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Fix 8 · Ugly 5
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Cheap jump starters quote bigger numbers for less money. Where that difference is marketing, and where it is the hardware you actually need.
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Peak-amp figures tell you almost nothing about starting a big old engine. What actually determines whether a pocket jump starter will crank a V8.
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What actually belongs in the trunk of an older car, ordered by how likely each failure is — and the kit items that are mostly theatre.
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- Dead batteryThe car sat for a month and now it won't turn over.
- No garage spaceThe car fits, but only just, and nothing else does.
- Car clutterEverything I own is loose in the trunk and rattling.
- Dirty interiorThe interior has grit in places a vacuum cannot reach.
- Bad lightingI cannot see what I am doing under the hood or under the car.
- Lost toolsI own three 10 mm sockets and can find none of them.