Originally Posted by Dallas69
Someone explain to me how start-stop makes cars safer.
That's neither what is intended nor claimed. It's designed to reduce fuel consumption. Its effectiveness, and the motives of the car makers in installing it are clearly in dispute.
Originally Posted by Dallas69
There is no benefit to consumer.
Obviously, as reported in this very thread, some users, with the right driving pattern, do see a benefit.
Originally Posted by Dallas69
I don't see how anyone can like it.
Whether you see it or not isn't the issue. Some do; that's their business.
What I don't care for, and this has been well hashed out, above, are the modes and motives involved. If the system could be just as easily turned (and left) on or off, then I'd be OK with it. I don't like the idea of the car maker setting the system up so that even after the customer has bought, and now owns the vehicle, the system is still operating to the benefit of the manufacturer, and quite often, the great irritation, of the owner.