[AT] driver convenience systems

[Henry Miller]

I rented a vehicle with the auto stop and I thought it worked great. It was a stick though, which makes a big difference, the engine started when pushing in the clutch pedal which is a much better indication of when it is time to start the engine. 

-- 
  Henry Miller
  hank at millerfarm.com

On Sun, Jan 26, 2020, at 3:03 PM, James Peck wrote:
> I drove a vehicle with start/stop and it required a pretty heavy pedal 
> pressure to activate it while stopping. I could usually stop the 
> vehicle without stopping the engine. Maybe that would change with brake 
> wear. I could frequently restart by just letting my foot off the brake.
> 
> Steve Offiler AT List member Mechanical Engineer (soffiler at gmail.com); 
> 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.
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