Hi Robert. Thanks for that. I really don't want to wear out my diesel with auto start-stop.
Have you been able to tell whether the presence of this module is detectable to the diagnostic system? How long have you been running it?
This is a kind of tech countermeasure that works. The source code for reprograming the car's chips is not available. An in-law who does industrial robotics coding tells me this. He says rewriting the code to change the default settings - eg, that leaves auto-start-stop off instead of on - is not going to be possible for many reasons I don't really understand. However, an add on module like this looks like it could work for many things, like lane keeping assist, vibrating seats, etc., things that people don't want.
That's great.