I had an 07 with comfort access and it never automatically locked from me just walking away. They may have added that feature in recent models, but back then it wasn't designed to lock/unlock automatically based on distance. When you got out you could hit the button on the door handle and it would lock.
I did notice if I hit the unlock button on the remote and then never went to the car, it would automatically lock after a short period of time. Seemed to be more of it thinking I accidentally hit unlock in my pocket so it fixed it type thing.
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Thanks for these responses; so that auto locking behavior isn't there, I'll stop fretting.
As a followup, I thought to re-read an owner's manual again. I didn't feel like wandering back out to the parking garage here at the office, so I downloaded a copy from the MINI Owners Lounge (hey! They finally posted recent copies out there!).
It was an interesting read, since this copy doesn't reference adjusting things via the turn signal stalk, and assumes everyone has the MINI Connected display (I do not). On the plus side, it did give a clearer explanation of the "lock after time" behavior: indeed, what's intended is to be able to control that "lock it back up after you unlock, if nobody's opened a door" setting.
Back to motoring, nothing to fix here, moving on.
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