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Originally Posted by racerbruce
Greetings to my UK and Belgium friends -
I don't! I've always ensured the car was either driven or started every 1-2 weeks since retirement about 3 yrs ago. Before that, I would drive 5 miles to a multi-story park and ride building and take the public transit bus to downtown Seattle that was 15 miles from the park and ride. I loved the park and ride because I could park under cover out of the rain and sun. I would arrive at 525 am so there were still al lot of parking stalls left and i had a favorite and kept the Red Roadster up next to a concrete wall and FAR AWAY from door dings.
One interesting note - when it was not raining (that happens on occasion in the Great Pacific Northwest  I would use the key and open the convertible top as i walked up to the car. I discovered that because this uses quite a bit of battery energy and that I was only driving 5 miles to return home this was not enough miles to keep the battery charged. So I changed that up and ensured I went for a "fun drive" once a week.
I really like your process and may adopt it in the future. Tell me, do you close your trunk lid and latch it which may affect the power cord that is in the way of the trunk lid?? |
Battery is in the boot (trunk) though charging points are next to engine so red goes on + and _ is the engine hoist bracket.Charging is important and simply driving the car infrequently is not enough.I was charging it yesterday with the car locked and bonnet very slightly open facing the garage door with the charger in the engine bay connected to extension going to power point in garage.I have a small inexpensive pulse charger which has a 'repair' function but the normal setting is enough and charge for about 8-10 hours to bring the meter up to 100%.If your battery is bad then an indicator will flash.
Will be doing the CLK today.