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06-20-2015, 11:41 AM

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bronsin

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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I remember the no jumping thing being an issue for my friend as well. IIRC, we'd get a couple of guys behind the car and push him...still able to compression start. Never at 20 below though....this was near the beach in Southern California.

Yes one good thing about starting the 6v VW was there were lots of hills where we lived!

BTW I used to start cars with automatic transmission by pushing them to ~25 mph using the old tire thing between the bumpers....

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