How are y'all even launching if you're not power braking at every stop?

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just get a manual car.

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Several years ago in Italy I rented a manual turbo diesel Mini. It had the auto start stop feature and would re-start the engine as soon as you pressed down on the clutch. As if driving in Italy wasn't unnerving enough, I had to figure out that goofy system.

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I had a manual Tiguan diesel to drive around Scotland. It had this eco stop, but the same feature also kept you from killing the car. It would aggressively shut off the engine if it sensed you were about to kill it, then automatically start it up again if you pushed the clutch in.

I adapted to driving and shifting on the wrong side pretty well, mostly in the countryside. Everything was going great for the 5 days I was driving, until we were on our way back to the airport driving through the heart of Glasgow.

I missed an exit off the freeway, had to take the next one and u turn at a typical diamond interchange. I was first in line to turn right onto the on ramp. My light goes green and I proceed to turn.

As I look to the on ramp I see a traffic light looking at me and its red. In the UK they have this habit of putting the light lower, and further across the intersection. So what I saw was the light for the traffic to my left, letting them know not to proceed straight through the intersection. But it was right in my eye line so I thought it was for me.

As they say, people don't rise to the occasion, they default to their lowest level of training. At that moment my brain told me I had a red light, and that I was trying to turn the wrong way down an off ramp. I hit the brakes and was too late to the clutch, the engine died, I immediately pushed the clutch in. Instinctively I thought - crap, I killed it I must restart car - so after panic reaching on the wrong side for the ignition button I finally hit hit the button to restart the car. Except the anti-stall feature had already done that, so I inadvertently turned the car off again.

All the while I'm slowly drifting through the intersection at an awkward angle. The wife, who up to this point had been a very effective rally style co-driver through the Scottish highlands, was not . . . helping.

After pumping the clutch and hitting start stop button a few times, my brain and the car finally agreed that it was indeed running and in the correct gear. Somehow we sorted out that it was ok to take the ramp and off we went.

It all happened in a maybe 4 seconds, but it felt like 30.

It's all about CAFE standards to be met. It is not about maintenance, cost of equipment or long term durability.

Shut off engine, no fuel used. less fuel is used to start the engine than idle. I've seen this measured and it is indeed true.

Use electric motors to turn AC Compressor and Power steering, run these off of the battery when shutoff.

Default always to engine stop mode, allow consumers to turn off each time if manufacture elects to do so.

You elected the people who control the EPA, this is what you get.