Battery Life on T350

[hopkins1]

Hi
Just wondered if a T350 if not started for say 2 weeks, would the battery be flat when you come to start the car.
What I am trying to establish is if I need to buy a trickle charger.
My car will be left in my garage, and probably started and used say once every 4/5 days.
Will the battery last OK for this length, so the car will start.
These may sound funny questions, but the guy at the dealership the car is coming from has told me the battery will flatten if the car is not started for 7 days, and I have never read anything like this before.
Please give me some advice.

[fairclp]

I've had mine garaged for 2 weeks whilst on holiday and the battery was fine when I got back. Plenty of turn from the motor but took two attempts to fire up.

[jonlane]

My dealer told me that all cars and batteries vary, but a trickly charger would always help. As it is I have not use my charger for months, and have left my car for a couple of weeks (away of course... couldn't just leave the beast there if i was at home)without leaving the charger on and it started just as easily as it does when I use it every day. I can't remember exactly what I paid for mine, however is another £70 / 80 on £30/40k ) really going to break the bank? ;-)

[chris watton]

Batteries and TVR's don't mix too well, they don't last too long at all if not driven for, say, 3 weeks.
Mine's plugged into its 'life support' every time I put it into the garage, as the amount of times my Chim lost charge was just silly!

[cropsprayer]

Mine is never used during the week and I have not had any probs starting it at the weekends. Sometimes to my dismay I do not even get a chance to drive it at the weekend so it gets left for 2 weeks and still never a problem.

[k.k.]

I was told that my battery would go flat if I didn't drive the car for about 7 days. In fact it didn't go flat even when I left the poor girl alone for 9 days once! But in any case I went and bought a SOLAR powered trickle charger from britisheco.com AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY USELESS, in fact the battery went flat after 3 days while the solar charger was plugged in!

Was the charger faulty or just crappy? We will never know, as Britishco refused to replace it or to refund my purchase money. Anyway, I threw the thing away and my battery has not gone flat since!

[bomb]

Its a battery 'conditioner'unit you need, not a charger.

Mine cost about £50 and I plug it into the car each time its left for 3 weeks.

Car always starts first time and keeps the battery in good nick. Had one fitted to Chimeara and now got one on the T350. Never had any problems.