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Ford and other manufacturers know how their systems work, indeed many shut off the engine before the car has stopped (my son's Porsche 911 being one such example). The systems are designed to work that way and have been for 25+ years so they know more about stop start systems than most people...

To be fair cylinder deactivation has come a long way from those early systems and most operate seamlessly and without any ill effects now. A lot more cars have the systems now and many people would have no idea they were there or working. Ford have made over 5 million 3 cylinder Ecoboost engines...

Once you learn how to read scientific papers properly you can see very clearly (including where the funding for any research is coming from as well as any conflicts of interest) what is or isn't being deduced and why. More to the point I have never found (and have looked a plenty) for any...

Oh dear!

Indeed. And for most people most of the time it works just fine and saves a LOT of fuel globally. The people who have vehement issues with stop start usually have other issues too!

Yes but too many people 'don't believe' figures or information that disagree with what they want to hear. It doesn't make them correct, just ignorant.

Uninformed opinion

They are effectively single use and once damaged they tend to keep falling off

Yes I do - I drive one with stop start! So do Ferrari, Porsche drivers etc etc My son has 911 with stop start. If you mod the car then so be it, but most vehicles are not modified globally (not just talking about Mustangs) It is CO2 not CO that matters (very different gasses) and the US...

I'm afraid some people just don't want to hear anything other than their own uniformed opinion.

You can ignore independent evidence and data if you like but it doesn't make you correct, just uninformed.

No. Stop start only works when it is safe to do so and the engine is up to full working temperature. Pressure is not going to be an issue and the engine is warm. Engine starter and battery are all designed for stop start. As I said MILLIONS of cars have had stop start for 25+ years so...

It's not MY data! I gave you one link in the previous post but more below just a random sample from 30 seconds of searching. There are literally hundreds of research papers from all over the world demonstrating the benefits of stop start systems and fuel savings. The systems have been widely...

Simply not correct. The starter system (or ISG in some cars) is all upgraded to mean failure is NOT more likely. In addition independent research has confirmed that fuel savings are as much as 10% but usually between 5% and 7% which is very significant globally! Plenty of easy to find...

Driver Alert Monitor starts getting antsy after a while on motorways even with Lane Assist off. Not a problem until you have been going for 1/2 hour or so and especially if changing lane too many times without indicating. Only way to turn off is in the driver assist settings for each journey...

Yes I realise that but none of the EU/UK cars are affected at all.

Google 'Ackerman steering'. Mustang is not as pronounced as my Lotus was but wider stickier tyres make it more obvious. Always seems to be worse in reverse.

OK - now for UK spec! We get the hard to clean grey wheels :giggle:

Normal, down to the steering geometry

My car was within the date range but obviously lucky that EU/UK cars don't have the problem, or already had the fix.