Thread: Auto Start Stop
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      04-19-2011, 09:29 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by kyoo View Post
i thought you could turn it off and leave it off???
You can because it's by default off. What you can't do is leave it on.


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i agree, but also should note that hot restarts are nothing for engines - its actually ice cold starts that do the most wear on the engine, like 90%, unless you're doing something extreme with the motor
Not only that, these start-stop mechanicals are beefed up and the engine is stopped in a specific way to make restarts even easier on it and quicker than usual.
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