"y_p_w" <y_p_w@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Jun 25, 6:11 am, "William Munny" <w...@jbigwhiskey.org> wrote:
> "y_p_w" <y_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > So here's the deal. The car is a Honda Civic with a group 51 battery
> > (Kirkland Signature from Costco if that helps). Every once in a while
> > the battery is heavily drained because a light (map light or headlamp)
> > was left on. I do find it annoying that there is no headlight-on
> > warning chime or auto-off. Sometimes it starts and sometimes it needs
> > a jump; a portable jump starter always does the trick. The car itself
> > is driven maybe a few times a month for short distances along with the
> > occasional long trip.


> Tell your wife or teenager that the next time they leave the car light on
> and the battery drains, they will need to pay for a tow truck to come out
> for a jump...

> End of problem, no trickle charger needed...


> Well - the deal is that I'd end up paying for it, and occasionally I'm
> the guilty party from turning on the lights during the day (typically for
> visibility in forest roads).

> The map lights however are usually not my fault and typically they only
> require a jump if left on overnight or for days at home.



Don't be such an enabler. Tell the kid to get his ass off his computer and
get a job--- and the old lady too.

And if your cognitive skills are such that you repeatedly leave your lights
on while driving in the woods, how are you going to remember to hook up the
charger every time you bring your car home? Also, a guy like you should
think twice before venturing out in the woods so dark and deep. You'll get
lost for sure and the fire department, cops or forest service will end up
wasting hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars mounting a search for
you...