10 days should be OK if its a DD and the battery is charged. A battery tender is good investment in any case.
Battery Question
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Burning Brakes
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From: Murrieta CA
Battery Question
I'm getting ready to go on a 10 day vacation and am a little paranoid about what condition my battery may be in when I get back. The car is 37 months old with the original battery. Car is a daily driver and rarely goes more than 1 or 2 days without being driven. No issues with the battery to date. Should I even worry about this or should I consider using a battery tender while I'm gone?
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For 10 days, you should be OK assuming you've not had battery issues before. You can always disconnect the negative battery cable. You will just have to re-program the radio presets (and maybe won't even have to do that!).
If there is a Harbor Freight store near you, their little battery maintainer works fine and they run around $7-8 when on sale.
If there is a Harbor Freight store near you, their little battery maintainer works fine and they run around $7-8 when on sale.
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As the others here have stated, you should be OK as long as you don't already have a marginal battery to begin with. On a couple occasions I've left mine in the airport parking garage for a week at a time w/o trouble at all. Mine's a red top.
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