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Originally Posted by leahbeatle
Um, have to disagree with you, Bob, as I actually do refuse to inch forward. My car turns off when I stop, and if I want to inch forward, I have to lose my AS. I guess the newer HCHs have an electric mode I don't have, or something. And a thread I was just reading included a post from a guy who liked to make comments in front of SUV owners at service stations about how great his gas mileage was. So there can be a bit of smugness out there.
I'm not saying that the critical opinions are warranted- if I don't inch forward, who am I hurting? 90% of the time, maybe more, it doesn't matter ONE BIT to the person behind me, since I start a bit earlier after the light changes and make up the space anyway.
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Point well taken!
I sometimes forget the IMA systems have a different architecture and it does make sense for them to leave the space and simply 'move forward in parallel' with the vehicle in front instead of the 'one by one' move forward typically seen. When I drove a gas Camry, that is what I would do . . . wait even if the car in front creeped forward and then I accelerated at the same time they did . . . formation takeoff so to speak. But I wasn't turning off my engine in the Camry . . . just being lazy . . . and wanting to keep out the other car's exhaust cloud.
Oh well, Vive la difference!
As for educating SUV or pickup truck owners, heck, that isn't my job. I'm only at the gas station every couple of weeks and since I switched to Shell, there aren't a whole lot of other drivers around . . . not like the old days of using discount gas stations which sometimes even had lines. . . . <Alors!> . . . now you've given me another thought for the longest thread.
Bob Wilson