Autostart Efficiency Question
#11
Senior Member
The auto stop is the most annoying thing about my new 2017 truck. I plan on disabling it in the near future, for now my startup includes pushing the disable button right after I start it. The small amount of fuel it might save is far outweighed by the annoyance factory, especially in stop and go traffic.
#12
Member
When I 1st got my new truck this year - this feature used to annoy the hell out of me, but after a few months I barely ever even notice it anymore. I know it probably does save me some gas, especially with the congested roads I travel on so I just leave it and forget it now. I actually lease mine, so I don't really care about long term wear in this case. I drive them for 30 or so months and just go get another one. Will be interesting to see the long term after a few more years of this being out there to really see what the efficiency and long term wear actually piles up to.
#13
Just dreaming here:
Wouldn't it be interesting as an experiment to remove all Government regulations, wait for a design cycle or two, and see what features and price points vehicles wind up at?
I wonder how many of these features would be driven by a truly free market?
Wouldn't it be interesting as an experiment to remove all Government regulations, wait for a design cycle or two, and see what features and price points vehicles wind up at?
I wonder how many of these features would be driven by a truly free market?
#14
Ford Enthusiast
Do you own a truck with this auto stop/start feature? I didn't know they put this feature on a 2013 5.0.
The auto stop is the most annoying thing about my new 2017 truck. I plan on disabling it in the near future, for now my startup includes pushing the disable button right after I start it. The small amount of fuel it might save is far outweighed by the annoyance factory, especially in stop and go traffic.
The auto stop is the most annoying thing about my new 2017 truck. I plan on disabling it in the near future, for now my startup includes pushing the disable button right after I start it. The small amount of fuel it might save is far outweighed by the annoyance factory, especially in stop and go traffic.
#16
Senior Member
Do you own a truck with this auto stop/start feature? I didn't know they put this feature on a 2013 5.0.
The auto stop is the most annoying thing about my new 2017 truck. I plan on disabling it in the near future, for now my startup includes pushing the disable button right after I start it. The small amount of fuel it might save is far outweighed by the annoyance factory, especially in stop and go traffic.
The auto stop is the most annoying thing about my new 2017 truck. I plan on disabling it in the near future, for now my startup includes pushing the disable button right after I start it. The small amount of fuel it might save is far outweighed by the annoyance factory, especially in stop and go traffic.
Were you one of those people who didn't want power steering or brakes either?
Sometimes technology needs to take hold for people to get used to it.
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Jart (07-06-2017)
#17
I got rear ended at a stop light in a rented Chevy due to the engine not starting up again.... I hit the gas like normal and the guy behind me seen my tail lights go out like normal and hit his gas. My rental stuttered and BAM rear end. I'm just glad it was not my actual car. No one hurt but rental company had to send out a new car. I would disable it just because of wear and tear on the engine.
#18
Ford Enthusiast
I'm sure it'll become the norm after awhile. My previous car (BMW X1) actually monitored the savings while the engine was off. I kept it on for about a month just to see the end result. It was right at 0.5 MPG. Definitely not a huge amount of savings. Obviously, the truck engine is different. I don't see it being anything significant though.
#19
Senior Member
I got rear ended at a stop light in a rented Chevy due to the engine not starting up again.... I hit the gas like normal and the guy behind me seen my tail lights go out like normal and hit his gas. My rental stuttered and BAM rear end. I'm just glad it was not my actual car. No one hurt but rental company had to send out a new car. I would disable it just because of wear and tear on the engine.
He probably would have hit you either way.
#20
Senior Member
Personally, I don't find the auto-stop intrusive on my new '17, but I'm just over 500 miles and rarely drive in stop-and-go traffic (all the times it's shut off so far have been at stop signs waiting for traffic to clear or waiting for pedestrians to cross at crosswalks). I'm more worried about whether or not it's smart enough to realize that I've only driven 14 miles in the past two weeks, it's 20 degrees out, and the battery could really use the charge rather than getting sucked lower with another start-stop cycle in the middle of a sub-mile drive to get groceries.