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[John 070]

Since we weren't going anywhere on the expessway today, I just pressed the start button and shut her down, 10 min. later it started to move again. Not going to idle away at $4/gal. Gave the subwoofers a good Cage the Elephant workout!

[Coolieman1220]

Cool Story Bro!

[username604]

I do that too when i pull up to a big intersection the the turn arrow just turns yellow.. oh and drive throughs too! I only turn my car on/off when the temp's up cause i'm not an idiot lol

[quiksi]

... and the M3 guys complain about how useless the auto start/stop feature is

[kdkool]

If you're that concerned with gas, then you should have bought another car.

It's like people posting that they use regular gas instead of premium. At 40 cents more per gallon, they're saving 10% at the expense of longevity of their car.

How much gas are you really saving by turning off your car at a drive through? A complete traffic halt I can understand but everything else seems drastic. It's pretty minimal in the grand scheme of things.

If you're penny pincher, buy a civic. If you're a tree hugger, buy a prius. If you want to have good fuel economy and torque, get a diesel. If you can't compromise, get more two or how many ever cars it takes to meet all your needs.

[JDLM]

[username604]

Originally Posted by kdkool

If you're that concerned with gas, then you should have bought another car.
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If you're penny pincher, buy a civic. If you're a tree hugger, buy a prius.

I get <19 mpg and i do mostly highway. My parents pay for gas, and I'm 16; excuse me for trying to get my average mpg up, i guess i have a lead foot. Thanks for your opinion though, i'll consider it next time i'm grabbing lunch.

[Coolieman1220]

Originally Posted by davidkneiber

I get <19 mpg and i do mostly highway. My parents pay for gas, and I'm 16; excuse me for trying to get my average mpg up, i guess i have a lead foot. Thanks for your opinion though, i'll consider it next time i'm grabbing lunch.

LMAO.

[rothwem]

Originally Posted by kdkool

If you're that concerned with gas, then you should have bought another car.

It's like people posting that they use regular gas instead of premium. At 40 cents more per gallon, they're saving 10% at the expense of longevity of their car.

How much gas are you really saving by turning off your car at a drive through? A complete traffic halt I can understand but everything else seems drastic. It's pretty minimal in the grand scheme of things.

If you're penny pincher, buy a civic. If you're a tree hugger, buy a prius. If you want to have good fuel economy and torque, get a diesel. If you can't compromise, get more two or how many ever cars it takes to meet all your needs.

I'm going to disagree with you here. If I didn't care about fuel costs, I would've gotten an e46 m3, which would've cost me less, been faster, handled better, and been more fun than my 325i. However, I drive 90 miles per day and spend $300-$400 per month on gas.

Since money is such a non-issue for you, why didn't you get an M3? Or a Porsche? Seems like you're the one doing it wrong here.

[timmahh]

Originally Posted by davidkneiber

I get <19 mpg and i do mostly highway. My parents pay for gas, and I'm 16; excuse me for trying to get my average mpg up, i guess i have a lead foot. Thanks for your opinion though, i'll consider it next time i'm grabbing lunch.

davidkneiber...justinbieber?

[RaceBlood]

Do you turn off the TV during commercials?

[NaNo_F1]

Originally Posted by timmahh

davidkneiber...justinbieber?

[bsamoul]

I'm confused as to why this is a thread

[Kroy]

for a second i thought i was in general section

[FDfranklin]

Originally Posted by davidkneiber

I get <19 mpg and i do mostly highway. My parents pay for gas, and I'm 16; excuse me for trying to get my average mpg up, i guess i have a lead foot. Thanks for your opinion though, i'll consider it next time i'm grabbing lunch.

This thread is about to turn to shit.

[Blake]

ITT: op is a cheapskate.

[carve]

Originally Posted by Coolieman1220

Cool Story Bro!

+1. He should tell it again some time. He can call it the "story about when I shut my car off instead of sitting there idling".

No need to call him a cheapskat though- there's certainly nothing wrong with doing that beyond a bit of extra starter wear.

As far as doing the manual hybrid thing goes, here's something I've been doing lately....

Hybrids have regenerative braking, but it's only about 50% efficient. The rest of the savings is in the shut down of the motor. However, you can enjoy the motor shut down and brake-savings of a hybrid in any car.

When slowing down, just downshift to a lower gear as you slow. When the wheels are turned by the engine, the fuel injectors shut down completely. Lately, I've been throwing my auto into DS when I'm slowing down. This keeps RPM between 1500-2000 rpm. I usually don't have to use the brakes until between 10-20 mph. Use a little brake pressure if someone is behind you though so they can see your brake lights.

When your engine is cold, this also helps it warm up faster. Heat that would've gone into the brakes goes into the engine instead.

Using this style, and doing almost all city driving, my CBS says my front brakes will go about 90k miles, and they already have 5-10k on them.

[Freakazoid]

^^ not sure if serious.....

[carve]

Why not? Engine braking does all of those things.

[iBoost]

csbortooorly

[JIM E92]

I'm with you John. I hate to waste. In some countries it's illegal to idle for more than 5 minutes.

[Freakazoid]

Originally Posted by carve

Why not? Engine braking does all of those things.

several things wrong with this.

First, I'm going to hopefully assume you realize brakes are covered by the maintenance package. So therefore, prolonging them for really any reason is just plain silly (if anything try to do more wear the closer you get to 50k miles).
Second, and more importantly, you're putting a ton more wear on your auto tranny, the mounts, etc. For how cheap brakes are, it's a very silly trade off to be considering. You're only likely doubling the life of the brakes (at best), but significantly increasing the wear on the rest of your drivetrain. Any $$$ you save on brake pads is going to inevitably be spent (or even more will be spent) on the drivetrain parts decreased life.