[AT] driver convenience systems

[Stephen Offiler]

Yes, these stop/start systems appear to be designed for urban "stop and go"
traffic where there's lengthy stops between the go's.

SO


On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 8:48 AM Mark Johnson <markjohnson100 at centurylink.net>
wrote:

> 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
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