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[Kevin Wood]

Hated it on every vehicle I've driven with it. Interesting when you go to pull out of a busy junction and it decides to kill the ignition just as you go to press the throttle....

Absolute work of Satin.  Plus the biggest reason, I reckon, why only 2 cars ever get through any set of lights nowadays.

But as soon as there's an environmental argument, everything else goes out of the window including safety.

A bit like cladding tower blocks in foam, I suppose.

I really wonder if anyone has analysed the waste that results from the decreased life of batteries and starters against the fuel saving. I bet it actually gains nothing at all.

[tunnie]

Bring the Yeti to me, I can disable start/stop permanently.   

I really should .

If we keep it beyond its warranty, I'm going to invest in the kit myself, it seems like a really powerful system!

 

Normally there is a tweaks site for a model of car, but nothing for Yeti. Is it based on Golf?

http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/Diagnostic_Procedures#Skoda

[tunnie]

Quick search for Yeti mods gives a list some have done:

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/330673-top-vcds-mods/

Cornering lights (don't tell Entwood)
Looks like "Hill Hold" control caused debate there, personally I found it a great feature. (standard on mine)
XDS? Looks like this can be enabled as well 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

My car has stop/start which I have to switch off every time I start the engine.

Apparently it makes a small difference to Co2 figures......270 with stop/start........283 without.

I imagine the battery and starter motor will have a shorter life if stop/start function is engaged.

[Lincs Robert]

My Mondeo has it & seems to work well enough.

There are a whole list of conditions to be met before it will work - one being battery charge having to be at least 75%.

I seem to go through phases of it not working until I do a decent journey & then it starts behaving as it should.

Given that it's been around for a decade now I'm surprised that we don't hear of more cases of it going wrong/playing up.

[Varche]

How do the batteries hold up?

I always assumed they would need changing more frequently . That downside being a small price to pay in the quest for a high mpg figure.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Think of a big motorway hold up where there has been an accident and the motorway has been closed due to an accident.  There will be hundreds if not thousands of vehicles all sat there with their engines running, belching out toxic fumes, soot and particulates into the atmosphere.    The same for every big town and city worldwide during rush hour. 

If every vehicle was equipped with stop/start then this type of pollution would drastically reduced and in my opinion worth the minor inconvenience. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Think of a big motorway hold up where there has been an accident and the motorway has been closed due to an accident.  There will be hundreds if not thousands of vehicles all sat there with their engines running, belching out toxic fumes, soot and particulates into the atmosphere.    The same for every big town and city worldwide during rush hour. 

If every vehicle was equipped with stop/start then this type of pollution would drastically reduced and in my opinion worth the minor inconvenience. 

You can always turn the key off yourself in such circumstances

[Sir Tigger KC]

Think of a big motorway hold up where there has been an accident and the motorway has been closed due to an accident.  There will be hundreds if not thousands of vehicles all sat there with their engines running, belching out toxic fumes, soot and particulates into the atmosphere.    The same for every big town and city worldwide during rush hour. 

If every vehicle was equipped with stop/start then this type of pollution would drastically reduced and in my opinion worth the minor inconvenience. 

You can always turn the key off yourself in such circumstances

People don't though..... 

[STEMO]

Think of a big motorway hold up where there has been an accident and the motorway has been closed due to an accident.  There will be hundreds if not thousands of vehicles all sat there with their engines running, belching out toxic fumes, soot and particulates into the atmosphere.    The same for every big town and city worldwide during rush hour. 

If every vehicle was equipped with stop/start then this type of pollution would drastically reduced and in my opinion worth the minor inconvenience. 

You can always turn the key off yourself in such circumstances

People don't though..... 

No, they don't. If it's a hot day, with no breeze, it's murder on the M62 when it clogs.

[tunnie]

Think of a big motorway hold up where there has been an accident and the motorway has been closed due to an accident.  There will be hundreds if not thousands of vehicles all sat there with their engines running, belching out toxic fumes, soot and particulates into the atmosphere.    The same for every big town and city worldwide during rush hour. 

If every vehicle was equipped with stop/start then this type of pollution would drastically reduced and in my opinion worth the minor inconvenience. 

You can always turn the key off yourself in such circumstances

People don't though..... 

No, they don't. If it's a hot day, with no breeze, it's murder on the M62 when it clogs.

Start stop auto disables if it can't cool the car, in the hot weather I found just few moments after I stopped it would start again in an aid to keep the air-con going.

On my commute I take in a bit of Great West Road in London, few lights with longish wait.

[aaronjb]

Yeah, I don't mind it personally - there are a couple of junctions (one mini roundabout and one half-arsed roundabout) in Northampton where I disable it on approach, but other than that it stays enabled.

[omegod]

I have it on the Seat Ateca and am used to it now but I have a bad habit of coasting to a stop in traffic with the car in neutral, once the revs drop to idle speed in neutral it cuts out and the power steering obviously cuts off but you can still be moving.  The thing also slammed on the brakes violently the other day when I was a bit late braking, I have now turned the sensitivity of the front assist system down!   

[tunnie]

I have it on the Seat Ateca and am used to it now but I have a bad habit of coasting to a stop in traffic with the car in neutral, once the revs drop to idle speed in neutral it cuts out and the power steering obviously cuts off but you can still be moving.  The thing also slammed on the brakes violently the other day when I was a bit late braking, I have now turned the sensitivity of the front assist system down!

Does not sound right, I do the same, pop it in neutral coming to a line of traffic/queue. But the engine only switches off when I've come to a complete stop.

[Marks DTM Calib]

I have it on the Seat Ateca and am used to it now but I have a bad habit of coasting to a stop in traffic with the car in neutral, once the revs drop to idle speed in neutral it cuts out and the power steering obviously cuts off but you can still be moving.  The thing also slammed on the brakes violently the other day when I was a bit late braking, I have now turned the sensitivity of the front assist system down!

Does not sound right, I do the same, pop it in neutral coming to a line of traffic/queue. But the engine only switches off when I've come to a complete stop.

Yes prettt much every system I have seen requires neutral to be selected, clutch up and speed to be less than 1-2mph