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Doofus McFancypants · 02-08-2008, 08:44 AM

Thanks guys.

Last night after work i keyed the car to ON and sat there for 60 seconds to see if there is indeed some kind of a timeout - Nope - fired right up. This AM waited 2 minutes - fired right up.

MetroMPG - yes i was releasing it in 5th and staying there. I will try what you have outlined. This AM i did try key-starting it ( just to prove that i could as a last resort) worked fine

Daox - absolutely agree with you - i did not note in my initial post that i had lest work early to aviod the high traffic time so i could "play" with it. I have skipped opprotunities where i felt traffic was a little to thick - afterall this is a rather large car and no power stearing is VERY noticable ( ok - not compared to some of the larger cars/trucks - but it actually suprised me)

When faces with this occurance again - my action plan shall be to
- key car whole way off
- restart with key and drive on.

Thank you for your help here - once again - this forum ROCKS!!!

Steve

02-08-2008, 08:44 AM	#11 (permalink)
Doofus McFancypants Eco Noob Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tosev 3 - Atlanta GA Posts: 293 Red Rover - '01 Nissan Altima GXE 90 day: 30.07 mpg (US) Thanks: 5 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Thanks guys. Last night after work i keyed the car to ON and sat there for 60 seconds to see if there is indeed some kind of a timeout - Nope - fired right up. This AM waited 2 minutes - fired right up. MetroMPG - yes i was releasing it in 5th and staying there. I will try what you have outlined. This AM i did try key-starting it ( just to prove that i could as a last resort) worked fine Daox - absolutely agree with you - i did not note in my initial post that i had lest work early to aviod the high traffic time so i could "play" with it. I have skipped opprotunities where i felt traffic was a little to thick - afterall this is a rather large car and no power stearing is VERY noticable ( ok - not compared to some of the larger cars/trucks - but it actually suprised me) When faces with this occurance again - my action plan shall be to - key car whole way off - restart with key and drive on. Thank you for your help here - once again - this forum ROCKS!!! Steve __________________ Steve - AKA Doofus McFancypants ------------------------------ "If there's a new way, I'll be the first in line - But it better work this time" First Milestone passed - 30 MPG (city) 5/15/08 Best City Tank - 8/31/09- 34.3 MPG (EPA= 20) Best Highway Tank - 5/20/09 - 36.5 MPG (EPA= 28) ------ In effort to drive less: Miles NOT driven in 2009 = 648 (Work from home and Alt Transporatation)