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Re: Turning car off at stoplights - RAMd®d - 03-07-2022
I noticed it first time I came to Japan in the 80s.
It was common in the '70s as well.
As others have mentioned, this functionality was common outside the US many years ago.
I question how common, in how many different brands of ICEmobiles, and how many years ago.
A MUG memeber had one of the early Honda Insights and it did the Start/Stop thing.
I assumed most eVs and hybrids followed suit at some point.
But the ICE thing is new to me.
I've been doing some DuckDucking trying to find a list of ICEmobiles that do it.
Re: Turning car off at stoplights - macphanatic - 03-07-2022
RAMd®d wrote:
I noticed it first time I came to Japan in the 80s.
It was common in the '70s as well.
As others have mentioned, this functionality was common outside the US many years ago.
I question how common, in how many different brands of ICEmobiles, and how many years ago.
A MUG memeber had one of the early Honda Insights and it did the Start/Stop thing.
I assumed most eVs and hybrids followed suit at some point.
But the ICE thing is new to me.
I've been doing some DuckDucking trying to find a list of ICEmobiles that do it.
Every rental car that I had in Europe over 5 years ago has had the auto/stop start. Many different brands.
Re: Turning car off at stoplights - mikebw - 03-08-2022
Drew wrote:
[quote=August West]
Where's Drew at?
Hey! Thanks for asking. I'm here in Osaka/Kobe. Turning headlights off at a stoplight is done as a courtesy, so as not to shine lights in the eyes of the other driver who is waiting at the same red light but going opposite direction of you.
I noticed it first time I came to Japan in the 80s. At that time, American car headlights were controlled with a knob/switch on the dash, while nearly all cars in Japan had them on a stalk on the steering wheel for this very purpose.
That's very interesting. My 87' Toyota Cressida had the light controls on the stalk just like you say and I never understood why American cars had the controls on the dash. It seemed very primitive in comparison.
Re: Turning car off at stoplights - freeradical - 03-10-2022
The light controls on the stalk are so you can flash your brights...
Re: Turning car off at stoplights - Drew - 03-10-2022
freeradical wrote:
The light controls on the stalk are so you can flash your brights...
That too. Remember when they were controlled by a foot switch?
I should note that I posted the comment about the lights when this thread was actually started to talk about engines turning off at stoplights and such. My apologies.