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Old 05-08-2013, 10:16 PM   #2 (permalink)
JRMichler
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Originally Posted by songman View Post
...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,...
EOC is not inherently dangerous, however driving while distracted is. That traffic light did not appear out of nowhere, it only seemed that way because you were not paying attention.

If the phone going off is distracting, you would be well advised to turn it off when driving.

That said, I normally EOC 4 to 9 times in my three mile commute to work. I mostly bump start, sometimes key start.
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06 Canyon: The vacuum gauge plus wheel covers helped increase summer 2015 mileage to 38.5 MPG, while summer 2016 mileage was 38.6 MPG without the wheel covers. Drove 33,021 miles 2016-2018 at 35.00 MPG.

22 Maverick: Summer 2022 burned 62.74 gallons in 3145.1 miles for 50.1 MPG. Winter 2023-2024 - 2416.7 miles, 58.66 gallons for 41 MPG.
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