[AT] driver convenience systems

[Mark Johnson]

On the other hand, I got stuck in traffic last week, next to a guy who 
could have used the auto-stop feature. We were about 1/2 mile behind a 
3-car wreck that brought westbound I-70 to a complete stop for over an 
hour. For almost all of that hour, there was a guy in an F150 in the 
other lane who sat there idling, in gear, foot on the brake - I could 
see his brake lights. That can't be very healthy for a transmission.

And when I say "complete stop" I mean exactly that. For over an hour I 
didn't even put the car in gear. [In the 40 minutes prior to that, we 
moved maybe 50 to 100 yards].

Mark J

On 1/26/2020 6:09 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> Count me among the folk that don't like stop/start.  I have more stop 
> signs than traffic lights on my commute, and not much traffic, so most 
> of my stops are usually very brief, just to cover the law, if nothing 
> is coming.  The system decides to shut off the engine at pretty much 
> the same instant I am deciding to proceed.  Fortunately (for me) my 
> car defaults to "Sport" mode on startup.  I can manually choose "Eco" 
> mode which activates stop/start as well as changes shift points and 
> throttle response; or I can go straight to stop/start but leave it in 
> Sport.  I find it odd that the car doesn't remember what mode it was 
> in when you shut down. Fortunately the default is also my preferred mode.
>
> SO
> m