Whoa. That's intense. Thanks for the bit about the cigarette lighter. The R56 center console is one of the easiest to remove of all the cars I've worked on. I wired it up but couldn't get any voltage, so I checked all the fuses and splices again, nothing blown. I found another thread on the sewing site listing the fuses (google hot or not), and apparently the cigarette lighter is on a different supply circuit (15). My roommate was sleeping above the garage, so I couldn't start the car and test the lights, so I just said screw it and put everything back together. Sure enough, supply circuit 15 only works when the car is running. That's gonna make me think twice about a push button stop-start in my next car.