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Saw this over on the USCCA forum and thought I’d borrow and share it. In my (much) younger days I can honestly say I’ve done this more than once. My first standard, bought in 1977 or so, was a ‘71 Vega hatchback if that tells you anything 😂 🚙!

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Been there and done that a few times, cars and motorcycles. A buddy had a 1950s something Cadillac hearse with a LaSalle manual transmission conversion. Fun car but always had a dead battery. I'd push it while he popped the clutch. It was big enough to seat a few more to help push but it was always me alone. :LOL:
 
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Lol just thinking about this the other day. My best friend Don and I decided that one year our annual week bowhunting trip in the UP would not be at the cabin , but instead truck camping for adventure. The third amigo dad, was ok with it. Don and I spent like a month building a removeable bed in the truck bed. It had removable storage lids under and a nice 8 inch thick sheet of foam for the bed.

So time came we went up and we had everything even a nice Coleman stove. We forgot nothing we were in luxury that first night. Then it started raining and raining and we found the one thing we did not think of. Condensation, the roof of the cap collected the Condensation and rained down on us every moment. After the third day, completely soaked inside and out, we gave in and threw everything in the truck to head the hour to the cabin.

We hopped in the truck and click click, the battery was dead. Don looked at us and said, "We are gonna die out here" lol of course this caused quite the nervous laughs. Which because in the Upper where we went, that's not entirely out of the realm of possibility.

Then I noticed we were parked on a hill and dons truck was a stick . A quick push later we were on our way to cLean dry beds...

Ah memories, all that is left of those days since they are both gone now.
 
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Lab4Us said:
Saw this over on the USCCA forum and thought I’d borrow and share it. In my (much) younger days I can honestly say I’ve done this more than once. My first standard, bought in 1977 or so, was a ‘71 Vega hatchback if that tells you anything 😂 🚙!

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Many times.

Long-live manual transmissions.

Plus, get the most-of the multiple computers out of all these new vehicles.
 
I had a 78 diesel VW rabbit. Great car, BUT if it was less than 20F outside and the engine was cold you’d run the battery down using glow plugs and cranking over and over. At the same time, if you pushed it enough to just get it rolling, hop in and pop the clutch and it was running just fine. Parked on a slight grade at work, End of shift a little push and I was gone😊
 
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I had a 78 diesel VW rabbit. Great car, BUT if it was less than 20F outside and the engine was cold you’d run the battery down using glow plugs and cranking over and over. At the same time, if you pushed it enough to just get it rolling, hop in and pop the clutch and it was running just fine. Parked on a slight grade at work, End of shift a little push and I was gone😊
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That experience is a classic example of how people used to learn how to DEAL WITH THINGS instead of being needy!
( yeah, I had to push off my VW bug* a lot - always made sure to ‘park tactically’ 😉)…

*my very first was an International Scout; it was a stick too of course
 
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