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Old 04-22-2006, 07:51 AM
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Default Re: Interesting AutoStop Experience!

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Man, who sold you guys your car...hehehe. Some where in the manual or the quick start guide it explains that you are able to have the vehicle go into autostop two additional times if you move forward and keep your speed under 8 mph. Once you go over 8 mph, this sequence is reset and when you come to a full stop again and go into autostop, the vehicle again will allow you to move forward two additional times if you pull forward under 8 mph.


The wording is strange in the guide if I remember correctly and it took a few readings of the info for me to understand what Honda meant.
This seems like a pretty complex formula. I wonder how the engineers decided on that particular sequence. For that matter I wonder why they felt the need to put a limit and reset on it. Why not just re-enable the autostop every time the car moves at all? As mentioned the driver can put it in S to disengage that if they want to keep it running. I guess I'll just never understand their need to overcontrol everything. (am I getting a reputation here???)

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Old 04-22-2006, 09:58 AM
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Default Re: Interesting AutoStop Experience!

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... I guess I'll just never understand their need to overcontrol everything. (am I getting a reputation here???)
lol! Nah, no reputation. But if you suggest a switch to disable AS...
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Old 04-22-2006, 11:18 AM
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Default Re: Interesting AutoStop Experience!

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lol! Nah, no reputation. But if you suggest a switch to disable AS...
Hey somebody else already suggested that. Not to say that I'd be against it of course... :-)

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Old 04-22-2006, 01:04 PM
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Default Re: Interesting AutoStop Experience!

Actually, that was me... and it was a switch to ENABLE AS. Prior to my knowing that AS could reactivate, I thought it would be nifty to have a manual AS switch to kill the engine whenever you wanted.
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Old 04-23-2006, 12:10 AM
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Default Re: Interesting AutoStop Experience!

Yep, that's what I was thinking when he said to disable AS. I meant what you meant, so that you could kill the engine manually without shutting the car off. That would be nice.

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