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Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus
Red Squirrel:
Hmmm never considered the tires getting flat spots. Was thinking what do they do at dealerships, but guess those cars get moved a lot too to plow the lot and what not.
OwO:
--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on April 10, 2020, 09:37:02 pm ---I guess being single helps for me. Been enjoying working from home. I could get used to this. :D
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If you shave off your beard you will look like a cute girl ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
james_s:
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--- 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.
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Well my "modern" car is 30 years old, that and the '84 have both sat for months at a time in the past while I was driving the other. I let one sit for 6 months and the battery got a little weak but it was still enough to start it. Another advantage of older cars I suppose.
SilverSolder:
I have a 30 year old car as well, it sits happily for 6 months of the year (winter). - I do put a small maintenance charger on it, since it makes the batteries last significantly longer if you don't let them run down.
The tires do get flat spots from standing, but it is normally "cured" after about a week of driving...
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on April 11, 2020, 10:27:10 am ---The tires do get flat spots from standing, but it is normally "cured" after about a week of driving...
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Yes, I wouldn't fret about it too much for just a couple months. Battery either, at worst you'll have to recharge it.
Annoying but it's not the worst ahead of us. Recession will be much more of a problem for many.
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