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Originally Posted by Gene63
We have a Subaru and it has that feature. Wish that I could permanently shut it off but instead, I have to cut it off each time I start the engine. I understand why they put it on, in order to save gas, but I figured it up one day that it saved me about a half of a gallon per year. That’s all well and good but it will cost a whole lot more to replace the starter when it wears out then all the gas that it saved. Not a helpful or appreciated feature!
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exactly correct. . the
only place its useful is in places like NYC, New Jersey or other highly urban locations, where there are lots of stop lights and stop signs, low realized speed limits, thus high idling times which creates alot of CO pollution for the area.
mostly for selling environmental feel good additions but little realized actual gains.
Everyone wants to have feel good decisions, which product marketing understands and exploits to their advantage. there is no free lunch, maybe once here or there, but never consistently