EPA to ban the Start/Stop Feature

[goin2drt]

Legit one of the things I looked at before buying. I would not buy a vehicle with it.

I was the same way. If I turned it off and the car did not remember that and I had to disable each time getting in I did not buy the car.

It is the most stupid, beuacratic POS system ever invented and it did NOTHING for the environment.

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[Slappy]

there is one non-earth upside to the start/stop issue
the starter's are way way more robust than in the good old days by a long shot .
myself I turn it off at the 1st stop light & that action is almost automatic now in my brain

 

[Duck Amuck]

It's annoying, unsafe, and causes extra wear and tear.

I've owned multiple vehicles with auto start/stop, never found it annoying. But to each their own.

I don't buy that it's unsafe or causes extra wear and tear. Idling is terrible for your engine and the environment.

 

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[CrispyTacoLover]

Never understood the irrational hate for this feature. It actually saves fuel in city driving, and it doesn't ask much in return.

I hate it.

 

[Andrace]

I've owned multiple vehicles with auto start/stop, never found it annoying. But to each their own.

I don't buy that it's unsafe or causes extra wear and tear. Idling is terrible for your engine and the environment.

Here is an article describing how bearing coatings are required to endure the repetitive dry starts experienced as a feature of start/stop.

Start/stop reduces emissions at scale, with the tradeoff of wear and tear and reduced life of the starter and engine friction surfaces. It also requires an AGM battery to cope with the heavy draw from the starter.

https://www.enginebuildermag.com/20...re developed to,coated with a polymer coating.

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