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I will never buy a new Holden again "ever"

mpower

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It doesn't need to - A/C units can be kept running on battery for short periods of time; in fact many Euro cars have an auxilliary battery to keep things running while the engine is hut down.

But as Pablito mentioned - it makes for expensive battery replacements.

Ultimately stop/start is more about improving laboratory consumption/emission results than real-world savings...

last car I was in that had stop start malarkey attached was a BMW, the compressor did not keep running. unless things have changed....
 

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My Redline isn't going anywhere either. Usually I would have bought a new V8 commodore by now........... but since they don't exist anymore, and a ZB is no more appealing to me than any other car available, the wife bought a new car instead.
So I'm keeping my car for the weekends and I'll buy a 20k 2nd hand car soon to run work kms up on.
 

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But the battery does not run the air conditioner compressor, it drives off the drive belt of the engine!

As for your theory on the stop/start, I was next to a car this morning that did this and you can definitely hear the starter motor engaging.It may have assistance because the engine is hot but I don't think a spark alone would crank an engine.

Used to, newer cars run the A/C from an electric motor, like the power-steering, so it's not relying on the drive belt(s).

Firing a spark into a charged cylinder will supply enough impetus to restart a warm engine. Some manufacturers use this method, some us a TS (twin solenoid) starter system.

It all depends on the manufacturer.
 

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My Redline isn't going anywhere either. Usually I would have bought a new V8 commodore by now........... but since they don't exist anymore, and a ZB is no more appealing to me than any other car available, the wife bought a new car instead.
So I'm keeping my car for the weekends and I'll buy a 20k 2nd hand car soon to run work kms up on.

Same my VF2 has 6700kms on it weekender that i'll keep to the end
 
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