Chris,
Chris,
According to the forums, the remote start still works, you do not lose any function other than the auto start/stop.
Again, I've not tried it, I actually like the feature :-)
I can see this becoming standard in vehicles to reduce burning dinosaurs at red lights.
What I do when I want to beat another guy out of the holeshot, is I'll watch the red lights adjacent to my flow and when I see them go yellow I'll lift on my brake to trigger the restart. Now I'm ready for my light to go green, I'll change feet to left on brake and right on throttle and pretend it's the Christmas tree at the drag strip. When my eye sees it change I'll drop the skinny one to the rug like I'm mad at it.
But, if I'm driving like a sane, middle aged father like normal, the system has zero effect on me. I slowly lift the brake and move to the throttle and the car is easily running long before I make the move.
Do some of you drive with two feet, use left for brakes and right for throttle? I've seen women do that, but never men, but that could explain the disdain for the start/stop. You would be able to hit the throttle every time before the engine started and it would likely start/jerk/suck bad.