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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I got caught in severe (normal) Portland rush hour traffic today while on a slight downhill slope. Not moving fast enough to idle in 1st on my manually shifted Acura, I turned the engine off, kept the seat warmer on, and just let gravity pull me along whenever traffic crept forward.
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Sometime in the late 70's, I was in a long line at the entrance to Yellowstone Park on a similar downhill on a warm day. Shut the engine off, I stood on the running board, hitchhiker standing on his running board, and we just jumped off and pushed as needed. A number of people in line found it entertaining. The truck was a 1955 Ford.
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