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<DIV>In the Equinox, the stop/start system disables itself if you are in a
creep/stop/creep/stop situation. Any time you come to a complete stop,
release the brakes momentarily (and maybe you have to move a bit), come to
another complete stop it will then not do another auto-stop until after you have
been up to some specific speed (which I can’t quote of the top of my
head).</DIV>
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<DIV>Worse yet, there isn’t even a hole below the radiator to insert the
crank!</DIV>
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<DIV>Jim Becker</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=soffiler@gmail.com>Stephen
Offiler</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 26, 2020 8:34 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=at@lists.antique-tractor.com>Antique Tractor Email
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AT] driver convenience systems</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Yes, these stop/start systems appear to be designed for urban "stop
and go" traffic where there's lengthy stops between the go's.
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 8:48 AM Mark Johnson
<<A>markjohnson100@centurylink.net</A>> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex">On
the other hand, I got stuck in traffic last week, next to a guy who <BR>could
have used the auto-stop feature. We were about 1/2 mile behind a <BR>3-car
wreck that brought westbound I-70 to a complete stop for over an <BR>hour. For
almost all of that hour, there was a guy in an F150 in the <BR>other lane who
sat there idling, in gear, foot on the brake - I could <BR>see his brake
lights. That can't be very healthy for a transmission.<BR><BR>And when I say
"complete stop" I mean exactly that. For over an hour I <BR>didn't even put
the car in gear. [In the 40 minutes prior to that, we <BR>moved maybe 50 to
100 yards].<BR><BR>Mark J<BR><BR>On 1/26/2020 6:09 AM, Stephen Offiler
wrote:<BR>> Count me among the folk that don't like stop/start. I
have more stop <BR>> signs than traffic lights on my commute, and not much
traffic, so most <BR>> of my stops are usually very brief, just to cover
the law, if nothing <BR>> is coming. The system decides to shut off
the engine at pretty much <BR>> the same instant I am deciding to
proceed. Fortunately (for me) my <BR>> car defaults to "Sport" mode
on startup. I can manually choose "Eco" <BR>> mode which activates
stop/start as well as changes shift points and <BR>> throttle response; or
I can go straight to stop/start but leave it in <BR>> Sport. I find
it odd that the car doesn't remember what mode it was <BR>> in when you
shut down. Fortunately the default is also my preferred mode.<BR>><BR>>
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