HELP, my car is completely DEAD!!!

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by ka0sx

sail,even though it says it in the manual not to, it will not hurt the car if done right if necessity calls.

yeah.... there was a thread about this a long time ago... nobody had ever had issues with it, or could even come up with a reason as to why it would be a problem if you do it properly.

I've started my car while rolling probably 100 times.... no problems yet. Never had to push start... but I've done a lil hypermiling where I cut the engine, then put the ignition back to acc so I had steering and brakes. I don't do it anymore... but, it appears to be fine.

The only vehicle I had a bad alt in was my 86 Jeep Cherokee. The mazda had no problems... course, after it was 5 years old I put in a 160amp alt... but I had that alt running in the car for five years. I'm not too scared about an alt going bad in the yaris... isn't it rated 80amps? 80 is decent for a car.... I remember the civics had 60amp... I can't imagine a CRX having anything more than that. I'm not a big fan of honda when it comes to the electrical systems. Subaru is pretty cool tho.