[TomsSVX]

Originally Posted by lechnoid

It shouldn't use much fuel at all to restart at a stoplight. Sure, when you start the car cold it dumps a lot of fuel in, but when starting warm it *should* be injecting the same amount of fuel as a normal idling stroke of the engine. Shutting it off for 10 seconds is likely not beneficial, but a minute or two should be. Granted, I'm going off of typical operation and the SVX may prove to be different. It's already proven me wrong a time or two.

Personally, I drive the car and put in 91 octane when the needle gets low. If I'm worried about economy, I'll drive the Miata (until the engine is pulled). If an extra $5 of gas every week or two is something a person gets worked up over, then a luxury sports car likely isn't a good choice in cars for him/her. Just my $0.02 though.

Thats why I am moving to cut my commute

Tom