Stop/start technology

[Bing o]

Rawwr said:

rypt said:

Rawwr said:

HellDiver said:

Chances of that happening without instantly stalling the engine? 750rpm idle and popping the clutch will stall, plain and simple. Hardly "fly into the car in front".

I imagine if he's the type of mongoloid to keep their foot on the brake during traffic, he's possibly also the type of mongoloid to stop 1" behind the car in front

Right, so I'm a mongoloid now?

Possibly.

Definitely.

[rypt]

Bing o said:

Rawwr said:

rypt said:

Rawwr said:

HellDiver said:

Chances of that happening without instantly stalling the engine? 750rpm idle and popping the clutch will stall, plain and simple. Hardly "fly into the car in front".

I imagine if he's the type of mongoloid to keep their foot on the brake during traffic, he's possibly also the type of mongoloid to stop 1" behind the car in front

Right, so I'm a mongoloid now?

Possibly.

Definitely.

Brakes are designed to be used, if the car is unable to remain stationary (ie not on a flat surface) then the brake is the correct thing to use.

[Bing o]

rypt said:

Bing o said:

Rawwr said:

rypt said:

Rawwr said:

HellDiver said:

Chances of that happening without instantly stalling the engine? 750rpm idle and popping the clutch will stall, plain and simple. Hardly "fly into the car in front".

I imagine if he's the type of mongoloid to keep their foot on the brake during traffic, he's possibly also the type of mongoloid to stop 1" behind the car in front

Right, so I'm a mongoloid now?

Possibly.

Definitely.

Brakes are designed to be used, if the car is unable to remain stationary (ie not on a flat surface) then the brake is the correct thing to use.

Correct. The handbrake. So you don't dazzle other road users. Mongoloid.

[rypt]

Bing o said:

rypt said:

Bing o said:

Rawwr said:

rypt said:

Rawwr said:

HellDiver said:

Chances of that happening without instantly stalling the engine? 750rpm idle and popping the clutch will stall, plain and simple. Hardly "fly into the car in front".

I imagine if he's the type of mongoloid to keep their foot on the brake during traffic, he's possibly also the type of mongoloid to stop 1" behind the car in front

Right, so I'm a mongoloid now?

Possibly.

Definitely.

Brakes are designed to be used, if the car is unable to remain stationary (ie not on a flat surface) then the brake is the correct thing to use.

Correct. The handbrake. So you don't dazzle other road users. Mongoloid.

Brake lights do not dazzle, if you are affected by brake lights so badly (which tend to be the same people who are affected by fog lights) then may I suggest you visit you local optometrist as there is clearly something wrong your your, failing that visit the local psychiatrist.

I have never in my life been dazzled by a brake light, a fog light, or anything bar some of those HIDs.

[Bing o]

rypt said:

Bing o said:

Brakes are designed to be used, if the car is unable to remain stationary (ie not on a flat surface) then the brake is the correct thing to use.

Correct. The handbrake. So you don't dazzle other road users. Mongoloid.

Brake lights do not dazzle, if you are affected by brake lights so badly (which tend to be the same people who are affected by fog lights) then may I suggest you visit you local optometrist as there is clearly something wrong your your, failing that visit the local psychiatrist.

I have never in my life been dazzled by a brake light, a fog light, or anything bar some of those HIDs.

When you pull up to a set of traffic lights, you brake, put the car into neutral, and keep the brake pressed until someone joins the queue behind you. Then you take your foot off the brake. This is so you alert following traffic that you are stationary, but once they are behing you , you remove your foot off the brake.

Is that so difficult to comprehend, or are you just as much of a mongoloid when you are driving as when you are parking?

[rypt]

only mongoloid here is you who is adversely affected by light it seems

Edited by rypt on Friday 28th May 18:08

[130R]

There are rumors this technology will appear on the next M5 which I sincerely hope is not the case as nobody buying an M5 could care less about fuel economy.

