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james_s:
I like working from home and have thought at times that it would be nice to do it fulltime but now I'm wishing I could go into the office at least one day a week.

My car has not moved in close to a month, I went to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription and stopped at the grocery store, that was the last time I went anywhere further than my mailbox. I've been thinking I should probably put a charger on the battery so it doesn't go dead and maybe move it a few feet so the tires don't get flat spots.
rdl:
As far as cars go, you should probably drive them a bit every week, at least for long enough to charge up the battery and get the tires warm.

In other news, I heard on the radio last night that drinking on the job has increased to an estimated 38% due to so many now working at home because of the virus.
coppice:

--- Quote from: james_s on April 10, 2020, 09:43:36 pm ---My car has not moved in close to a month, I went to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription and stopped at the grocery store, that was the last time I went anywhere further than my mailbox. I've been thinking I should probably put a charger on the battery so it doesn't go dead and maybe move it a few feet so the tires don't get flat spots.

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Many modern cars will have dead battery in under a month, because of all the little systems they have running continuously that haven't been designed to be ultra low power.
nctnico:

--- Quote from: rdl on April 10, 2020, 09:57:01 pm ---As far as cars go, you should probably drive them a bit every week, at least for long enough to charge up the battery and get the tires warm.

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Yes. You have to drive a car at least once a week. Because I'm mostly working from home anyway my car has been standing still for weeks and that resulted in flat spots on all tyres. Very annoying to drive with. I already had the rear tyres changed a couple of months ago.
Electro Detective:

--- Quote from: Monkeh on April 10, 2020, 01:01:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppice on April 10, 2020, 12:56:01 pm ---The queue outside our local supermarket looks long. Then you allow for the people in the queue being 3m apart, with a trolley between each person, and there really aren't that many people there.
It only takes a few minutes to get into the store. Within that store they have put a lot of yellow tape markers on the floor, to try to make people flow in particular directions, and help them to maintain some distance.

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And still you get both parents out shopping, with the children running around uncontrolled.
And to top it off, one of the parents will walk up right next to you and shout across the store at their completely uncontrolled petri dishes.


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There is no doubt they have many relatives littering living in many parts of Australia   ::)

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Concerning cars: start them up once a week (avoid a freezing cold morning) let them idle and run for 15 to 30 minutes,
with an occasional accelerator press to keep it from flooding, stalling or over revving,
with NO heavy draw accessories on like heater, air con. lights etc 
radio iis ok if you can bear the noise they play and the childish toilet based coked idiot talk, and generic repetitive bs they spout  :palm:

Move the car a few inches to shift any flat spots on the tyres/tires/tar-errrs
and depending on the overall CCA condition of the battery, you're good to go for another week  :phew:

and PLEASE, unless you have a death wish or want to beat corona to the finish line,
do not perform this is in an enclosed garage or space   :scared:
i.e. take it outside and do it, then park the car back in when done..and turn off the engine asap! 

Yes, it's obvious and like 'Oh, DUH..' but there's always that one uninformed car newb
or lazy idiot that may take themselves out,
which would be bad timing as the Darwin Award Prize manufacturer is closed too,
due to the ever versatile multitasking Corona  :D




 
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