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Originally Posted by daiheadjai
In retrospect, I don't think I'll ever buy another car with a push-button start.
Where a traditional key makes it easy for you to switch back and forth from Engine on to Accessory, the push button doesn't allow you to choose directions, forcing users to cycle through mode by mode (i.e. it could take 3 button pushes to accomplish something you could've done by twisting the key once).
This becomes a problem in the real world - for example, if you were talking on the phone to someone via bluetooth, and park your car, you either need to leave the engine on until you finish your conversation, or pull out your phone, continue the conversation and turn off the car (whereas on other cars, you could just turn the car to ACC mode and continue the conversation without doing anything else).
Couple this with the horrendous lag for the audio/navi to boot up, and it's a real inconvenience.
I've also had an instance where I thought I had stalled (lights came on, engine sputtered), and hit the button hoping to quickly start up again - instead, I ended up turning off the car when it didn't stall (thankfully it was at a stop and the person behind me was very patient).
Not only that, but this car doesn't have much storage space as it is - the push button takes up some more real estate.
If I could order a BRZ with the heated seats (for the wifey), climate control, and alcantara leather, but no push start (I'm ambivalent about the fogs and the spoiler), I would have.
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Good luck with that. Unless you don't plan on buying a new car ever again.
Also, plenty of cars let you switch to Accessory mode without having to cycle through button presses, it just takes a rocker style start button, like the C6 Corvette has (and probably C7 as well).
Sounds like most of your complaints are specifically about the way the BRZ handles accessories when shutting off the car, which I completely agree with.