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Old 08-16-2012, 03:45 PM   #1261 (permalink)
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...if you did a EOC and bump started without even remembering it until after you made the turn and realize you're accelerating again. You ask yourself: "Did I just do a bump start without thinking about it?"


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Old 08-16-2012, 06:26 PM   #1262 (permalink)
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Ykyaem...

...if you did a EOC and bump started without even remembering it until after you made the turn and realize you're accelerating again. You ask yourself: "Did I just do a bump start without thinking about it?"

I have done that before, bump starting is a long habit of mine
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Old 08-16-2012, 06:37 PM   #1263 (permalink)
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That puts me down into the 70's.
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Old 08-16-2012, 08:20 PM   #1264 (permalink)
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When you can tell you overshot your pulse phase a mile from a stop sign on level ground (and your only going 48 MPG).
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...if you did a EOC and bump started without even remembering it until after you made the turn and realize you're accelerating again. You ask yourself: "Did I just do a bump start without thinking about it?"

Do it for long enough and when you don't want to EOC you'll have to consciously remember NOT to turn your engine off all the time.
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Old 08-17-2012, 04:27 PM   #1267 (permalink)
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...when MPG tells more about your speed than MPH does.
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if you get passed by a drivers ed car
Been there, done that. My regular route takes me past a driving school.

... when it's a drizzly morning, and at the stop sign 3 miles into your route, the brakes squeak because they're still wet.
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You determine it cold enough out to put you last bit of grill block back on, and the temp is 75F out
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On the 70 kph roads, they usually drive below my optimum speed
(65 kph indicated - just under 1800rpm)

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