Starting a car with a dead battery and no jumper cables

[w2amr]

http://www.dump.com/2011/10/13/how-russians-jump-start-a-car-with-a-dead-battery-video/

[KG4CGC]

Awesome. Never underestimate Russia.

[W4GPL]

In Soviet Russia, car starts you! Yak, yak, yak, yak..

That's pretty resourceful. Our security guard at work is a Russian fellow, he'll get a kick out of this. He always pans how lazy and stupid we (Americans) are. We rarely disagree. He has an old German Shepherd that scares the hell out of me.. he says "I can't shoot gun, but what dog does, dog does. <huge grin>". I'm glad he's on our side.

I've never seen a more joyless dog in all my life. He's not mistreated at all, but he's there for business -- and there's no mistaking it. The dog could not care less if you pet him or give him treats. He's a trained killing machine -- nothing more, nothing less.

[PA5COR]

I bet that won't work with my diesel van...

[KG4CGC]

I bet that won't work with my diesel van...

Longer rope and run.

[W3WN]

Guess they can't pop the clutch?

[KC9ECI]

I've used a similar technique back in the day to start an old John Deere B.

[n2ize]

In Soviet Russia, car starts you! Yak, yak, yak, yak..

That's pretty resourceful. Our security guard at work is a Russian fellow, he'll get a kick out of this. He always pans how lazy and stupid we (Americans) are. We rarely disagree. He has an old German Shepherd that scares the hell out of me.. he says "I can't shoot gun, but what dog does, dog does. <huge grin>". I'm glad he's on our side.

I've never seen a more joyless dog in all my life. He's not mistreated at all, but he's there for business -- and there's no mistaking it. The dog could not care less if you pet him or give him treats. He's a trained killing machine -- nothing more, nothing less.

We had a guy who disciplined and trained his dog to be a killing machine. I think he even named the dog "Kill" or "Death" or something like that. The dog was eventually confiscated when on more than one occasion it attacked people. He was warned about it several times. Some people should not be permitted to own pets.

[W3MPS]

I bet that won't work with my diesel van...

20:1 compression does tend to preclude the Briggs and Stratton pull rope method.

[PA5COR]

The 2.5 Turbo Diesel needs some glowing first =electricity like 80 amps.
Not long, in summer 2 seconds is enough, but in winter it is 5 to 7 seconds.
Pulling the wheel that fast to get that dynamo make that power AND go through 1:22 compression?

I think i'll get the AA roadservice out ;)

[kb2vxa]

When the engine starts so easily and the battery is dead somebody was hamming too long with the engine off.

"Oh mama, could this be the end? To be stuck inside a mobile with a busted mic again."
Bob Dilly

[W1GUH]

One more reason never to get an automatic. As if one NEEDED a reason to drive a stick!

[NQ6U]

One more reason never to get an automatic. As if one NEEDED a reason to drive a stick!

The best reason is that they're a lot more fun to drive. Well, unless you do a lot of driving in stop-and-go traffic—if you commute on the I-405 in L.A., for instance. Then an automatic transmission is the right choice.

[W1GUH]

The best reason is that they're a lot more fun to drive. Well, unless you do a lot of driving in stop-and-go traffic—if you commute on the I-405 in L.A., for instance. Then an automatic transmission is the right choice.

The 405? Well, that would be another reason NOT to commute on the 405, as if there weren't already plenty! When I commuted from Beverly Hills to El Segundo, I always took la cienega -- never really got backed up, and was very scenic. Never thought I'd see an oil field in the city limits. Or indoor, hidden oil wells in Beverly Hills. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Oil_Field)

When I've HAD to take the 405 it was usually a nightmarish parking lot.....creeping along. Made me start looking for alternates whenever the trip seemed to include that highway. And scenery on the 405? fuggitabout it. I've seen better scenery on the Cross Bronx and the Van Wyck expressways.

[kb2vxa]

Now do you pronounce that van-wick or van-wike? (;->)

[KA9MOT]

The 405? Well, that would be another reason NOT to commute on the 405, as if there weren't already plenty! When I commuted from Beverly Hills to El Segundo, I always took la cienega -- never really got backed up, and was very scenic. Never thought I'd see an oil field in the city limits. Or indoor, hidden oil wells in Beverly Hills. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Oil_Field)

When I've HAD to take the 405 it was usually a nightmarish parking lot.....creeping along. Made me start looking for alternates whenever the trip seemed to include that highway. And scenery on the 405? fuggitabout it. I've seen better scenery on the Cross Bronx and the Van Wyck expressways.

If you were a truck driver you would know there is allot of scenery on the 405...Blondes, Brunettes, red heads.....short skirts, no skirts.......sports bras, no bras...... overall height differences have many advantages.