STORING CAR FOR THREE WEEKS
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No 3 weeks should be fine. I stored mine for 2.5 weeks and it started on the first crank! Just like I never parked the car at all.
Just make sure you take out all your cell phones, disable BT, take out all CDs and make sure the car goes into sleep mode before you leave by looking into the shifter and make sure the light is off.
Just make sure you take out all your cell phones, disable BT, take out all CDs and make sure the car goes into sleep mode before you leave by looking into the shifter and make sure the light is off.
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plug a charger into the lighter and don't worry!
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Originally Posted by jim911' post='272800' date='Apr 22 2006, 05:23 PM
plug a charger into the lighter and don't worry!
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That may be relative based on how many times the dealer let the battery run down or good dead and recharged it. If thats the case a charge may not hold 3 weeks.
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Originally Posted by jim911' post='272970' date='Apr 23 2006, 09:57 AM
That may be relative based on how many times the dealer let the battery run down or good dead and recharged it. If thats the case a charge may not hold 3 weeks.
Well my car didnt sit at the dealership more than 24hrs. I ordered the car and tracked it right up until pick up time. So I think the battery never ran down or was recharged, hopefully it will keep the charge.
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I also say "just park it and forget it". Just come back from 2 weeks away and mine fired up even before I'd finished turning the key! (Slight exageration, but she started as if I'd left her just an hour before).
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Be sure and hid the key or take it with you. Have a great trip. You could put a battery tender on the car, but I doubt seriously that the battery will go down in 3 weeks unless you have been having trouble with it.
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I just started my car back up from a long 4 month winter break and she ran just fine.
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