NHRAMAN

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I jumped mine 4 years ago--before I got my Optima.....jumped at least 6 times from my friends 57' Nomad...no big deal at all...used the battery ground all times......worrys= overated I think...........

Tainted

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I cant beleive such a massive debate on how to jump start a ****** car.

just hook it up to the battery, me and gramps have jumped so many cars I couldnt even count them on all in a year using the battery posts and never had an issue.

ErikElvis

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I use to ground to the chassis or block somewhere but I just gave up doing that and use the battery ground. Never had any probs.

Starz T/A 17

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Like already said the whole reason why you should use a ground on the car opposed to the one on the terminal is IF there is a spark THERE IS A SMALL POSSIBILITY that there could be fumes from the batery that can go BOOM and blow the battery. Like already stated you may have a better chance of gettin struck with lightning but why take the risk if you dont have to

LS1>girlfriend

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will work unless you tuned out the battery

SladeX

the reason you avoid using the battery is to a) avoid spark in a potential fire situation from igniting gases from a leaky battery. (0.0000001% chance)
b) there's less resistance if directly attached to chassis or engine (negative connection)
c) GM puts a positive lead for you to use in jump situations as well which is closer to the alternator...

Detoxx03

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Wow mine are yellow and black too