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Old 02-25-2014, 02:01 PM   #19 (permalink)
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I am curious, with the cost of new car batteries running north of $100...
I don't see EOC'ing as being a cost-effective way to save money.
Fuel it saves, but does it save money?

Certainly P&G, so long it involves wide open acceleration does not save money in the long run.
Automobiles wear 5 to 10 times faster when pushed to their limits.
Granted it takes tens of thousands of miles to understand this process, but one day the P&G'er is going to be facing some repair bills in the thousands.
You will wear your car OUT p&g'ing.

That having been said there exists a procedure, it comes not without risk, known as desulfating a battery... It looks to me as if it is something the average backyard mechanic (taking proper precautions) could do to a dead battery, but I can't guarantee for myself whether it really works but next time one of my vehicles needs a new battery I'm going to try it.
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