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About car efficiency... (and re: Skippy and Tyop) by etwas_egal2007-04-30 00:07:38
  Got to a crossroads, where the traffic light just by CynicalRyan2007-04-30 00:19:26
    Are you sure? by Karl-Henrik2007-04-30 00:39:00
      Not with modern starters by vdp2007-04-30 00:49:05
        Modern injection systems are well optimized by oldphart 2007-04-30 02:03:33
- they will also use very little fuel when idling, and NO fuel at all when you brake with the engine.
Volkswagen made a car some years ago which automatically turns off the engine when you idle with the brake pedal pressed, and restarts when you step on the accellerator. It works quite well, but turned out to be more of a gimmick than a real fuel saving device. In cold weather it increases pollution because the catalytic converter will get too cold to work efficiently.
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          Direct fuel use not the problem by Aon2007-04-30 02:12:59
            the filter I use now by Karl-Henrik2007-04-30 03:03:46
            This mostly refers to cold starts by shadowboy8132007-04-30 05:35:35
            Low oil viscosity a *definite* plus in city by etwas_egal2007-04-30 07:32:35
            And that gives another thought - block heaters? by etwas_egal2007-04-30 12:00:37
          BMW has that technology in the new 1 series by yazdi2007-04-30 04:24:48

 

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