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Subject:Re: when is stopping/restarting better than idling?
From:Paul
Date:Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:47:34 -0700

Relax your brains for a day, by the way Happy Father's Day to ya'll,
father's or not.
Again, Can't we all just get along?
Rodney King in a Volkswagen Thing

On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 4:24 PM, pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com>wrote:

> I guess I'm looking just for the range of educated opinions of the
> listmembers.
>
> In a well-maintained Vanagon, how long does a stop have to be for it to be
> better to stop the engine and later restart it, versus idling?
>
> 10 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, etc?
>
> I'm wondering about the theory of it, not the practical aspects as relate
> to the needs of actually driving around other vehicles...
>
> -Wes
>