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Old 01-03-2009, 12:47 PM   #27 (permalink)
brucepick
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Originally Posted by bbjsw10 View Post
...but no EOC seems awful bad on a cold battery. I would rather lose a little mileage than be stuck miles from home killing my battery...
Hmm? If your tranny is a standard, I'm pretty sure that bump starting gets around most concerns re. battery issues. I usually bump start in top gear so it doesn't spin the engine very fast. I don't need to let out clutch fully either - just enough so the engine starts spinning, then push down again. Then shift into appropriate gear for the current road speed.
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