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In reply to the discussion: Anyone else hate the auto-stop feature of newer cars? [View all]ChoppinBroccoli
(3,784 posts)I bought a new car a little while ago that has that feature. I absolutely hated it, mostly because I could envision the toll it must take on the battery. I quickly found out it can't be set to off as a default, but all you have to do to turn it off is hit a button. It was kind of a pain, but now it's just the routine I do as soon as I start it. Start the car, hit the button that turns it off, hit the Audio button (to put the radio on the setting I like), then put it in gear. You get used to it after a while.
Maybe it saves a LITTLE gas while you're idling at a stop (I think this claim is questionable, actually), but as I said before, I can't imagine it's good for the battery to have to start the car that many times in a single trip (and usually with electronics running at the time it starts). In short, I hate the feature.