'Evening all.
I just found this forum while Googling the potential risks involved bump-starting, which I did accidently today while coasting down a well-travelled hill only to be met with a traffic light appearing out of nowhere at the bottom, road works or something, plus my phone went off at just the wrong moment; distracted, I forgot I was EOC, engaged the clutch in 6th, didn't even notice it was all so smooth, then realised what I'd done after I'd stopped and panicked. Anyway, a thread I read here which I'm not allowed to link to with a post-count under five
seems to have put my mind at rest.
So I wanted to make a greetings post to my like-minded brothers in hypermiling wierdness, and realised I had a question: EOC requires a restart, the consequence of which is that use of the technique will mean you restart the engine far more than the average driver. Does this cause noticeable wear to the starter motor? There are some short hills I coast down with the engine on as a kind of compromise between additional fuel cost and less wear on the starter motor, but if this is inconsequential I will happily EOC every descent.
I drive a Honda Type R, manufacturer mileage 31 mpg, my mileage ranges between about 41 in winter and 48/49 in summer.