A big hurray

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It stopped working by itself in my 2020 Pacifica. I had the batteries tested but they both tested normal.

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My Escape would shut down with the AC on depending on the temp. If the car was still pretty hot inside (say I just got in the car) it would stay on but it would shut off if it didnā€™t really need to keep cooling all the time.

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Your choice but Iā€™ve had nothing but four cylinder turbos in my cars since 1995. Two Saabs. Two Fords. Recent purchase a Mini. No issues ever. Even when I drag raced them. And drove them hard.

Some people are just afraid of anything new but four cylinders turbos arenā€™t even new.
Itā€™s your choice but I recommend turbo fours to everyone and Iā€™ve yet anyone to say I gave them bad advice.

Iā€™m a car guy. They respect my advice because I am conservative. I wait for tech to mature before I recommend. Turbo fours are mature.

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I think yā€™all are making a big fuss over nothing. The dealer lent us a 2018 Ford Edge with the feature and my wife hated it. I found the option buried in the menus and turned it off. No need to do it twice.

Now we have a '25 Chevy Eclipse with the 1.5 turbo. It has the start/stop feature and I can hardly tell it is working. The engine is so smooth I need to look at the tach to tell it engaged. And when the engine restarts you really do not notice that either. It might make a difference if I was drag racing.

As far as not turning off with the AC on, I really do not know. Perhaps related to the ATC temp setting.

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Iā€™ve owned a coupl3 four cylinders. Driving 3000 miles a month though and getting up to 500,000 miles on my cars, itā€™s only been with six or eight cyl. Maybe a turbo four would hav3 th3 same longevity and cost per mile but I doubt it. To each his own. Naturally though, an electric car would shut off coming to a stop. This was mainly about ICE not electric or hybrids. As famously said, if you like your car, you can keep you4 car.

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A what??? Did you mean a Mitsubishi Eclipse or a Chevy Equinox??

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Oops. Yep. That is correct.

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Well certainly the Prius last that long. Ask any big city taxi driver. They gush over their Prius. I have asked them. They would never go back to say the old Ford Crown Vicā€™s. Yet to hear anyone say they preferred the Vicā€™s which I rarely see anymore. They also say the hybrid batteries last as long as the cars.

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In NYC, taxi drivers report that their Priusā€™ batteries lasted for 200k milesā€“or more. If this report is truthful, a Prius taxi driver in Austria claims to have gotten 600k from his batteries.

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Oh boy. Where can I find a bargain bright yellow Prius with half a million miles on it for a bargain price? And can it pull a trailer? I believe everything the media and government tells me. When have they ever lied? I need a new car but donā€™t want to pay much.

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Crown Victorias were common in the 1990ā€™s, phased out because of the fuel consumption of the V-8 engine. In my area cabs must be replaced after 4 years/400,000 miles. The popularity of the Prius and Crown Victorias are 20 years apart.

2 to 3 years? 100,000 miles/year of operation is typical for a taxicab.

You can buy a new or used Prius and paint it yellow if you wish.

I have seen small trailers pulled be Prius, why do you want to pull a trailer? Did you pull a trailer on you trip to San Diago? There are common hybrid vehicles with towing capacities of 3000 lbs. or more.

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Heh heh. Always the comedian. They wouldnā€™t put th3 trailer on the plane so just packed light.

So do straw hats come standard with the Prius ? Coming home from work I would regularly come upon a Prius putting along. The guy had his straw hat and.nose in the air. I guessed he was a professor heading to nigh5 class. When Iā€™d hit th3 left lane to go around, heā€™d speed up. It was green. Maybe yellow now.

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We have some on here that would prefer the Checker Taxi Cabs for there bench seat, better floaty ride and wonderful 4 wheel drum brakesā€¦ :laughing:

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Donā€™t forget the jump seats.

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Jeez Bing your anti government tirade is getting worn out.

Yet I bet you like your social security check and Medicare too much to move.

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The new Ram 1500 hybrid pulls 11,000 pounds. Or was it 13,000?

Interesting piece of kit. Built just like a diesel loco.

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you can already turn it off on some cars, but the problem is that you have to do that every time you restart the car. Consider what a bad idea this is for those cars that have the starter motor underneath the intake manifold!

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