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On 15/01/2019 at 13:58, briskoda1 said:

My car is petrol which has a cat. Petrol cars which are running to temperature should just emit co2 and water. Neither of which are toxic. Co2 is a man-made greenhouse gas.

And particulates, which is why the latest petrol engines need filters. And the NOx limits are almost as high for petrol as they are for modern diesels (0.06 compared with 0.08 g/km).

if I wanted to actively reduce my carbon footprint I would probably not drive a 2 litre petrol, or no longer buy any VAG group car, or walk. There are more effective ways than prematurely wearing an engine.

That's one of the reasons why I've got a 1.2 l and I usually cycle to work (which seems more likely to kill my battery - the car hasn't moved since 1 January).

If I was really worried about toxic fumes (i presume you mean NOx, CO and PM I would no longer be driving diesels. Which I don’t.

Modern diesels have pretty much the same emissions limits as petrol.

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      Yeah as others have said, the components are designed to deal with the extra number of start cycles, so you don’t need to worry     Sitting in traffic, do you really need the engine running?

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      Best to let the car denote what is best.  If the battery voltage is low, the car won't go into stop/start mode anyhow.  A good long run should fix that.

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      I like the stop start system, my 2016 Scout is the first car Iv owned with this system and it only felt strange for the first time I drove it, dont worry about the starter and battery they are beefed

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