About that battery, a car battery can get wrecked just from disuse. I’ve twice done that, left the car undriven for several weeks, and found the battery not just flat but unable to take a proper charge afterwards. Since then, I make a point of ensuring that the car gets driven at least once a week.
You can also just get one of the little “trickle” chargers that will keep the battery charged and healthy without stressing it. Some will have a small plug attachment you can then make the maintenance process a bit cleaner looking (and a bit more certain in terms of always have good connections).
Likewise. I had this happen during the 2020 pandemic to my regular car when it simply wasn’t driven for a few months, and it happened a few weeks ago with a truck we use for local short errands—I went to go get a replacement tire for that car, and it didn’t start. The errands just aren’t long enough to keep the battery topped up, apparently. (Then we discovered the terminals were so rusty our jumpstarting failed… Always fun to hit an error cascade.)
About that battery, a car battery can get wrecked just from disuse. I’ve twice done that, left the car undriven for several weeks, and found the battery not just flat but unable to take a proper charge afterwards. Since then, I make a point of ensuring that the car gets driven at least once a week.
You can also just get one of the little “trickle” chargers that will keep the battery charged and healthy without stressing it. Some will have a small plug attachment you can then make the maintenance process a bit cleaner looking (and a bit more certain in terms of always have good connections).
Likewise. I had this happen during the 2020 pandemic to my regular car when it simply wasn’t driven for a few months, and it happened a few weeks ago with a truck we use for local short errands—I went to go get a replacement tire for that car, and it didn’t start. The errands just aren’t long enough to keep the battery topped up, apparently. (Then we discovered the terminals were so rusty our jumpstarting failed… Always fun to hit an error cascade.)
In this case it appeared to be the original battery. If it really was, lasting 10 years is pretty impressive!
It’s rare that the car goes a week without being driven, since we drive over to visit my dad almost every week.