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post 10000083007 03-10-2026, 08:11 PM
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"Need a jump?"

People don't know anything about cars anymore.

I've had two instances where someone asked me if I needed a jump in idiotic situations

One time I had a belt break driving down the road and so broke down on the side of the road. guy pulls up ask me if I need a jump. If the battery was dead how would I have made it this far ?

Second time, dirty IAC valve, so car starts but then would conk out if I let me foot off the gas. "Need a jump?" Bro the car is literally starting. no I do not need a jump



Those little booster boxes for jump starting are the shit though. if you don't have one get one.
post 10000083014 03-10-2026, 08:24 PM
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Need a jump?
post 10000083017 03-10-2026, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted By John
Need a jump?
credit to them for trying though. I'm getting triggered over nothing
post 10000083027 03-10-2026, 08:36 PM
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No going to ask, just gonna give this thread a jump I mean bump.
post 10000083030 03-10-2026, 08:40 PM
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You sound like a total dick wad. How you gunna be mad that someone offered you help

Politely decline and be glad there are decent people in the world who see a stranger in a shitty situation and offer assistance in the limited way they may know how.

Negged ****** and I never neg anyone
post 10000083038 03-10-2026, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted By freeburn⏩
You sound like a total dick wad. How you gunna be mad that someone offered you help

Politely decline and be glad there are decent people in the world who see a stranger in a shitty situation and offer assistance in the limited way they may know how.

Negged ****** and I never neg anyone
you read that and thought i said mean things back to them?

definitely autistic

I said "no thanks" which is what any normal person should assume any other normal person would say


this is a commentary on how no one knows how anything works now, that's all
post 10000083039 03-10-2026, 08:47 PM
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So the belts power the accessories. Without the belt you can still drive but your battery would discharge rapidly. So it's perfectly reasonable to ask if you need a jump to get the car going so you can move it somewhere else.
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post 10000083040 03-10-2026, 08:47 PM
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I like to jump sometimes.
post 10000083041 03-10-2026, 08:49 PM
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Also PROTIP: Get an odb2 scanner. Seen cars in limp mode that just needed a code cleared rather than a tow. That's actual help.

They're $30 and hook up to a free app on your phone
post 10000083044 03-10-2026, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩
So the belts power the accessories. Without the belt you can still drive but your battery would discharge rapidly. So it's perfectly reasonable to ask if you need a jump to get the car going so you can move it somewhere else.
was already safely off the road in a neighborhood


how far can it really go on that? I thought you're risking damage pretty quickly.
post 10000083049 03-10-2026, 09:01 PM
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Based on my googling, its a bad idea but you technically can jump a car in that situation and drive it a little while. I don't think the guy offering knew that, since he didnt know what was wrong, but I'll take the L that technically there are some situations where a jump could maybe be kind of useful in that context.

I've never seen jump used outside of "car wont start" context, but happy to have learned something new.
post 10000083052 03-10-2026, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted By Zere0wn⏩
was already safely off the road in a neighborhood


how far can it really go on that? I thought you're risking damage pretty quickly.
Yes you need it for all kinds of things, coolant pump, spark plugs, fuel pump.

I'm guessing a modern car would flip it's shit with the voltage getting out of spec with no alternator with all that draw
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post 10000083053 03-10-2026, 09:09 PM
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post 10000083055 03-10-2026, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted By Papi_Chulo⏩
Yes you need it for all kinds of things, coolant pump, spark plugs, fuel pump.

I'm guessing a modern car would flip it's shit with the voltage getting out of spec with no alternator with all that draw
would you risk it in certain contexts?
post 10000083058 03-10-2026, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted By Zere0wn⏩
credit to them for trying though. I'm getting triggered over nothing
A jump start can also assist in situations where the alternator is not returning charge to the battery. This can result in the car having enough charge remaining in the battery to start but not to continuously drive accessories (especially headlights) or battery driven things such as ECU


So yes there are circumstances where your car could have started and driven and then need a ‘jump start’ to get to a garage

TLDR: you’re mad because you don’t understand how cars work

Originally Posted By Zere0wn⏩
this is a commentary on how no one knows how anything works now, that's all
Lmao

And butthurt about your own lack of knowledge too

This is one of those scenarios where OP wishes he could delete his thread

Fukken retard
post 10000083062 03-10-2026, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted By r32gojirra⏩
A jump start can also assist in situations where the alternator is not returning charge to the battery. This can result in the car having enough charge remaining in the battery to start but not to continuously drive accessories (especially headlights) or battery driven things such as ECU


So yes there are circumstances where your car could have started and driven and then need a ‘jump start’ to get to a garage

TLDR: you’re mad because you don’t understand how cars work



Lmao

And butthurt about your own lack of knowledge too

This is one of those scenarios where OP wishes he could delete his thread

Fukken retard
this is why no one likes you
post 10000083067 03-10-2026, 09:24 PM
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we're having a civil conversation and some people with more knowledge than me are chiming in and I admit I was at least partly wrong and r332 comes in

"LOL you're a fucking idiot"


This is why you will be the first person I block when the feature is available, and there are entire threads dedicated to a huge chunk of the forum not liking you.

who wants to interact with people that behave like you?
post 10000083071 03-10-2026, 09:26 PM
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for real though this is why I like internet forums - all kinds of different people bringing knowledge
post 10000083104 03-10-2026, 10:27 PM
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"Hi there, looks like you're in a spot of bother - can I help?"

