I think on high emissions cars. It’s suppose to reduce emissions

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Oct 20, 2017
9:54:02am

carlstud All-American

I think on high emissions cars. It’s suppose to reduce emissions

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carlstud

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We have a rental car jeep this weekend that has this weird feature where the engine turns off whenever you stop restarts

Slim All-American

10/20/17 9:45am

Ford also has this feature.

bushy7

10/20/17 9:46am

Yep, my F-150 has it. It was weird at first, but I'm used to it now. Supposedly

fredgarvin

10/20/17 9:56am

Sorry, that just sounds funny - "I turn off the start-stop feature when I have

ByuMba90

10/20/17 9:58am

Yeah, but trust me--when you're in stop and go traffic and you're stopped for

fredgarvin

10/20/17 10:00am

Is it required by regulations or something? It's on a lot of new cars

titlecoug

10/20/17 9:49am

I think on high emissions cars. It’s suppose to reduce emissions

carlstud

10/20/17 9:54am

Thanks a lot Obama

Dillinger

10/20/17 10:20am

It will probably be on all new cars eventually (link)

fredgarvin

10/20/17 9:57am

My car does this, but I can press a button near the ignition to turn that feature off

JOPE

10/20/17 9:53am

"start-stop technology". It's big in Europe.

HuskerFan2

10/20/17 9:54am

Supposedly it uses a different type of starter; it shouldn't wear it out faster

fredgarvin

10/20/17 9:58am

It is big over here. We get great gas mileage.

cruiserhead

10/20/17 10:23am

I had an old truck that did that... Well I had to restart it with the key, but it died when I stopped

Fetchin Fetcher

10/20/17 10:15am

Terrible "feature". Due to CAFE standards. My wife and I were

BYUFBDAD

10/20/17 10:34am

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