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Originally Posted by Miller88
I won't EOC, myself. I feel it's causing more wear and tear on other parts.
If I'm coasting at 55, and I put it in 5th gear to start up to make a hill ... that's wear on the synchronizer.
Pop starting wears the clutch. It can be hard on the converters. It can damage motor mounts. Starters are $200 ... good way to wear out a starter. Ignition switches are also expensive too for newer cars with the transponders.
Safe? As long as you're not one of those drivers that taps the brakes every other second, that's not an issue. Power steering systems usually have some sort of variable pumping system - at highway speeds, there's virtually no power steering assist anyway.
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I have only once driven a car that had a synchro fail and that was on a car bought at auction for $2200 with less than 100,000 km on the odometer. The synchro that failed was the second gear synchro and that was after 360,000 km. I have never had to replace a clutch in any vehicle I have owned even the ones that where EOC'd. Bump starting in 5th gear causes less wear than starting out in 1st gear. Bump starting causes less damage than starting from rest. the only ignition swithes I have changed are ones that had the key being warn out. the swithes still worked!