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Originally Posted by Jason14h
The bigger question is how can anyone think the the ideling at drive throughs actually contributes anything to the total emmission output is beyond me. Why don't we all turn off our cars at traffic lights? That would save 10000X this initiative!
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IIRC, All MINIs sold in Europe starting this past year come with start/stop technology. When you come to a traffic light, push in the clutch, put the gear in neutral and let the clutch out, the car turns off automatically. As soon as you push the clutch back in, the car starts again automatically. I believe there are a number of computer interlocks that prevent it from engaging whilst you're moving etc. From what I've heard thus far, it is quite non-invasive, and hardly noticable.
