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From what i understand, the WAY mazda does it is different to everyone elses. No Starter motor involvement.
From what i understand, the WAY mazda does it is different to everyone elses. No Starter motor involvement.
...At the same time, the starter motor applies a small amount of additional momentum to the crankshaft resulting in an extremely quick and refined restart of the engine.
i noticed a couple of ppl said it would be annoying in peak hour traffic. it switches on after you take your foot off the brake not when you hit the accelerator how many of you are going to go from brake to accel in less than 0.35 seconds.
and if your that impatient then its the wrong car for you.
it's not about impatience, it's about the delay being annoying, like a minor engine flatspot/miss. People don't get annoyed with flatspots/missfires because they are impatient.
I relate it to those cars like Vectras that drop into neutral when sitting stationary. When you release the brake and hit the throttle there is a very brief, but annoying delay before the transmission goes back into gear. If it's just between traffic lights fine, but if you are on and off the throttle/on the brake several times within a few minutes in a traffic jam, the delay becomes much more noticeable and annoying.
But like I said, if there was an override switch like most cars have for traction control, stability control etc, then no problem. You could turn it off in those start/stop situations if you wish.