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

Aging Well | Last Active: Mar 23 9:13pm | Replies (473)

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@fiesty76

@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!

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@fiesty76 The first time my battery died we had AAA out to charge it and the gentleman told us to drive it for 15 minutes. The next time it happened I was in the parking lot a Walgreen's, had just picked something up curbside and my car wouldn't start. Had AAA out again and the next day we brought it to the dealer. They thought the battery was OK but then it happened again so then they replaced it, no charge. We thought they would probably pro-rate it but they didn't.
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