On Mon, 5 May 2008 08:26:30 -0700, against all advice, something
compelled "iws" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, to say:
> "Kevin McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:mcmurtri-9D9221.21302404052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > In article <190t14h9r14g1v63hnhkhfatamo1ua487f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > Steve Daniels <sdaniels@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> I just bought a 2004 TT, 3.2 DSG S-Line.
> >>
> >> Sounds good, right?
> >>
> >> This morning it wouldn't start because the battery didn't have
> >> enough power in it. I jumped it, and measured the voltage across
> >> the terminals. Fourteen volts, just like it's supposed to be.
> >>
> >> Turned it off, and it wouldn't start again. Put a charger on it
> >> for a couple of hours, and it started right up.
> >>
> >> I drove it about fifty miles, shutting it down and restarting it
> >> twice with no problems, but after letting it sit for an hour the
> >> battery was the same as it was this morning. Flat as a pancake.\
> >>
> >> I'm pretty sure my four year old car needs a new battery. What
> >> say you all?
> >
> > Some battery plates probably cracked. Four years does seem a bit
of an
> > early death for a modern battery.
>
> Depends on where you live. Here in Phoenix, the desert heat kills the
> typical battery in about 3 years.
Just got back from the fix it guys. The battery had a bad cell.
They replaced it under warrantee.
Life is good.
--
Life is too short to play cheap guitars.
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