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I just put the high torque starter in but haven't been on a trip long enough to test it out (has it solved my hot start problem). But Hugh, one thing I can pass along, given that it sounds like you had a pretty short trip before you encountered difficulty, is that your starter may be on its last legs. My hot start problems all occurred during long highway trips where I'd be going maybe 200-250 mi. at continuous high speed between stops. After these long road trips, the car had to sit overnight before the starter would work. During the trips I learned to park on an incline so I could jumpstart. I never experienced the problem with "normal" everyday driving, until one day recently when the starter quit after a short drive and wouldn't kick in for about 2 hrs., then quit for good. I suspect that a lot of these hot start "problems" are just symptomatic of a starter going bad, or maybe a badly-designed starter, but many 911 drivers don't experience the problem or the symptoms because they don't use the car on a long highspeed trip.
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