"Sure, you can help by fucking off you cunt"

Makes complete sense.
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post 10000083110 03-10-2026, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted By LargePeter⏩
"Hi there, looks like you're in a spot of bother - can I help?"

"Sure, you can help by fucking off you cunt"

Makes complete sense.
only an Autist would think that's what happened

y'all really interact in real life like you do on here?
post 10000083115 03-10-2026, 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted By Zere0wn⏩
we're having a civil conversation and some people with more knowledge than me are chiming in and I admit I was at least partly wrong and r332 comes in

"LOL you're a fucking idiot"


This is why you will be the first person I block when the feature is available, and there are entire threads dedicated to a huge chunk of the forum not liking you.

who wants to interact with people that behave like you?
Cry harder dumbass

BTW I called you a retard, not an idiot

It’s an important distinction because retard is a clinical term to refer to people with below 70 IQ
post 10000083119 03-10-2026, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted By r32gojirra⏩
Cry harder dumbass

BTW I called you a retard, not an idiot

It’s an important distinction because retard is a clinical term to refer to people with below 70 IQ
why do you act like this towards other people? You having a rough go in life? If you need someone to talk to feel free to PM me.
post 10000083127 03-10-2026, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted By Zere0wn⏩
why do you act like this towards other people? You having a rough go in life? If you need someone to talk to feel free to PM me.
>be OP
>claim people don’t know anything about cars anymore
>claim that when people offer him a jump broken down at side of road it’s an “idiotic situation”
>get butthurt when people point out that it is, in fact, OP that doesn’t know anything about cars
>ignore the irony of looking down on others when you yourself are at fault; in favour of being butthurt
>REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Originally Posted By r32gojirra⏩
>be OP
>claim people don’t know anything about cars anymore
>claim that when people offer him a jump broken down at side of road it’s an “idiotic situation”
>get butthurt when people point out that it is, in fact, OP that doesn’t know anything about cars
>ignore the irony of looking down on others when you yourself are at fault; in favour of being butthurt
>REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
seriously though - if you're going through it in life there's help out there.

it's worth thinking through why you have this anger, it's not a healthy way to live
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Originally Posted By Zere0wn⏩
would you risk it in certain contexts?
For no belt,

It made me wonder so I asked AI, and did some more research and my answer is hell no. I was thinking the coolant pump was electrical.but it's belt driven for many cars including mine, so your engine will overheat very very quickly like within a few minutes hopefully it has some auto shut off feature if it doesn't it blows a head gasket

That would be the first problem before all others.

For battery related issues my mom's battery was dying and her TCU (transmission computer) threw a code but new battery it never came back it just didn't like the voltage out of spec from a dying battery
Send her to Papi Chulos
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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩
So the belts power the accessories. Without the belt you can still drive but your battery would discharge rapidly. So it's perfectly reasonable to ask if you need a jump to get the car going so you can move it somewhere else.
Bad idea if you have a belt driven coolant pump
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Originally Posted By Papi_Chulo⏩
For no belt,

It made me wonder so I asked AI, and did some more research and my answer is hell no. I was thinking the coolant pump was electrical.but it's belt driven for many cars including mine, so your engine will overheat very very quickly like within a few minutes hopefully it has some auto shut off feature if it doesn't it blows a head gasket

That would be the first problem before all others.

For battery related issues my mom's battery was dying and her TCU (transmission computer) threw a code but new battery it never came back it just didn't like the voltage out of spec from a dying battery
That's what I was thinking that it would be crazy to risk driving it vs a tow. Especially where if you've already been driving it (hence broke down on side of road), the engine is already warm. Still struggle to see a scenario where a jump is helpful after you've already been driving, but based on what some are saying certain engines/scenarios it could help. Like maybe the shop is 2 miles away and you wait an hour for the engine to cool off, but then your battery probably isn't even dead.


weak batteries can create all kinds of weird codes it seems, depending on the vehicle. Had a friends car throwing all kinds of random codes and I was helping them figure it out - eventually realized some AutoZone guy put an undersized battery in it. car's been great since.
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