Does anyone use the auto stop/start feature?
#18
As mentioned above I tend to use it on highway trips and disable it in local traffic. I wonder just what kind of toll the stopping and starting takes on the engine and starter
The coast feature is good but it is disabled when the cruise control is employed.
The coast feature is good but it is disabled when the cruise control is employed.
#20
i use when. but it seems to shut off at the oddest times and stays on when i think it should shut off. example....sitting at a long red light...stays on. pausing to make a left on green light....shuts off. i still don't understand how the car thinks.
#21
I have a Prius too. It will turn off the engine at weird times but I have noticed that if I turn off the heater ithe engine stays off (and increases mileage) - not a good idea
Last edited by rnl; 02-15-2014 at 09:05 AM.
#25
I tried the start-stop the first day I got the car (April '12), and not since. It works and is as enjoyable as gnats. On the other hand, I use the "sailing" AKA coasting feature when trips on the interstate get boring. It provides cheap entertainment when attempting to maximize mileage. It is the envirnomentally responsible way to make up for running up through the gears just to hear the PSE every chance I get, isn't it?
#26
There is a setting in the menus to turn it off..
EDIT: I was wrong, no menu settings that I could find. I guess it is just a console button. And believe remembering it is to the Key and memory settings. Not sure what happens if you don't have memory seats.. Also any time you turn on Sport it is turned off automatically..
EDIT: I was wrong, no menu settings that I could find. I guess it is just a console button. And believe remembering it is to the Key and memory settings. Not sure what happens if you don't have memory seats.. Also any time you turn on Sport it is turned off automatically..
Last edited by scatkins; 02-17-2014 at 10:07 AM.
#27
Don't think it is available to MT..? The turn off would be weird, you would think you stalled..
#30
Then what triggers turning it off on the MT? Just being stopped with the clutch engaged?