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To: conservative98

It would have been helpful if the article defined the term

https://www.ford.com/support/how-tos/more-vehicle-topics/fuel-and-fuel-economy/what-is-auto-start-stop/

The engine automatically stops when you are stopped, and restarts when you take your foot off the brake. That would drive me crazy.


6 posted on 09/25/2021 5:05:23 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: SauronOfMordor

And not to mention the sound, and the wear and tear on the starter and engine.


19 posted on 09/25/2021 5:30:05 AM PDT by JoeRender
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To: SauronOfMordor

“The engine automatically stops when you are stopped, and restarts when you take your foot off the brake. That would drive me crazy.”

So that is what that means, I couldn’t understand what the article was talking about.

Why would you want something like that? You’ll be changing out starters every other year.

That explains why sitting at a light I would hear a car/truck start before driving off ... I thought that these people were stalled out.


20 posted on 09/25/2021 5:30:35 AM PDT by CapnJack ( )
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To: SauronOfMordor

Thanks. I think the Japanese are required to shut down the engine at red lights. They also are required to replace the engine at a certain mileage, 60k iirc.

Almost 14,000 results for JDM(Japanese Development Market) engine

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l2632&_nkw=jdm+engine&_sacat=6028


23 posted on 09/25/2021 5:48:14 AM PDT by Pollard (Some people like to argue just to argue.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

I don’t like the globull warming feature. I feel that it will wear out the starter and battery prematurely. All to save about 0.5 MPG.


35 posted on 09/25/2021 6:13:54 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: SauronOfMordor

....not to mention the toll stop/start imposes on your engine, alternator and battery....


63 posted on 09/25/2021 7:34:25 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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