Remember, this is the same group of people that came up with the “teletouch” transmissions and the treadle vac brakes. Both of which were engineering boondoggles which cost the company millions in warranty repairs.
CC
I was driving through my small town one day, driving from one stoplight to the next.
There was a car next to me - on the drivers side - the whole time.
Something seemed odd so I rolled down my window to listen...it was this damn feature stopping the other vehicles DIESEL engine (it was a MBz).
I thought how ridiculosis it is to start-stop a diesel engine with glow-plugs an a 22:1 compression ratio.
Utter madness.