Just to clarify, from your sig badge thing, I presume you are testing these options with an automatic transmission, correct? EOffC is something I have toyed with in my Taurus, but frankly with the column stalk shifter, i am burdened with the fear of bumping past N to R (*MENTALHORROR*), so I have just let that idea drift off. Additionally you're also placing a huge increase in the usage of your starter as the auto trans' obviously can't bump start.... Now for you with the tunnel stick you have a little finer control to avoid bumping into R so that works, but the starter wear question arises, as does the flywheel as mentioned by others.
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