I dropped off the car to get the battery fixed this morning; and got a call on my way to work that the part hadn't arrived (which I thought of as rather typical with an orphaned vehicle). At 4:30, I got another call: the battery had arrived, they had installed it and charged it and all was ready to go!!
Picking up the car, I've put just shy of 50 miles on it. My mileage (around town and freeway at 55-65 MPH) has so far averaged 65 MPG!!! This is an improvement of 15 MPG over the normal average for the car. If this keeps up, I would suggest that the battery should have been replaced about 70,000 miles ago - about the time I bought the car.
Sat: Bp's Retreat: 178 mi; Sun:Church/Choir: 17 mi; Mon: Welfare/Crew Mtg: 47 mi MTD: 261
3 comments:
I want a hybrid.
Yeah, dad is so in love with his car right now...
It's cute. :)
Love you!
Mom
With some more around town driving and the stop and go of commuting, I'm now down to around 55 mpg since the new battery, but that's still an improvement and the car drives SO MUCH BETTER with a battery that lasts a burst of more than 100 yards. I haven't drained it yet.
I want to drive to SLC and see how I do on that stretch leading up to Laramie. That's always been a battery killer.
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