

| 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 >
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