Stop/start driving
Discussion
I experienced this for the first time today. Not sure if I like it or not.
The car re-starts as you take your foot off the brake so by the time you press the accelerator you are all ready to go. Presumably you save a little money on fuel and 'save the poxy planet', but I can't help wondering if the constant starting will cause costly wear on components.
Anyone have any thoughts?
The car re-starts as you take your foot off the brake so by the time you press the accelerator you are all ready to go. Presumably you save a little money on fuel and 'save the poxy planet', but I can't help wondering if the constant starting will cause costly wear on components.
Anyone have any thoughts?
PurpleMoonlight said:
I experienced this for the first time today. Not sure if I like it or not.
The car re-starts as you take your foot off the brake so by the time you press the accelerator you are all ready to go. Presumably you save a little money on fuel and 'save the poxy planet', but I can't help wondering if the constant starting will cause costly wear on components.
Anyone have any thoughts?
The manufacturer typically carry out more than 200000 starts at a raft of different temperatures so durability should not be a concern.The car re-starts as you take your foot off the brake so by the time you press the accelerator you are all ready to go. Presumably you save a little money on fuel and 'save the poxy planet', but I can't help wondering if the constant starting will cause costly wear on components.
Anyone have any thoughts?
zeppelin101 said:
PurpleMoonlight said:
I experienced this for the first time today. Not sure if I like it or not.
The car re-starts as you take your foot off the brake so by the time you press the accelerator you are all ready to go. Presumably you save a little money on fuel and 'save the poxy planet', but I can't help wondering if the constant starting will cause costly wear on components.
Anyone have any thoughts?
The manufacturer typically carry out more than 200000 starts at a raft of different temperatures so durability should not be a concern.The car re-starts as you take your foot off the brake so by the time you press the accelerator you are all ready to go. Presumably you save a little money on fuel and 'save the poxy planet', but I can't help wondering if the constant starting will cause costly wear on components.
Anyone have any thoughts?
However, it has one major flaw.
By keeping your foot on the brake, at traffic lights or in stop start traffic, you blind the driver behind you with three powerful brake lights.
Some cars seem to be brighter than others but in any case it is very distracting from behind.
On my way home last night, and on other occasions, I had to lower my sun visor to block out the glare.
king awful device. ging84 said:
funny how much non sense people talk on this issue
just because your dad's cortina used to go through starter motors every few years, and needed a new battery every winter, does not mean the concept of stop start is flawed or bad for your engine
This. Sister's Golf has s/s for a few years now and it's never failed once, nor has the battery or anything else.just because your dad's cortina used to go through starter motors every few years, and needed a new battery every winter, does not mean the concept of stop start is flawed or bad for your engine
I think it very much depends on your journey. The last part of my commute home generally sees me sitting in the kind of stop/start traffic that would see the stop/start doing its thing every time I stopped for 5 seconds. In that situation, I tend to turn stop/start off. Other times I leave it on. e.g. when I can see the lights have just turned red on a set that seems to take a while to change. Yes, it's an extra thing to control, but at least the option is there.
WD39 said:
This system is, in principle, exellent.
However, it has one major flaw.
By keeping your foot on the brake, at traffic lights or in stop start traffic, you blind the driver behind you with three powerful brake lights.
Some cars seem to be brighter than others but in any case it is very distracting from behind.
On my way home last night, and on other occasions, I had to lower my sun visor to block out the glare.
The 5 series I drove recently didn't work like that - when coming to a complete stop the handbrake applies automatically, so no brake lights showing. To start moving again, just press the accelerator - whilst there is a delay to get started an moving, it's very smallHowever, it has one major flaw.
By keeping your foot on the brake, at traffic lights or in stop start traffic, you blind the driver behind you with three powerful brake lights.
Some cars seem to be brighter than others but in any case it is very distracting from behind.
On my way home last night, and on other occasions, I had to lower my sun visor to block out the glare.
I have the system on my MINI. I find when it works, it is not obtrusive. I reckon the manufacturers probably have more data about its reliability and effectiveness than neigh-sayers on the internet! Hence why they have been installed in many cars.
I also had the fore runner to the system on my 1987 VW Golf. It was a little more intrusive than the modern systems. Every time I came to a rest (at a junction, roundabout, in traffic etc.) the engine would cut out, but I would need to use the starter motor again to get it going. Even back then the starter motor or battery did not fail
Mike
I also had the fore runner to the system on my 1987 VW Golf. It was a little more intrusive than the modern systems. Every time I came to a rest (at a junction, roundabout, in traffic etc.) the engine would cut out, but I would need to use the starter motor again to get it going. Even back then the starter motor or battery did not fail
Mike
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