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Formula413 · 10-22-2008, 07:14 PM

I do have a manual fan switch hooked up in the Formula. It is a pretty consistent car, if it hooks up good most runs will be within a tenth, if not less.

The guy who told me that I should skip shutting it down over and over said that it takes twenty miles of driving to replace the charge used to start the car. I have no idea where he got that statistic, it seems very high to me.

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Formula413 Renaissance Man Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: 42N 72W Posts: 502 Sleepwalker - '97 Firebird Formula 90 day: 20.04 mpg (US) Spock - '92 VN750 Vulcan 90 day: 49.39 mpg (US) 03MX - '03 Civic Hybrid 90 day: 49.04 mpg (US) Thanks: 9 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	I do have a manual fan switch hooked up in the Formula. It is a pretty consistent car, if it hooks up good most runs will be within a tenth, if not less. The guy who told me that I should skip shutting it down over and over said that it takes twenty miles of driving to replace the charge used to start the car. I have no idea where he got that statistic, it seems very high to me. __________________ More choices...