> Am 12/13/19 6:12 AM, also sprach jr:
>> hi,
>
> ahoy.
>
>>
>> you have to manually turn off/on the engine?  here, over the past few
>> years,
>> more and more vehicles switch off the motor automatically when halting
>> (eg when
>> waiting at lights, etc).  (nonsense I think because emissions when
>> starting are
>> high, so a few sec's idling probably pollutes less than constant
>> off/on cycling)
>>
>
> I have not seen any car do this.

It's mostly luxury cars, because they tend to have gas-guzzling V8s (or 
even V12s!), or hybrids, because... hybrids.



I think, if you start the car without
> stepping on the gas, the extra emissions are nominal.
>

If the engine is warm, there's no big difference in emissions.

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