Is stop start a disaster waiting to happen?

My first experience of a stop/start car was in a hired Ypsilon Lancia. Whilst it worked well, do you think that this is another motoring disaster waiting to happen as with the dual flywheel? It seems to me that the miniscule savings in fuel will be greatly outweighed by the very significant replacement costs of the starter, starter ring, electronics, etc.

Asked on 27 September 2012 by Vic Thomas

Answered by Honest John
Not hearing of much trouble with them so far. Was a bit with MINIs, but that seems to be all.
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