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emilio Member Since: 27 May 2015 Location: Malta Posts: 58 |
stop start doesnt save fuel nor does it save the environment. stop start is only there to bring down co2 rating whenbeing emissions tested.
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27th Sep 2017 2:30pm |
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Red Merle Member Since: 19 Sep 2016 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2152 |
The single advantage of the system is to provide the best possible data for the official fuel consumption and emission figures, where the programming of the rolling road assumes a remarkable amount of idling. The practical upshot of which, is that we get to pay less tax. |
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27th Sep 2017 2:33pm |
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Pixelpower Member Since: 16 Jul 2014 Location: Droitwich Posts: 203 |
Hate the thing, always turn it off when I remember. I wish it could be permanently disabled! |
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27th Sep 2017 2:33pm |
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emilio Member Since: 27 May 2015 Location: Malta Posts: 58 |
me too, i wonder why these tuning companies dont offer a permanent stop/start disabling option. surely it cant be that hard |
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27th Sep 2017 2:39pm |
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Rob99 Member Since: 03 May 2016 Location: Gatwick Posts: 1328 |
I think the Stop/Start systems fitted to cars are classified as part of the emissions control system so cannot be removed/permanently disabled. Same principle as the DPF I think. 2017 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography
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27th Sep 2017 4:24pm |
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emilio Member Since: 27 May 2015 Location: Malta Posts: 58 |
a lot of tuning houses bypass the dpf though. |
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27th Sep 2017 4:25pm |
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Rob99 Member Since: 03 May 2016 Location: Gatwick Posts: 1328 |
Yes true, but it will fail an MOT........ 2017 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography
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27th Sep 2017 4:28pm |
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emilio Member Since: 27 May 2015 Location: Malta Posts: 58 |
i dunno what its like in the uk now, but until 4/5 years ago you could get away with. in malta what we do now is cut out the dpf then fit in on a flange come mot time |
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27th Sep 2017 4:31pm |
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GGDR Member Since: 26 Nov 2016 Location: London Posts: 3519 |
But stop start helps our polluted cities like here in London where average traffic speeds are single-digit and sooooo many red lights.
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27th Sep 2017 4:45pm |
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emilio Member Since: 27 May 2015 Location: Malta Posts: 58 |
youre kidding yourself if you think stop/start helps air pollution. the difference it makes is minuscule. the only point of stop/start is to ''cheat'' the emissions test |
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27th Sep 2017 4:55pm |
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GGDR Member Since: 26 Nov 2016 Location: London Posts: 3519 |
Jealous of your clean air in Malta.
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27th Sep 2017 5:08pm |
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emilio Member Since: 27 May 2015 Location: Malta Posts: 58 |
and you think stop/start is the solution? or that it helps? |
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27th Sep 2017 5:10pm |
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GGDR Member Since: 26 Nov 2016 Location: London Posts: 3519 |
No it's just one of the many things cities need so us humans can breathe.
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27th Sep 2017 5:14pm |
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emilio Member Since: 27 May 2015 Location: Malta Posts: 58 |
stop start is like putting out a forest fire with a pipette. many of these green and so called environmental friendly solutions are a con - take hybrids for example, are we actually saying that to reduce co2 were gonna fit 2 engines in cars? 1 of which needs rocks to be mined and shipped thousands of miles back and forth? |
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27th Sep 2017 5:23pm |
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