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Well, I'm a week into my fourth new Sportage, I don't seem to get bored of them.
My first was a 2012 1.7 diesel 3 spec, it was a manual with ISG (Intelligent Stop and Go, as it was called then).
My latest is a petrol GT-Line S, DCT, with ISG (now called Idle Stop and Go - I guess the intelligent wasn't so intelligent).
In the manual, the method to activate ISG was to stop, apply the handbrake, put the gear to neutral and then release the clutch pedal. At this point the engine would stop (if all the right factors were met, battery charge etc). To "go" when the clutch was depressed, the engine would start.
Now, with the DCT I find the behaviour odd. When the car comes to a stop, and your foot remains on the footbrake (or you have Auto Hold turned on), the engine will stop. To go, you release the footbrake (or if Auto Hold is on, depress the accelerator).
What I find odd is that this behaviour is annoying when you come to a junction, roundabout, or need to give way, you may only need to briefly pause to assess the traffic, but that pause is sufficient to cut the engine. No sooner has the engine stopped, and you're releasing the brake to set off, so the engine restarts after a second or less of being off. The major flaw with this is the delay in setting off, especially if the junction is busy.
There seems to be no intelligence applied to when ISG will be employed. I know there is a button on the dash to turn off ISG, but it's not the most convenient place to be fiddling with whilst driving, and to be honest I don't really want to be turning it on and off dependent on the road conditions (it might not be so bad if the button was mounted on the steering wheel).
I can't help but feel that this tiny amount of engine stopping was not the intended use for ISG, but I can't see how Kia could have overlooked brief pauses for junctions and the like. It feels like the ISG should utilise some of the other tech in the car (such as the radar or windscreen camera) to detect the optimum times to engage ISG.
What are others' experiences of DCT and ISG? Have you found a suitable way to make use of the ISG, or is it simply more of an annoyance than a benefit?
My first was a 2012 1.7 diesel 3 spec, it was a manual with ISG (Intelligent Stop and Go, as it was called then).
My latest is a petrol GT-Line S, DCT, with ISG (now called Idle Stop and Go - I guess the intelligent wasn't so intelligent).
In the manual, the method to activate ISG was to stop, apply the handbrake, put the gear to neutral and then release the clutch pedal. At this point the engine would stop (if all the right factors were met, battery charge etc). To "go" when the clutch was depressed, the engine would start.
Now, with the DCT I find the behaviour odd. When the car comes to a stop, and your foot remains on the footbrake (or you have Auto Hold turned on), the engine will stop. To go, you release the footbrake (or if Auto Hold is on, depress the accelerator).
What I find odd is that this behaviour is annoying when you come to a junction, roundabout, or need to give way, you may only need to briefly pause to assess the traffic, but that pause is sufficient to cut the engine. No sooner has the engine stopped, and you're releasing the brake to set off, so the engine restarts after a second or less of being off. The major flaw with this is the delay in setting off, especially if the junction is busy.
There seems to be no intelligence applied to when ISG will be employed. I know there is a button on the dash to turn off ISG, but it's not the most convenient place to be fiddling with whilst driving, and to be honest I don't really want to be turning it on and off dependent on the road conditions (it might not be so bad if the button was mounted on the steering wheel).
I can't help but feel that this tiny amount of engine stopping was not the intended use for ISG, but I can't see how Kia could have overlooked brief pauses for junctions and the like. It feels like the ISG should utilise some of the other tech in the car (such as the radar or windscreen camera) to detect the optimum times to engage ISG.
What are others' experiences of DCT and ISG? Have you found a suitable way to make use of the ISG, or is it simply more of an annoyance than a benefit?