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Old 01-29-2008, 03:10 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I agree. I can't remember the last time I had to replace a starter and I keep cars in the 150-200k range. Unless you're cranking it 30 seconds at a time to get it going I don't think that is much of an issue.
In the last year+ I have been reading up on hypermilers, the starter has not been a significant issue. I am guessing that the main candidates for failure are already faulty in some way.

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