Houston area (along with DB's not from Houston) BS thread

That's becoming a new thing on cars, Porsche was the first to make a big deal about it

 

I drove a BMW in Germany that did that. If you let out the clutch in neutral the engine would shut off. It would restart when you pressed the clutch. That one was a diesel too.

 

@Snorkie

 

saving gas/the ozone/ pollution!/ while killing the starter? Lol

 

Not sure, I know it works the same as a gas golf cart in a way, has a huge alternator

 

Good morning everyone.

 

Guess I'll look into this later

 

Dick

 

my friends Mercedes has this feature, when idling (like a red light, or drive through) it shuts the engine off to save gas... he turned the feature off. my thought was.. what does that do to your air conditioning.. does it still run with the car off?

 

You'll have to ask zee germanz.

 

I would say probably keeps running.

 

yea I guess it'd have to, theres no way your selling a car to Texans that shuts off the AC at every redlight..

 

Yep plus it's a Benz I am sure the car isn't cheap. Could be a hybrid.

 

You drive a jeep with no top or doors...

 

or the ability to tell it what direction to turn

 

AC still works amazing, particularly at red lights lol

I fixed that! lol

 

Ha! So true

 

One problem fixed. 99 to go