[MattsMINI]

GFWilliams said:

When I get in my MINI the first thing I do after I start the engine is press the sport button and turn off the stop start stuff... Can't stand it!

Your ONE has a sport button?

[ShieldandProtect]

raised brake lights are a nightmare, right at eye level so you can't see past that vehicle, meant to be safer but not for me, pain in the butt. What if there was technology that meant you would start stop drive to your engine whenever you could take advantage of momentum, last mile before a slip road on a dual carriageway, 75% of any mile stretch of road in countrysiude or urban setting, hills, etc etc??? And before anyone says coasting is illegal, it isn't, I have worldwide patent for such a device but trying to generate any interest is very hard. On one 5 mile stretch of road I used to drive, if every car did drive in that way it would remove 9.4 million miles of pollution & fuel consumption each year, nationally billions of miles worth, reduces tyre wear, brake wear, noise etc, what do you think, maybe a separate post I can go into more detail once I've cleared it with my patent attorney but this is a start without saying too much, UK patent is granted, now working on Europe & all of the USA, would make start stop technology look silly, worthless & half a job.

[Patrick Bateman]

Brake lights dazzling?

Not a chance.

I'll put the handbrake on if I'll be waiting a while, if you know it's not long until the lights change there's little point.

[Bing o]

rypt said:

only mongoloid here is you who is adversely affected by light it seems

Edited by rypt on Friday 28th May 18:08

Nope, I have 20:20 vision.

You however, will always remain a mongoloid.

[rypt]

Bing o said:

rypt said:

only mongoloid here is you who is adversely affected by light it seems

Edited by rypt on Friday 28th May 18:08

Nope, I have 20:20 vision.

You however, will always remain a mongoloid.

Are you a car-light vampire then or something, because there is nothing dazzling about brake lights, fog lights, and so on

[DangerousMike]

i wear glasses and am much more easily affected by glare or bright lights when wearing glasses than when not...

[Patrick Bateman]

In which case driving at night must be nigh on impossible.

[kambites]

I often get dazzled by high intensity rear lights like brake lights and fog lights. I hate people who sit on the brakes in traffic. One of the most inconsiderate common driving habits in the UK IMHO. That's partly driving a low car though, brake lights tend to be at about head height for me, cars with brake lights on the C-pillars are nowhere near as bad.

Not as bad as front fog lights though. At least you don't need to be able to see anything when you're stationary in traffic.

Edited by kambites on Friday 28th May 18:38

[DangerousMike]

Patrick Bateman said:

In which case driving at night must be nigh on impossible.

yeah i do actually find it very hard to see past oncoming cars.

[ShieldandProtect]

well that was worth coming back to see, you guys slating each other, have a fun night boys, play nice hey.

[LocoBlade]

Bing o said:

rypt said:

only mongoloid here is you who is adversely affected by light it seems

Edited by rypt on Friday 28th May 18:08

Nope, I have 20:20 vision.

You however, will always remain a mongoloid.

Christ on a bike how old are you? Seriously, read your last half dozen posts in here and ask yourself if they come across as being written by an intelligent level headed adult or not?

[F i F]

There does seem to be a common element in a number of recent threads which have descended into handbags and playground antics. That common factor isn't Bing o.

HTH

[threespires]

rypt said:

Bing o said:

rypt said:

only mongoloid here is you who is adversely affected by light it seems

Edited by rypt on Friday 28th May 18:08

Nope, I have 20:20 vision.

You however, will always remain a mongoloid.

Are you a car-light vampire then or something, because there is nothing dazzling about brake lights, fog lights, and so on

rypt

So you wont mind if I put my lights on Full Beam when I'm behind you at the Traffic Lights to counter you with your foot on the foot brake ?

Are you too lazy to use your parking brake ?

PS :- An optician on another thread with a similar theme suggests that maybe you need an eye test if you don't get dazzled by headlamps and brake lights.

Edited by threespires on Friday 28th May 21:17