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Downsizing, To Move or Not to Move? That is the Question

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@sueinmn My less than 3-year-old battery died from lack of use. It was still under warranty so we did get a replacement one. I guess now with a brand new battery that won't happen but I do try to take it out every few days.
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Safer and better is a "Maintainer"! Does the same as a trickle charger but has a safety feature that shuts off when the battery is fully charged! A trickle charger if not checked can over charge the battery and ruin it.
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@sueinmn and @contentandwell, I too put verrrry few miles on my car during 2020 and started putting a reminder on my calendar to start the car every 2-3 weeks just to keep the battery up. Learned an important lesson a few weeks ago when car wouldn't restart while waiting in line for carryout. I'd been switching ignition on and off as the long line ahead progressed and ended up having 2 very nice young men behind push the car out of line into the pkg lot. Called Triple A when battery charger didn't work but before they could get to me, the car restarted. Next day, I took it to battery place and found the battery, still under warranty, very weak. When I told the fella' what I'd been doing and what happened in the line, he suggested I drive the car each time I was starting it to build it up and that starting/stopping in lines was not a good idea...that I'd already figured out on my own!