I'm glad to see this. I'm not a fan of auto stop/start.

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Ive had good ones and bad ones. Newer systems are pretty smooth and seamless. I had a peugeot rental not too long ago that was excellent despite being a manual transmission.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Up till now every car I've ever owned, if it shut off at red-light I'd be pushing it out of intersection.

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Jim

Both cars have it and I have no issues. I'll sometimes disable it when it is very hot so the car stays comfy when stopped but other than that, our work fine.

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2014 C250 21,XXX my new DD ** 2013 GLK 350 18,000 Wife's new DD**

- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

I know which intersections are really long. I frequently turn the engine off if I just missed the yellow. But the automatic turn off struck me as a bit weird.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

I installed a bypass on my wife’s 2022 Outback - cost about $100 and an hour to install. On that car when it restarts it’s very abrupt and jumps forward unless you’re standing in the brakes. I’ve driven other rental cars where it’s super smooth and I kind of liked it.

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There was not a button to disable it? Every car zi have had or rented had a disable button somewhere.

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2014 C250 21,XXX my new DD ** 2013 GLK 350 18,000 Wife's new DD**

- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

Even with the disable button, the system resets once you turn the engine off.

Yeah exactly - you have to turn it off every time you start the car. The bypass device remembers your last choice and keeps it set indefinitely.

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I laugh when I hear all the starters cranking engines around my cars!!

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Stop lying. You can't even hear it.

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2014 C250 21,XXX my new DD ** 2013 GLK 350 18,000 Wife's new DD**

- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

Teslas do this at any stop. Say what you will about EVs.... They no not have an idle m0de.

I got used to it in a few days.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Is there a starter life issue?