And what i'm getting from you guys is basically jump it and let it run or charge it up with a charger if my work killed the battery.
I'd rather put it on charge right away--it's always going to be harder bringing back a weak battery that you killed than keeping it topped off.
Back in the day, one could have the doors open, run the radio for hours and the car would start fine. My buddy can leave his 65 Mustang sitting for a year, and then come out and fire it up
Yeah, I used to have a 70's car that I would leave sit for months at a time...the only drain was the clock, then that stopped working and I could let it sit for 6 months and it would fire right up once it got some gas up to the carb.
Today's cars have so many computers running all the time, even when the key is out of the ignition there is still a drain on the battery. If I leave a car sitting for just two weeks, no dice.
Yeah I learned that last new car I bought, dealer replaced the battery under warranty after some back and forth, but they told me I can't leave the car sitting for 2 weeks, and I'm thinking to myself, don't people go on vacation for 2 weeks? Like, non car people who would never have a battery charger or know how to use it, they can't go away and expect their car to start when they come home? "I'm stuck in the airport parking lot, my brand new car won't start"
I just checked under Auto Accessories on AGO and do not see they carry any chargers.
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I have a 4.3 but I didn't buy it here. As you pointed out, these are great for storage or in this case, keeping up with having the door open, but they won't hit it hard like the old-school chargers.
Another thing for you guys that i remember well as a kid is the cold up north too! I remember one particular ski weekend in Conway years ago that required a little ether squirt in the carb in the morning to get it started. Funny to think about now and of course i'm dating myself with that one but those days are all but gone on our late model vehicles. I miss the simple fixes.
Ha, after all the cars went to fuel injection I remember one of my friends saying to me on a real cold winter day "remember on days like this we'd be out with the hood up spraying ether in the carb, and now we just go out and turn the key". I remember helping someone move and their gf's car was some early 60's beater that had been out in the below-zero overnight, and it was about 5 degrees in the daytime and it wouldn't start. It was at her parent's house so there was no car-guy supplies to access, but we found a Sterno can in the garage and lit that and put it under the oil pan for a while...and got it going. Ah, memories...
