EOC problems

[repete86]

I've been experimenting with EOC today, and have run into three problems. The first is that with an AT, the car won't start unless it's in park. The second is that if I'm doing it at night, my battery hates me and the engine occasionally stalls upon startup (turning the lights off, waiting two seconds then starting it again works fine though). The third is that my power steering and brakes also hate me when the engine is off.

Unless someone knows a way to easily fix the fact that the engine won't start outside of park, I'm stuck doing this only when I know that I'm coming to a complete stop (I already made an embarrassing forced stop mid traffic because I didn't know that the engine wouldn't start in neutral). I'm not very technically minded, so if it isn't simple, I'm just going to have to save EOCing for when I know that I"m coming to a complete stop (though I did have alot of luck tonight with EOCing over a mile down a bridge to a red turn signal that doesn't go green at night). Any ideas? I know that I need to switch to a stick, but no money for that right now.

Is the power steering/brake issue battery related? It's a pretty new battery, so I hope that it isn't weak. If so, are there small solar panels that I can wire into something in my car to give juice to the battery when I'm not using the car (in Florida we have too much sunlight so I might as well use it for something). I saw a post about teh VW solar pannels, but those were for OBD2 (this car was built in 1992). Is there any way to modify one to plug into the cigarette lighter or something? Again, I'm not very technically minded, so please don't laugh if that was a stupid question.

Thanks!