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- I have something to tell the world,

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and it's gonna piss off
a lot of car enthusiasts.

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I love automatic stop-start systems.

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(jaunty music)

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(car engine revving)

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People hate automatic stop-start systems,

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and it's because the very first generation

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of this technology, kinda sucked.

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Your engine would turn off at a red light,

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and then when the light turned green,

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you'd be stuck there,

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waiting for the engine to turn over again.

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It was a bad time, I get it.

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(screen whooshing)

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But the technology has
improved dramatically

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in the last five years.

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Stop-start systems in new cars today

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are as smooth as you could ever want.

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(screen whooshing)

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And if you're asking me,

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it's pretty luxurious
to sit at a red light

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with no vibrations, no engine
noise, smooth, quiet comfort.

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(screen whooshing)

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And with the new crop of mild hybrid

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and plug-in hybrid cars,
(screen whooshing)

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stop-start has gotten even better.

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Granted, this works for me.

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I do a lot of driving in city traffic,

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where you're stuck at a
red light for 90 seconds.

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(record scratching)
(horns honking)

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Why leave the engine
running that whole time?

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Why burn all that gas? It's wasteful.

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It makes me hear my grandfather's voice.

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- Why you wastin' all that gasoline?

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- Grandad, that doesn't
sound like you at all.

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And if your car has a
lousy stop-start system,

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I bet you can learn to work
with it, rather than against it.

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(screen whooshing)

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The same way how in a sports car,

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you'd work around the turbo lag,

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or the flat spot in the RPM range.

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(screen whooshing)

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So if you haven't used your car's

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stop-start system in a little while,

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give it a try, and enjoy

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smooth, silent luxury
at the next red light.

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And that's "According to Bob."

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- Whatever.
(car engine revving)

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(jaunty music)