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Originally Posted by 911 Rod

Is there anything other than the sound (or lack of) and the tach, that effects the car when it shuts down?

Well, imagine anything that would change in a vehicle if the motor wasn't running.

The motor stops, the radio keeps playing. The AC continues to blow, but gradually warms up. In the couple of vehicles that I'd driven with it, if the AC got warm enough and the light was long enough, the motor would periodically start back up to spin up the AC compressor a bit.

In all of the vehicles that I've driven with it, it was a function of the fact that the vehicle is stopped and you've got your foot firmly on the brake pedal. (I've never tried going into neutral or park in a car with an auto trans). In all of the vehicles that I've driven, I've been able to back way off on the brake pedal with the car still just barely immobile, and the motor has started.