charge in the system to cope with the extra power demand at that point, which is why the engine comes back on. The system is designed to be 'green' but not at the expense of comfort for the driver.
      ...I should never have doubted the Lord of Bacon!!
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      • #18
        Surely the whole thing shuts off when you take the key off. Why would you be opening the driver door with the key in?!

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        • #19
          The engine starts up when the passenger door is opened as well. There has been plenty of occasions where I've been dropping people off or picking them up and the engine has fired up, even though I don't want it to.

          I suppose that if I was ever the getaway driver for a bank heist, as soon as my accomplices opened the door to get in the car, we'd be ready to drive off. Except I'd probably forget to unlock the doors after they have automatically locked. And I wouldn't get away very fast with my e-HDI engine.
          Proud owner of missing wonky stickers

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          • #20
            Originally posted by bohrhead View Post
            Surely the whole thing shuts off when you take the key off. Why would you be opening the driver door with the key in?!
            It's just a safety precaution. There are pity of idiots out there....
            ...I should never have doubted the Lord of Bacon!!
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            • #21
              Originally posted by mixin View Post
              Except I'd probably forget to unlock the doors after they have automatically locked.
              Unless you disable this by holding down the lock button on the dashboard for a few secs!

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              • #22
                Originally posted by x6411 View Post
                Unless you disable this by holding down the lock button on the dashboard for a few secs!
                but then he could get jacked while waiting
                Black and white E-HDI DS3

                Originally posted by ZACK
                Sorry Wools, Seems You Were Actually Right

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                • #23
                  It would make it a lot easier for the police to open the doors once they did pull me over if I had disabled auto-lock.
                  Proud owner of missing wonky stickers

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