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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera View Post
My wife's 2017 Macan has that. The first time I drove her car I went around the block, came to a stop and I started cussing the POS that can't idle and just died. Then I let off the brakes and it started up and off I went. It is fairly easy to program the key to turn that off as default. So it no longer dies at stops. I presume in a mild climate, and doing a LOT of stop and go driving it might save a little fuel and pollution. For our driving, it is just annoying, and turned off.
My first experience with a stop/start feature. I rented a car and the first time I came to a stop, the car died. I thought the car broke down. I will admit it took getting use to. I don't care for it either. In was a PITA in start/stop traffic.
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