Quote: (01-24-2016 06:28 PM)Days of Broken Arrows Wrote:
Advice needed from car experts:
My car has now been sitting out in the parking lot for two days. I live in a condo community and don't have a garage.
It gets below freezing here at night so I'm worried about the battery dying.
Can anyone tell me if it will help the battery to start it up tonight and let it idle for a minute or two? Or will simply starting it and not driving it drain the battery for when I really need it?
I get conflicting answers online, so I figured someone here should know. One thing I have learned is that to keep a battery charged, you need to take long highway drives. I did this during the days before the storm. Maybe that was enough.
Unless the battery is very old, don't worry. It is rated for sufficient cold cranking amps to start the motor in winter conditions.
If the battery is older than the warranty, it may not perform. Car battery manufacturers often engineer their batteries to fail soon after the warranty expires.