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Originally Posted by Xist
Second question: How much fuel does starting the engine consume and at what point would you save gas by turning off the air conditioning (and engine)?
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Ford and BMW are on record at 3 and 5 seconds for their (12v) stop start equipped cars.
Non S/S equipped cars will sometimes go open loop for around 10 seconds after every restart, so you'd have to factor in 10 seconds of open loop acceleration.