Malarkey21
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Why do so many people seem not like (or if you like it) stop start or ESS? Just looking for peoples reasons for or against, not hating or being confrontational. I just simply want to know peoples thoughts.
For me, I like stop start.
1) If you have a manual and stall it, press the clutch in and it automatically starts again! (without resetting your radio )
2) Its disabled in 4 low so no worries off road.
3) The heat or air con will override it and start the vehicle if its too hot or cold.
4) They test the heck out of the starters, most tests being more the 1,000,000 stop starts back to back in hot cells and cold cells. I have not heard of stop start vehicle starters failing prematurely in recent years (to be fair I also have not searched hard)
The only real time I don't like it is when I'm in traffic and it starts, roll 4 feet then turns off over and over. That's when I turn it off.
It defiantly takes some getting use to, I had it on my manual diesel mini cooper and have driven many auto vehicles with it. Once you get use to knowing when the light is going to change and you release the brake a little or push the clutch in and she lights, getting use to that timing I have never felt stranded or waiting on the vehicle to leave the light to pull out into traffic.
For me, I like stop start.
1) If you have a manual and stall it, press the clutch in and it automatically starts again! (without resetting your radio )
2) Its disabled in 4 low so no worries off road.
3) The heat or air con will override it and start the vehicle if its too hot or cold.
4) They test the heck out of the starters, most tests being more the 1,000,000 stop starts back to back in hot cells and cold cells. I have not heard of stop start vehicle starters failing prematurely in recent years (to be fair I also have not searched hard)
The only real time I don't like it is when I'm in traffic and it starts, roll 4 feet then turns off over and over. That's when I turn it off.
It defiantly takes some getting use to, I had it on my manual diesel mini cooper and have driven many auto vehicles with it. Once you get use to knowing when the light is going to change and you release the brake a little or push the clutch in and she lights, getting use to that timing I have never felt stranded or waiting on the vehicle to leave the light to pull out into traffic.
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