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On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 08:52, sshisheng@hotmail.com wrote: > During this very cold day, 0 deg, I was thinking about the battery in my T3. > For the winter I disconnected it, but just left it in the car. But I was > reading an article in VWTrends and it was saying that if you leave the > battery in the car all winter, it will be no good come Spring, read ruined. > They advised bringing it inside and charging it every month. Can anyone > confirm or deny this? I don't want to have to buy a new battery come > spring, especially cause I have two in the car (one for backup). > I have just left mine in the car all winter and start the car once a month and warm it up completely. This is how I have always done it, and have never had any problems. Make sure the battery is clean all over, so there isn't any current leakage. The clock in our cars may drain the battery, so disconnecting the battery is not a bad idea. It may cause problems with the clock tho, letting it completely unwind. I know other people will have different opinions. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org