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Originally Posted by Gasoline Fumes
I've had experience with start/stop technology on Priuses, a VW Golf and a Volvo V40. I hate the systems! Mostly because they're automated and I know better than a computer when to shut off or start an engine.
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I love the idea of auto stop, but you remind me that I had an amusing experience next to a Mercedes a few weeks ago. Waiting at a light in my civic with the engine off, a white new or nearly new Mercedes next to me was also off. But the driver creeped forward a few inches maybe 4 or even 5 times in anticipation of the light changing. Each time he moved, the engine turn on and then off. Meanwhile I sat there, the cyborg ecu, shut down and waiting for the light to actually turn green.
The driver is the most important engine control unit.