Re: bmw-digest V9 #746 Batteries

[Michiel van Wessem <jmvw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Do you ever forget your lights, or listen to the radio for long times
without the car running? I think car batteries really hate it to get drained.

We had a Buick with a perfectly good 7 year old battery in it, until I
installed a new radio and listened to it for a while without the engine
running. Next morning, it needed a jump start. The morning after that too.
It needed a new battery.

Friend of my kept forgot the lights in his Civic a couple of times: new
battery. He doesn't forget it anymore: I put a beeper in that car that
beeps if the ignition key is off and the lights on. About $5 in parts and
very useful :)

Michiel

At 02:15 PM 12/26/98 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-12-26 13:43:14 EST, you write:
>
>All I can say is KEEP THE RECIEPT; I don't know if the batteries are getting
>worse, the cars are getting more demanding, or my luck is bad, but i must
have
>gone through 5 or 6 batteries in the last 3 years! I know it would have been
>alot more expensive had it not been for the refunded guarantee balances...
>
>Pay a little more, get a good guarantee, and get one from a chain with
alot of
>stores and good weekend hours...

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