Use of handbrake.

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croyde said:

All these driver aids. Bloody annoying.

I have just bought a Dacia Duster, a not very well specced one but it has still surprised me by not only having a plipper to open the doors but it also has stop/start even when you use the handbrake.

I can't see a saving in petrol if I will have to keep replacing the starter motor as it's being used countless times on a journey when formerly it was only used once.

I suspect that you paid for and are carrying around a heavier duty starter motor and maybe also battery and alternator in order to have that facility, and that it is probably lifed to last several hundred thousand miles of regular use. If you switch off stop/start then you probably have the worst of every world!

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croyde said:

All these driver aids. Bloody annoying.

I have just bought a Dacia Duster, a not very well specced one but it has still surprised me by not only having a plipper to open the doors but it also has stop/start even when you use the handbrake.

I can't see a saving in petrol if I will have to keep replacing the starter motor as it's being used countless times on a journey when formerly it was only used once.

Annoying as I like to be in neutral and with the handbrake on at a stop in case some numpty plows into the back of me.

It also indicates when I should change gear. It's obviously done for economy for if I obey it in a 20mph zone it has the engine labouring along in 5th gear at barely above idle.

Lord knows what it'll do if I touch the ECO button.

Modern cars! Grump grump grump.

If the starter is built correctly there should be virtually zero wear from using it
The ammount of timing it runs shoud mean virtually zero wear on the brushes and ofc a none issues of the motor is brushless

And the solenoid to engage the tooth shouldnt really have wear issues either