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The car was very much warmed up by the time I tried it. I make sure that the temperature gauge is at the position it is when warmed up before I attempt to do anything to improve fuel economy (coasting engine off, shutting down at lights) because I know starting with a cold engine is worse for fuel consumption and the engine in general.
The only thing I can think of is that I had a few things running that I usually don't when I start the car up. I always shut the radio off and lights off when I shut off after getting home or parking and when I was trying to do the starts last night I had my lights on and my radio on. It might be that the drain from the lights are too much for the battery to power and run the starter at the same time. Maybe I'll just turn the engine off during daylight hours if that can be confirmed and if it turns out that it works that way then I need to figure out how to power my lights and starter at the same time.
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