# Sometimes Technology Just Complicates Things

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 29, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-technology-just-complicates-things/1021482 "2025-07-29T20:27:13Z")\
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I don’t know if this has been brought up yet.

I don’t know a lot about cars, but it seems to me that the auto stop-start feature in newer cars is hard on the car’s starter system. Stopping and starting a car 20 times a day has to create some wear and tear.

I saw an online video where a mechanic says that it’s a useless piece of tech that is hard on cars.

But like I said, what do I know? I always turn mine off.

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