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It’s like that asinine auto engine start-stop feature in some cars. Soon there will be a whole host of buttons you have to press every time you start your car j

It’s like that asinine auto engine start-stop feature in some cars. Soon there will be a whole host of buttons you have to press every time you start your car just to drive normally.

stereo 2y ago
That feature saves fuel, and only produces minimal wear and tear. I wish all cars had it.
- SpaghettiCthulu 2y ago
  It's annoying as hell. It's my car. Just let me turn the damn thing off permanently.
  - ErikBjare 2y ago
    It's there so others won't have to breath your exhaust when standing still. I'd be annoyed as hell if you could turn it off.
- mmh0000 2y ago
  There is no way it produces only minimal wear. But some cars (like my newish Honda Odyssey) the auto-off feature is SOOO annoying. I pull into a parking space and press the break, car shuts off, I put the car into park, the car turns back on, then I turn off the engine manually. Like what malicious engineer came up with that flow!?
- baggy_trough 2y ago
  It's truly horrible and annoying. It's also a safety concern. Sometimes if I need to make a turn across fast traffic, I can't tolerate even a second of unexpected delay.
wkat4242 2y ago
I'm sure those things can be hacked though. A car is a computer these days. Probably can even be turned off with the dealer programming software which can be bought bootlegged from AliExpress. Eg by setting the country code to a non EU country. I had it for my Volvo when I still had a car, it was really handy to reset maintenance warning lights before going to the yearly inspection too. Otherwise they'd insta fail it on that. I don't normally speed but I'd want to have the option in case I get into a dangerous situation. Sometimes the best way out of such a situation is forward as fast as possible. Especially on the motorway. I'd like such a limiter to act like a 'detent' in the throttle but still allow me to override it like a kickdown on an automatic.

It’s like that asinine auto engine start-stop feature in some cars. Soon there will be a whole host of buttons you have to press every time you start your car just to drive normally.

stereo 2y ago

That feature saves fuel, and only produces minimal wear and tear. I wish all cars had it.

SpaghettiCthulu 2y ago
It's annoying as hell. It's my car. Just let me turn the damn thing off permanently.
- ErikBjare 2y ago
  It's there so others won't have to breath your exhaust when standing still. I'd be annoyed as hell if you could turn it off.
mmh0000 2y ago
There is no way it produces only minimal wear. But some cars (like my newish Honda Odyssey) the auto-off feature is SOOO annoying. I pull into a parking space and press the break, car shuts off, I put the car into park, the car turns back on, then I turn off the engine manually. Like what malicious engineer came up with that flow!?
baggy_trough 2y ago
It's truly horrible and annoying. It's also a safety concern. Sometimes if I need to make a turn across fast traffic, I can't tolerate even a second of unexpected delay.

wkat4242 2y ago

I'm sure those things can be hacked though. A car is a computer these days. Probably can even be turned off with the dealer programming software which can be bought bootlegged from AliExpress. Eg by setting the country code to a non EU country. I had it for my Volvo when I still had a car, it was really handy to reset maintenance warning lights before going to the yearly inspection too. Otherwise they'd insta fail it on that. I don't normally speed but I'd want to have the option in case I get into a dangerous situation. Sometimes the best way out of such a situation is forward as fast as possible. Especially on the motorway. I'd like such a limiter to act like a 'detent' in the throttle but still allow me to override it like a kickdown on an automatic.