| Author | Message | ||
     Gil Stevens (Gil) Senior Member Username: Gil Post Number: 363 Registered: 02-2002 |
im leaving at 6:00 monday morning and i will be gone for 3-4 months. I will have 2 vehicles sitting idle at my house in my absense, one is a 1990 range rover and the other is a 2001 audi TT. The range rover battery is being disconnected, thats a given.. my problem is should i also disconnect the TT battery?? With all the computers and crap going on in this thing i dont know if having the battery off for that long would shut the car down or put it into some kind of lock down mode. Of course i think of this on a sunday when there is no audi service available. Would anyone here have any thoughts on this?? anything would help.. thanks. | ||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 863 Registered: 11-2002 |
I would say maybe get a friend or something come and start it every week for about 5-10 minutes. We have a Mercedes CLK and we did not drive it during the winter for about 1 or 2 months and the battery was dead. They had to come put a new battery in and it had to go to the service department to get some of the electronics back on track. That I think would be your best bet. | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 972 Registered: 02-2002 |
as far as the battery goes there is a product called a "battery tender" i used it to keep the batteries on my race bike up during low usage times.... its a plug in and leave it deal. you might give that a look at for the battery. mike w | ||
| Eric Pena (Evalp) Senior Member Username: Evalp Post Number: 582 Registered: 06-2002 |
Ya, go to an auto parts store and get one of those. They are a small solar panal that plugs into the aux power port in the car. It gives a slow, small charge to the battery during daylight hours, just enouph to replenish what is lost by alarms, computers, clocks, etc... $20, $30 maybe. | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) Senior Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 257 Registered: 01-2003 |
If the car is outside do what Eric said. Here is a URL for one company that makes them. (I have no experience with this company, but have used Solar Panels as a battery maintainer. If it's kept inside, then just get the non-sun powered battery maintenance things. About $40.00 Or, go with the Solar Panel set next to a big lightbulb  -Reed | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) Senior Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 258 Registered: 01-2003 |
 Here is the URL; www.technigear.com Sorry about that. -Reed | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 974 Registered: 02-2002 |
http://www.batterytender.com/ this is the battery tender i am referring to mike w | ||
| Gil Stevens (Gil) Senior Member Username: Gil Post Number: 364 Registered: 02-2002 |
i grabbed one from a friend, very similar to the one you use mike. thanks alot for the ideas guys.. |
