Author: Jerry

Like in thousands of other car brands, in mine, the engine turns off when I stop. Saves petrol, the environment, and our clothes from turning grey. Pretty common now days.

However, the clowns that work in the design department of my particular brand, decided to allow the driver to turn OFF the engine-off option via a button on the dashboard. But unlike conventional buttons, when you click this one a red light turns ON to show that the option is OFF. And so your engine remains ON when car is stopped…

Let me be perfectly clear: you click the button, the light is ON, Option is OFF and engine remains ON. Likewise, to turn the option back ON, you click the button to turn OFF the red light, indicating that the option is now ON and the engine will turn OFF.

This is like after a few beers, trying to explain the exceptions to the LBW rule to someone who has never watched a game of cricket.

The icing on the cake is that the car then may or may not overwrite your selection anyway. It may turn the engine OFF if petrol is low even if the light is ON. Or let it run if the Air Condition is ON.

That is why you should not drive after a few beers.

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