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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (134348)2/4/2007 3:05:19 PM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 225578
 
True on the battery.

The battery in my Suburban is about 18 months old, and we put a new battery in the Van in the fall.

The 'burban starts right up even when it is 10 degrees outside, but can sense the extra power draw on the battery. Takes it a second or two extra to get started.

I understand one measure of auto/truck batteries is "CCA" or "cold cranking amps." Since a battery is essentially a box in which a chemical reaction is taking place to produce juice, it makes sense that cold slows down the reaction. One of those thermodynamic things, I think.



To: Oral Roberts who wrote (134348)2/4/2007 4:13:10 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 225578
 
<< I give the poor girl 10 minutes or so to work the kinks out before driving to the club though.>>

I brought a Fiat Spyder home when I came home from Germany. When winter hit I had to back it into the parking spot and leave it in 1st gear. After sitting all night the tranny wouldn't shift for the first two blocks.


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