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1. Be happy drive it all the time (score: 1)
Author: "Michael Torrusio" <mtorrusi@maine.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:45:15 -0800
Glad to hear you have had a chance to drive your car. I drive mine every day. Keeps it, and me happy: seals stay soft, brakes don't stick, engine doesn't gum up. Of course, being in Portland, Maine m
/html/mgs/2000-02/msg00966.html (7,679 bytes)

2. Re: Be happy drive it all the time (score: 1)
Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:22:13 -0600
Hi Mike, Two schools of thought on this. One says push in the clutch to remove the gearbox drag. The other says leave the clutch alone to minimize wear on the crankshaft thrust washers. I opine that
/html/mgs/2000-02/msg00967.html (8,137 bytes)

3. Re: Be happy drive it all the time (score: 1)
Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 12:41:16 -0500
I tend to put the car in neutral and leave the clutch out. However since my Midget uses a heavier gear oil, in the winter the tranny can be enough drag to keep the engine from turning over. So then I
/html/mgs/2000-02/msg00970.html (9,495 bytes)

4. Re: Be happy drive it all the time (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 13:51:35 -0600
starting the engine. I was taught, and it makes sense, that the starter doesn't need the extra work of dragging the transmission gears around, when it is starting the engine. When I bought my '71 B,
/html/mgs/2000-02/msg00974.html (8,619 bytes)

5. Re: Be happy drive it all the time (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:41:20 -0800
1. I agree with those who say, put it in neutral to start 2. ...but for some reason, many modern cars (like my wife's Geo) require one to depress the clutch before the ignition will work. I assumed t
/html/mgs/2000-02/msg00979.html (7,929 bytes)

6. Re: Be happy drive it all the time (score: 1)
Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 06:19:17 -0600
Hi Max, That business of having to depress the clutch pedal to make the engine start has been around for many years on various cars, since long before the Audi incidents. I first ran across it on a 1
/html/mgs/2000-02/msg01006.html (7,545 bytes)


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