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Which uses less petrol turning off your engine at traffic lights short queues etc or leaving your engine running?
Badgerboy13
A good rule of thumb is that it takes as much gas to start your car as it does for the car to run for 3 minutes, in addition your engine takes the most damage from being started as opposed to running continuously. So you should make sure that you're going to be staying where you are for awhile (probably about 5 minutes+) before turning your engine off is actually a good idea.
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