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[TheBoy]

I am guessing you are not a fan!

Have you noticed as its become more popular, only 1 or 2 cars make it through each set of green lights now?  And everyone waits for rush hour to finish before pulling out at a T junction?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I am guessing you are not a fan!

Have you noticed as its become more popular, only 1 or 2 cars make it through each set of green lights now?  And everyone waits for rush hour to finish before pulling out at a T junction?

Yes....although some of this may be down to 'lady drivers' who have trouble selecting a gear once stopped.

I'm just not convinced stop/start saves petrol.......instead putting extra load on the electrical system.

Stop/start should go in Room 101, along with bankers, and feminists with excessively hairy pits and bush.

[Lazydocker]

£350 sounds like a full fat dealer price even for an AGM battery. I would have thought a Varta or Bosch equivalent is about half that.

ECP reckon this is about £70 discount:

https://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Vauxhall_Astra_2.0_2014/p/car-parts/car-electrics-and-car-lighting/electrical/car-battery/?444779038&1&7a243c6b196012a69ad12bb967d773fd496d4b1d&000020

Silly money for a battery.

Yet here you can get the same spec for £87 or slightly more

[Andy B]

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Yes....although some of this may be down to 'lady drivers' who have trouble selecting a gear once stopped.

I'm just not convinced stop/start saves petrol.......instead putting extra load on the electrical system.

Stop/start should go in Room 101, along with bankers, and feminists with excessively hairy pits and bush.

Agreed! 

[plym ian]

Has he actually switch start/stop on!!!!!
Eco button if I remember right

[aaronjb]

I have an astra 2.0 diesel auto elite in blue. A dog walking acquaintance has an astra 2.0 diesel manual SE in blue. The cars look almost identical. Yet a battery for mine is around £80, and a battery for his is around £350. He reckons, in his two years of ownership, the fickin thing has never 'stopped' once. Go figure.

Another thought.. does he stop at lights with it in gear, foot on clutch? If so, IIRC, it will never kick in..

I mean, he's also killing his throwout bearing, but plenty of people drive that way.

[Andy B]

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I mean, he's also killing his throwout bearing, but plenty of people drive that way.

These are the same people you see rocking back & forward in the clutch on a hill rather than just applying the brakes

[aaronjb]

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I mean, he's also killing his throwout bearing, but plenty of people drive that way.

These are the same people you see rocking back & forward in the clutch on a hill rather than just applying the brakes

Like my other half's mother.. who commented at one set of lights (when I was driving her car): "I can usually smell the clutch by now"  Personally I just used the handbrake...

[Kevin Wood]

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I mean, he's also killing his throwout bearing, but plenty of people drive that way.

These are the same people you see rocking back & forward in the clutch on a hill rather than just applying the brakes

Back to my days of driving "classic British cars" when it was the only way to stop the engine stalling. Seems we've come full circle.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Stop/Start only really helps in congested cities, it also extends the gearbox oil life (as when sat at the lights the torque converter is not operating and the oil is not stressed or heated).

Of course, it helps get the CO2 figures down in the lab

[aaronjb]

Stop/Start only really helps in congested cities

That's all of them, then, these days! 

[Kevin Wood]

Stop/Start only really helps in congested cities

That's all of them, then, these days! 

Places I avoid except when using public transport where I can use the numerous pubs to ease the pain.

[TheBoy]

Stop/Start only really helps in congested cities

That's all of them, then, these days! 

Because of all those stop/start vehicles that clog up all the junctions.

[Kevin Wood]

Stop/Start only really helps in congested cities

That's all of them, then, these days! 

Because of all those stop/start vehicles that clog up all the junctions.

.. and the buses that don't have stop/start and can spew out as much sh1te as they like because they have 52 seats*.



*- 51 of which are empty and the remaining one occupied by a p*ss soaked old nodder on his way to the bookies.