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Old 5th October 2006, 13:16   #30 (permalink)
sandeep108
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Originally Posted by magiceye
****I found that for the current generation cars, this limit has come down to as low as 10secs. So, anything more than 10 secs and you can switch off the engine and the fuel saved is more than what is used for restarting the engine. ****

Does this apply to all cars irrespective of whether they are petrol/diesel/turbo?
In mumbai / bangalore traffic, I see no point really in switching car off for 10s, on for 20s, maybe 3 times in 2 mintues. The countdown timers help, but again AC stops so cooling down has to start all over again.
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