[Lindsaykoehler]

So I am going to try and keep this easy by using examples below.
I am a female driver who had a Mercedes GL 63 for years so I am new to BMW. BUT I consider myself pretty tech savvy...have also gone thru Genius training etc.

First, I live behind a gate in a safe location, I leave my digital key in my purse and my purse in the car (I have not gotten my purse out of my car, at my house, in over 10 years so I prefer not to make it a new habit...I leave my house too often over the course of a day). I have read and reread the manual on the start/stop button and I'm just not getting it.

My car does 3 different things when I get out of it. Sometimes it turns off when i open the door ( like to walk to mailbox) and (yes "turn off when door open option" is OFF.) Sometimes I open my door and it does not turn off. Sometimes I open my door while it is still in Drive, foot is on break pedal (this is a habit mainly because in my Mercedes when I opened my door it put the car in park) it stops the car, Again when I drive to the end of my drive way to get out to get the mail. Sometimes I pull into my garage, hit Park, Hit start/Stop once, get out and go inside and come back to find my headlights on and radio going. Went to Target today--got out with my purse and my key in my purse....... came back hour later opened the trunk and radio was still playing. I just can't seem to figure out what I am doing to get all these different outcomes when getting out of my car???

Second question- Door locks: WHY WHY will all the doors not unlock when I pull into my garage and get out of my car. I get out, walk to trunk to unload groceries and have to go back to front to unlock doors. Or I forgot something in my car and go out to garage to passenger side and doors are locked. I saw the advice to "turn off lock doors when driving" but does that mean that if someone tried to open the door while driving they could?? This becomes issue at car wash trying t vacuum car.....i vacuum drivers side and go to open backseat doors and they are locked. UGHHH

Thanks for all feedback!