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I hate this anti-feature. It makes the vehicle really sluggish, adding seconds to every takeoff. It's completely nerve wracking making an unprotected left when
by patrick451 3y ago
I hate this anti-feature. It makes the vehicle really sluggish, adding seconds to every takeoff. It's completely nerve wracking making an unprotected left when you have to wait for the engine to start before the vehicle even starts moving.
It also strikes me as a sub-optimal greedy optimization. If every car has this feature, then overall takeoff time in a long line of cars at a light should be expected to increase, and I would imagine the accordion gets worse and congestion gets worse. I wonder if anybody has studied this tradeoff.
Edit: it may be that people who drive a car with this feature overcome the delay by taking pre-emptive action (I have only driven a car like this as a rental), but it would still be interesting to see a study.
- jacobr1 3y agoMy Toyota turns the engine back on as soon as you start releasing the break. By the time I'm pushing down the gas pedal, it is ready to go. It still is annoying when I want A/C to cool things down, but overall I don't find it cause much of start latency issue.
- sidewndr46 3y agois this why I've noticed an uptick in drivers that seem to take a last minute left turn in front of me? I wind up braking as hard as possible to avoid an accident.
- gambiting 3y ago>>It makes the vehicle really sluggish, adding seconds to every takeoff. This is completely 100% solved by modern hybrids and PHEVS where the electric motor is directly on the axle or on the transmssion - the car starts moving instantly when you press the accelerator with zero delay. I strongly encourage trying a model like that for yourself - it literally makes this entire system finally work as it should.