Exactly. Today's vehicles are more rolling consumer electronics hubs than
anything. A lot more constant demands on the battery.
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thirty years ago the radio and the instruments were probably the only
> things drawing power when the car was running during the day. Then add
> lighting at night. And setting in the garage doing nothing... the battery
> was also likely doing nothing.
>
> Going back to 1999 my Chrysler LHS (which I still own and drive every day)
> is electronically always on. When we would go to Florida for the winter it
> was left behind until we returned some 3 months later. The owner's manual
> stipulates that you must remove a particular 10 amp fuse if you're not
> going to drive the car for some 4-6 weeks (I can't remember the exact
> number). If you don't follow that advice you will have a dead battery
> later on.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> On 1/29/2015 9:58 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>
>> I'd say that was quite good. Something in the car battery equation has
>> changed though. Thirty years ago I routinely got 7-8 years out of a car
>> battery. These days I'm lucky to get 3-4.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Bummer, I had to replace the bimmer battery, as it bought the farm. Dead
>>> as
>>> a doorknob. Not bad for the original battery though. 2004
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