It wasn't as bad or intrusive as I thought.

It's a little freaky having the engine cut out and be sitting there in dead silence at a traffic light.


I don't think I'll ever use it regularly, but it wasn't all that bad. I can't imagine it saves all that much gas in the real world.

 

i used it once when i had the car for a few days - it was weird the 1st time it kicked out at a light.

 

I think (and confirmed by Porsche rep but not a mechanic/professional) that having the engine turn on and off every few minutes puts more wear on the parts that actual gas saved. The option is perhaps good if you are driving on long roads with infrequent traffic lights, but with infrequent traffic lights, how much gas are you really saving to have the engine turn off and then on.

 

My car did this once outside my house as I was waiting for the garage door to open

 

I thought that as well.

But there is a section in one of the owners videos where they describe the feature and say that the starter and related components are more heavy duty to cope with the extra use.

I don't plan on having mine past the warranty period anyway.

 

Well thats good to know Mojo.

Neither do I plan on keeping mine past warranty period. I like to rid the car once it zooms by 35,000 miles.

 

Kinda puts a damper on launch mode which I like to exercise as often as possible.....mmmmuuuuhahahahahahah.

 

It seems as though almost anything other than perfect conditions will override the auto start/stop.

From what I can figure, it seems as though being on a incline, low temperature (and, I'd assume, high temps as well) will override your settings and turn off start/stop.

You also need to be slow and smooth off the brake and on the accelerator to keep the car from lurching forward.

It's feeling a bit like a novelty so the folks spending $100k+ on a big, powerful car can say "Oh, look how green I am! At stop lights my car shuts it self off to save the planet." (And then I get on the highway and do 110 for a bit.)

 

I wonder how many stop/ start gas saving events equal one launch!!!

 

What a waste. What really distresses me is that its something useless that can simply go wrong in the future and require fixing.