There are times the Toyota engine starts up for warming things up (you can tell if you pay attention to the timing, it retards to something like 30 or 40 degrees after (not before) top dead center.
There are times it seems that it thinks the battery may not have the power needed (too cold, too hot, too old, etc.) so it turns on the engine preemptively in case you hit the accelerator.
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