This discussion is a bit technically over my head. But, I have to say that this issue is causing me some concern. For day to day use, I do not see a problem. Granted, I do a lot of short trips day to day driving (2 miles here and there) with no real commute. I've had my X5 30i for just over three weeks and make sure that I take it out for a 20 or 30 mile drive at interval of no longer than 2 weeks to make sure I put another charge on the battery (never had to do this with any other vehicle but SA recommends it sooo...). But 95 hours of non-use killing a battery is ridiculous. While I have never had a vehicle that I had to pay attention to the battery charge, especially a brand new vehicle, I am more concerned about a battery draining during non-use. What do people do when they go away and leave the vehicle unused? I live 2 hours from the airport and when I travel, I drive down and leave my car in a secure off-airport lot. When I travel, it is often for a week or two and occasionally three weeks. Do I need to be concerned that I will be coming back to a dead vehicle because I parked it for a week or longer? At these lots, while secure, there is certainly no provisions for trickle chargers. Will someone please educate me in more layman's terms? T.I.A.

Is there no way to put the car in some type of "hibernate" mode to prevent such a drain? This issue really makes no sense to me.