2017 F-150 3.5 Ecoboost
Looking at a new 2017 or a new 2016. The 2017 has the 10 speed and the Ecoboost has more power and torque. However, the 2017 has the start stop standard which will likely be annoying? Any other maj...
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hone eagle wrote:Dave H M wrote:
What is the purpose/gain from the start/stop feature.
Guessing it is sold as less fuel consumption and less emissions, or maybe getting down to that sort of nitty gritty to met some sort of other stndard?
Every little bit helps ,they have come to an "agreement" as to what its worth (to the EPA) and thus raise the mpg on the window sticker that much.
It might be only noticeable to a mileage nut ,but for the fleet mpg its important.
Yep, when you have a rolling group of 100 cars that approach and stop at a red light, having all of them turn the engine off for the red light duration collectively will save a lot of fuel/emissions. Now do this across 250 million vehicles on USA roads, and you can see how this will make a noticeable reduction in fuel usage.
My question: how does the A/C compressor run with the engine off? In August, in Texas, you don't want your engine turning off at all.
