On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 22:25:26 -0400, Alex wrote:

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On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 17:35:55 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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Mr. Luddite
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Damn thing has a display as big as my bedroom TV filled with
"stuff" to turn on/off or adjust. Told her to be careful with it and
keep her eyes on the road.

It has a peppy V6 but also has the feature that turns the engine
off when you stop for a red light or something. Starts up again
when you take your foot off the brake.

Fortunately, there's a button that allows you to disable that
feature. It would drive me nuts.

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I remember vw experimented with that feature in the early 70s. It was a ploy to raise overall fueled economy and cut pollution. Didn’t go over well.
I see Jeep is offering it as well as offering a solution if you want out.
GM tried the 4-6-8 feature too where they started blocking off
cylinders and that went away pretty fast too.


Mercury outboards (holy **** - an on-topic post!) has/had some 4
cylinder engines that worked the same way. When the other two cylinders
kicked in it was quite abrupt.

Close as I have been to that is the V-Tech in my Honda where they
shift the valve timing a little 5000 RPM It is a pretty good little
bump in performance.