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Heh, heh... that reminds me of another car story. One time the battery in my wife's minivan shorted. She came out of Mervyn's, and it was dead. The car would jumpstart, but not run unless you kept the revs up. I limped it home like that and then tried to figure out what was up. Finally, I removed the battery, jump started it to the battery cables, and drove all around the neighborhood, no problems at all. The battery being shorted was dragging the motor down. One of the weirdest battery deals I've run into. Sorry I didn't mention that story earlier, I had forgotten about it.