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Default Stop/ start - fail

On 14/09/2019 20:47, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 14/09/19 18:53, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I drove my first 'stop/start' vehicle today. Press the brake pedal down
and the engine stops, apply the handbrake and release the foot-brake
and the engine restarts - what a pointless system for anyone who drives
properly and uses the handbrake.


Oh, there's even greater stupidity than that. In my car. with the engine
stopped when I have my foot on the brake, if I then unclip my seatbelt
(such as when I'm just about to drive into my garage) the engine restarts!


WTF?

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