the system is a bit complicated.
get use to a routine, hop in car, hit the keyless go starting button, right after, turn off the eco start/stop, at the same time reach over and turn drive move to sport or sport+.
on the description on how the system works, it takes into account a few things:
- how long you have been driving
- what convenience functions are currently on, eg, heated seats, audio system blasting, a/c on, temperature, day time or night time, ...
- current condition of the battery, how much voltage it is, if any other consumables are on, any current draw from the battery.
it takes all those factors before it operates the eco start stop.
at the beginning of the starting sequence, the control units will have to know which cylinder is where at the stroke sequence via crank sensors and camshaft sensors, so it will know which injector to operate and thus "timing". the variable timing probably gets adjusted for a bit til all cylinders are firing once again.
its more interesting now that they introduced the system to the diesel's, since we all know diesels generally are a bit more complicated, timing wise when starting.
but yeah. just get use to the routine of starting the car, turning off the eco start/stop, and turning on the driving move to sport/sport+.
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Originally Posted by meme405
Okay I have a CLA250, this is the first vehicle I have owned with this feature.
First off I found it extremely frustrating in the beginning, now after having driven the vehicle more and more, I have gotten used to it and learned how to manage it better.
I will preface this by saying on the mercedes, there is no way to just turn this feature off and leave it for good. Everytime you turn on the vehicle the feature is enabled, so basically you would have to hit the button to turn it off everytime you get in the car. Which is fucked, screw you mercedes.
Now to their credit after getting used to the feature, it's not bad, you just have to manage it. In the screen on the dash there is a little eco symbol, when that symbol is yellow the car is warming up, or for some reason will not auto shut off. When that symbol is green when you come to a stop with your foot fully planted the car will shut off very quickly.
If you come to a stop and the light is green you can hold the brake gently and the car will stay running. This is great cause if you are at a stop sign or a light which is just changing to green, you can just lightly hold the brakes and the car will stay running.
On top of that the car does start extremely quick in auto start, still though I like to let go of the brakes a second sooner than normal so that the car can start, and it can have a moment to run before I hit the gas to set off.
Basically I have gotten used to the feature more since I have gotten the car, and it actually works remarkably well, but I still see it as likely reducing the life of some of the components in the car, and needlessly complicated. But with today's emissions BS you better get used to shitty new tech like this.
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