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Interesting, I guess. It comes down to knowing your vehicles then. I vaguely remember the controversy around the stop/start system before, but never looked at how prevalent it is or what it all entails because I've not looked at or owned a vehicle that had it. From a quick refresher read, it sounds like a shitty system for locations that don't need it and is just another reason to keep/buy older cars (or sports cars that don't have it). With the main complaint that it puts more wear on the vehicle's engine and starter, in order to save a negligible amount of emissions that don't matter to anyone outside of California (in the US). I try to drive all my vehicles until they die, so I would actively look for vehicles that don't have it (or can permanently disable it), if I was buying something.
Without looking every vehicle up, for US manufactures, these feature are not on very many trucks until around 2019, nor on most of the V8 sports cars I saw. There are rumors the Mustang and Corvette might be getting the system this year. Strangely enough, the 2016+ Cadillac CTS supposedly has it, even though it has the same engine as the Corvette.
I also read that many manufacturers have or are starting to put in the ability to disable it, some temporarily with a button in the cab and some permanently through the computer. Dunno if it would effect how the system fucks with the battery though.
Furthermore, if I can buy a different battery than recommended for my car (but still fits, with close to the same or better CCA), for $40-$50 less, I doubt the stop/start inefficiently charging it would make it die fast enough where it's still not a better deal. For like half this forum, the Texas heat combined with the battery getting boiled sitting in the engine compartment kills batteries faster than normal anyway, so there is more value on saving money up front, instead of on the back end (for daily driven vehicles, at least).
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