Stop/start

[RickS]

Only a fool would have stop/start function on a high performance turbo car?

Image you have just polishing the loud pedal for a good 15 minutes and come to a set of traffic lights...your car stops the engine and also stops the turbo circulating the oil very suddenly its a recipe for disaster.

Darren

On cars that have this feature the engine doesn't stop unless you put the car in neutral and release the clutch as far as I know. So in the scenario above you would leave it in gear and the engine wouldn't stop.

[The Doc]

I hate auto stop start 

[Exonian]

I used to stall my GTI quite often, does that count?

[Ess_Three]

Its supposedly done for emissions where people are stuck in traffic most of the time. You don't gain much advantage in fuel con as when you crank the engine over which takes energy out of the battery the alternator works harder to charge the battery back up which puts extra load on the engine so you don't really save much fuel.

Not so...that's why stop/start systems generally have 'recouperation' where they use otherwise wasted energy from braking to charge the battery.

[Gene Hunt.]

I hate auto stop start 

................same here,can't think of anything worse.

[AndyC]

I hate auto stop start 

................same here,can't think of anything worse.

My company car KIA Ceed has it and it drives me nuts

[C3PO]

if you like the stop start so much, just turn the key at each set of lights

That way you will have a great car, plus the feature you like

[Ess_Three]

Just turn it off if you don't like it.
Jeez...it's not hard!

[Keithuk]

Its supposedly done for emissions where people are stuck in traffic most of the time. You don't gain much advantage in fuel con as when you crank the engine over which takes energy out of the battery the alternator works harder to charge the battery back up which puts extra load on the engine so you don't really save much fuel.

Not so...that's why stop/start systems generally have 'recouperation' where they use otherwise wasted energy from braking to charge the battery.

Well I'm sure VW don't use that system?

[Ess_Three]

Well I'm sure VW don't use that system?

"The innovative start/stop system turns the engine off when you're idling in traffic and restarts it when you're ready to move while the recuperation mechanism uses some energy usually lost during braking and deceleration to pass additional charge to the battery. The outside of this range is equally as crafted as the inside: from the low rolling resistant tyres which reduce road friction to the specifically designed aerodynamic styling, BlueMotion means less fuel consumption, lower emissions and a better driving experience."

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/efficiency-and-bluemotion-technologies