My car died and I don't have anyone to jump me

[tufguy]

My car died and I don't have anyone to jump me. What does it mean "I don't have anyone to jump me"? Does it mean there is no one to push the car? I watched it in this video at 1:01.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgVMb7riM1o.

 

[Rover_KE]

No. '... to jump me' is commonly heard, though it would be more accurate to say 'to jump my battery'.

jump

v 17

to connect (a dead battery) to a live battery by attaching booster cables between the terminals

(Random House Dictionary)

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm only familiar with "give me a jump start". However, I would have understood what "I don't have anyone to jump me" meant because of the context.

 

[Roman55]

My car died and I don't have anyone to jump me. What does it mean "I don't have anyone to jump me"? Does it mean there is no one to push the car?

Jump has been explained. When you get the car started by being pushed we talk about a bump start.

 

[tufguy]

Jump has been explained. When you get the car started by being pushed we talk about a bump start.

Okay, if I want someone to push my car (although I don't have one) then I need to say "I need a bump start" or "Could you bump my car a bit so that I can start it?". Is it correct?

 

[Rover_KE]

Just ask for a push.

Ask us again when you get a car. We'll tell you then how to do a bump start.

 

[Rover_KE]

He'll have forgotten that by the time he gets a car.:-|

 

[GoesStation]

Remember to leave it in neutral until you get up to speed, then put it in first gear. The crank shaft will turn much faster than the car's wheels.

It's usually recommended to use a higher gear to avoid bringing the car to a sudden stop. It's more important to get the engine turning than to turn it rapidly.

This is academic for the vast majority of cars in the United States, where automatic transmissions have an overwhelming market share. (You can't bump-start a car with an automatic.)

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

We don't say "bump-start" in the US. I like it, though!

 

[GoesStation]

We don't say "bump-start" in the US. I like it, though!

We certainly do in southwest Ohio. It used to be a common way to start old beaters.

 

[JMurray]

In Aust/NZ jump start is very common but I can't say I've heard bump start. In my experience, and I've had few dodgy cars, it's always been a push start with someone in the car to pop the clutch.

 

[SoothingDave]

I wouldn't call it a "bump start." We have hills. It would be called "popping the clutch."

It's all academic at this point. Cars with manual transmissions here have nanny state interlocks that prevent that. Engine won't start unless clutch pedal is depressed.

 

[GoesStation]

I wouldn't call it a "bump start." We have hills. It would be called "popping the clutch."

It's all academic at this point. Cars with manual transmissions here have nanny state interlocks that prevent that. Engine won't start unless clutch pedal is depressed.

Not true. The interlock wisely prevents operating the starter unless the clutch is depressed. It doesn't turn off the ignition. This has undoubtedly saved quite a few people from leg or hip fractures they might otherwise have suffered when walking between parked cars while someone tried to start one of them.

The point of bump-starting a car is to start it without the starter.

 

[SoothingDave]

I thought it prevented all electrical systems from working. Good to know.