Bonnyblink
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- Edinburgh
[FONT="]I will take delivery of a new Golf SE on Thursday..[/FONT]
[FONT="]Since my last purchase of a Polo SEL in mid-2011 technology has advanced so the Golf now has Stop Start and the automatic handbrake ( the latter not to my liking though).[/FONT]
[FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Can anyone comment the suitability of keeping the stop start system engaged at all times for my type of driving.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I live in central Edinburgh and most of my car use is for short journeys…..very short in fact of under a couple of miles.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Typically taking the car to the supermarket only ¾ mile or so away usually involves 2 or 3 stops at busy junctions and a set of traffic lights.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Does the stop start technology wait until the engine has reached normal working temperature?[/FONT]
[FONT="]I know it will not come on if there are certain demands such as aircon.[/FONT]
[FONT="]My concern is that it would not seem good for the engine not to warm up and be stopped and started so frequently??[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Since my last purchase of a Polo SEL in mid-2011 technology has advanced so the Golf now has Stop Start and the automatic handbrake ( the latter not to my liking though).[/FONT]
[FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Can anyone comment the suitability of keeping the stop start system engaged at all times for my type of driving.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I live in central Edinburgh and most of my car use is for short journeys…..very short in fact of under a couple of miles.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Typically taking the car to the supermarket only ¾ mile or so away usually involves 2 or 3 stops at busy junctions and a set of traffic lights.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Does the stop start technology wait until the engine has reached normal working temperature?[/FONT]
[FONT="]I know it will not come on if there are certain demands such as aircon.[/FONT]
[FONT="]My concern is that it would not seem good for the engine not to warm up and be stopped and started so frequently??[/FONT]
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