Altea XL 1.6 TDI Ecomotive - is it stop/start?

[madmaca]

I've recently done the deal on swapping our Altea 2.0 TDI 140 Sport, for a 4 month old (62 plate) Altea XL 1.6 TDI Ecomotive with only delivery miles. I had a (very) quick test drive of it and came away happy with my purchase. I should pick it up in about a week's time.

However, having read a bit more info about the car I've seen reference to it having stop/start. Now when I test drove it - this never happened (I'm sure I would have noticed). Me and the salesman even swapped seats with the engine running and the engine never stopped.

So my first question is - do some Ecomotive models not have stop/start? I also never noticed the gear shift up indicator, but then I wasn't watching the dash all that much tbh.

Second question - the steering wheel has a "phone" button on it - does that mean it has bluetooth connection?

It's pointless me asking the salesman at the car supermarket where we've had it from - he didn't even know what "showroom tax" was, and knew even less about the actual car and what it came with

 

[m0rk]

Phone button probably mutes the radio

The start / stop doesn't work until the engine is warmed up, and won't work when it's cold either

 

[Johnersh]

Second question - the steering wheel has a "phone" button on it - does that mean it has bluetooth connection?

In short, no. I have an XL Eco without the driver information and bluetooth but it still has the phone buttons on the steering wheel. No doubt if I changed the stereo headunit I could get it wired to the steering wheel, but haven't done that. The microphone button on the phone control can be useful to mute the stero when my passengers get a call tho.

 

[madmaca]

Cheers fellas. The car must have been cold then, hence the reason the stop/start didn't kick in. I knida suspected as much about the bluetooth - I assume you can't retro fit it to Audio System 2.0? Does it need the Media System 2.2?