[Shotimes] Towed SHO

[Jason Hartberger]

Don't go to autozone. duralast starters suck. Go to advance auto parts 
and get one of theirs instead :P. (my wife works at an AAP, I swear I'm 
not biased lol)

Jason


James White wrote:
> Bet that I have push started one SHO or another at least 100 times :-(
>
> Rather than push, it works better if you park on a hill, or at least 
> a small parking lot grade.  I even once placed the rear wheels on 
> a concrete parking lot "bumper" at a motel, I could get going in 
> the morning.  I have been traveling out of town for as long as a 
> week, parking at a spot where I could get enough of a coast going 
> for a bump start.  Several times!
>
> Get an Autozone lifetime warranty starter, and though you might have 
> to do some advance planning when it fails again, at least you won't 
> have to pay for it.
>
> regards, Jim White - greensho@crown.net
>
>
>
>
> At Monday, 3 April 2006, "Zach Leahy" <leahyz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> No, two words.
>>
>> Push Start.
>>
>> If one is very talented you can push start your own car by yourself.  
>> I've done it :)
>>
>> Z
>>
>> On 4/3/06, Mark Mucher <mmucher@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> Four words - AAA Plus!
>>>
>>> They will tow 100 miles in any direction for $70-some bucks a year.
>>>
>>> (Tailor made for SHOs!)
>>>
>>> mm in sunny FL
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.
>>>       
> team.net]
>   
>>> On Behalf Of Techpriest
>>> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:13 AM
>>> To: ShoTimes (E-mail)
>>> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Towed SHO
>>>
>>> A starter is normally something I would do myself.  Had the car 
>>>       
> started to
>   
>>> act up instead of just failing totally all of a sudden I would 
>>>       
> have done it
>   
>>> myself.
>>>
>>> The car broke down in town, a few blocks from the shop it was 
>>>       
> towed to.
>   
>>> Getting it towed to my place 20 miles away would have cost even 
>>>       
> more.  If
>   
>>> replacing the starter did not fix the problem I just wasted half 
>>>       
> my Sunday,
>   
>>> and now I need to get the car towed the 20 miles back to town 
>>>       
> so a real
>   
>>> mechanic can figure out what's wrong with it.
>>>
>>> We like living in a small town in the country, but it can be a 
>>>       
> real pain
>   
>>> sometimes.
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Besides the starter (which is very easy to do, right up front under
>>>> the oil filter) and autox, how's SHO ownership been for you?
>>>>         
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>> --
>> Zach Leahy
>> Fort Wayne, IN
>> 1985 BMW K100RT - For Sale!!
>> 1992 SHO MTX - Arrest Me Red
>> 1993 SHO MTX - Green Racecar
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