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Originally Posted by Eff-1
It's a heated underground parkade, and if you live upstairs, then why not just start the car and run it for 5 or 10 minutes every 2 weeks? Shouldn't that do the trick?
In an underground parkade, I'd imagine a car should be able to sit idle at least a month, if not longer, without the battery dying, and assuming it's not a very old battery to begin with.
Sounds to me like you're overthinking it.
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On my 4 year old battery, it sat for 2 weeks and it was toast. This is a newer battery so 3 weeks and it fired right up.
Reason I don't let it idle underground, is it's a small parking garage. If I let the car idle for more than say, a minute, the C02 alarm starts blaring and the fans kick in, both don't shut off until the area's clear. I think the detector is right behind the post where my exhaust is lol
I have heard that running the car at idle doesn't charge it, and it needs to run