Wow! That kind of savings sure justifies the wear and tear on the starter, doesn’t it? (snark)
-D > On Sep 26, 2022, at 1:59 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > For fun, I left it enabled this entire trip. 14 days, 3850 miles. The car > shut itself off for 23 minutes, approximately, and saved a reported 0.195 > gallons of fuel. > > AZBob > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 26, 2022, at 10:31 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Not that I've ever heard. >> >> Wife's car has that stop/start and it has a standard-looking 12v lead/acid >> battery. >> >> I hate it too. I always disable it when I'm driving. Can't see how the >> pennies in gas it might save offsets all the extra wear on the starter. >> >> >>>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2022, at 12:23, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: >>> Took the Subaru for its service today, since we just put 3865 miles on >>> it, and I overheard an interesting conversation. A Karen had brought in >>> her Outback because it didn’t restart after having shut itself off at a >>> stoplight. The service girl was telling her these cars that shut >>> themselves off at lights to save gasoline require “special” batteries >>> that Subaru would gladly sell her at $450 a pop. >>> I wanted to stroll over and toss the bullshit flag, but I wasn’t 100% >>> certain. >>> I know nothing about this shutoff feature other than it annoys me and I >>> don’t really like it because that was my first thought: when the >>> battery starts to die it’s going to die at an intersection in Phoenix >>> when it’s 118, ambient. >>> These don’t require a special battery do they? >>> >>> AZBob >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
