Yaris stop-start.

AdrianHi

DKLS wrote: »

Will have to test drive a couple and get back to you on that, cant imagine its going to assist with the traffic light grand prix though.

I don't want tech interfering with my driving, and as mentioned many times on this thread, saving the odd pence in fuel really doesn't interest me one bit.

Yes, test drive it, don't try to imagine what it would be like.

.. and as those of us who have tried it keep saying.... it doesn't interfer

DKLS

AdrianHi wrote: »

Yes, test drive it, don't try to imagine what it would be like.

.. and as those of us who have tried it keep saying.... it doesn't interfer

There is a set of traffic lights near me that leads on to the motorway slip road, I usually rev to 4K and drop the clutch to get past the numpties that like to join the M1 at 40mph.

Is this achievable in a car with stop start tech?

As for fumes, My stance is the same as the fuel economy, couldn't give a fig.

AdrianHi

DKLS wrote: »

There is a set of traffic lights near me that leads on to the motorway slip road, I usually rev to 4K and drop the clutch to get past the numpties that like to join the M1 at 40mph.

Is this achievable in a car with stop start tech?

As for fumes, My stance is the same as the fuel economy, couldn't give a fig.

Yes it is acheivable, the engie will be running before you have finished putting the car into gear before your going to drop the clutch. Remember the enigine only cuts out if you take it out of gear into neutral and release the clutch. As soon as you press the clutch again the engine fires up so you do have complete control over when the engine is restarted anyway.

and

If you don't care about the fuel economy you can enjoy a more peaceful quiet time sat at the traffic lights enjoying your music without an engine ticking over to disturb you .

MORPH3US

jb66 wrote: »

Remember to pull the choke out half way

He he

Did I imagine it, or did cars also used to have a "reserve fuel tank" which you had to initiate with a lever or something?!?!

hewhoisnotintheknow

jeannieblue wrote: »

Re heated windscreen in a Yaris - no, still patented to Fords only at the moment, tho some Mini's do have them

my 1989 Peugeot 205 had a heated front screen

hewhoisnotintheknow

AdrianHi wrote: »

I'm perplexed by the negative attitude some are showing regarding this Stop-Start technology that they have never even tried in a car jumping to conclusions about reliability and extra weight that are simply unfounded.
Why should the battery be bigger and heavier?

A lot of people on here are stuck in the past and dont like change!

Mark_Hewitt

Engines don't "warm up" by idling these days. Apart from a burst of fuel to get it started the engine management system will only put the bare minimum amount of fuel into the engine in order to keep it ticking over. Most of the time this barely warms things up at all. Even revving the engine in neutral doesn't do much as the ECU knows the car isn't under load so again does not provide much fuel.

AFAIK the best procedure is. Get in the car. Turn the key to ignition on. This starts up all the electrics and in my car warms the glow-plugs. Then after you've put your seatbelt on turn the engine on, then drive off *immediately*.

Remember that damage occurs to the engine when it is running cold and the *only* way to warm it to operating temperature is by driving it.

I know much of this in trying to demist the windscreen in my old car which point blank refused to give any heat of the vents without the car moving, as soon as it was moving I got heat within a minute. But I couldn't go anywhere because the windscren was fogged up!

Thankfully I have a fiesta with a heated screen now so it's all good!

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hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

A lot of people on here are stuck in the past and dont like change!

A Sinclair C5 was at the time deemed a change for the better in fuel saving, look how long that survived .. :rotfl:

Change is all very well as long as it is; (a) change for the better without any downsides and (b) Is reliable in the long term, without any additional costs involved.

hewhoisnotintheknow

Inactive wrote: »

A Sinclair C5 was at the time deemed a change for the better in fuel saving, look how long that survived .. :rotfl:

Change is all very well as long as it is; (a) change for the better without any downsides and (b) Is reliable in the long term, without any additional costs involved.

is that a car trike thing? before my time i think

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hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

is that a car trike thing? before my time i think

Indeed, a total disaster;

http://www.sinclairc5.com/