Flat battery....on the daily, Chim steps in!

[dog man]

Had to use the Chim this morn as an emergency measure after the beemer failed to start! Love it! 'Old Reliable' haha

[Chimpafrolic]

Happened to me recently too Dog man.

Toyota Prius (yes I know), more battery than Duracell factory yet it seems you cant go on holiday & leave it for longer than a couple of weeks without the all the electricity falling out.

AA man came out and said: "The battery is unrecoverable, you need a new one mate"

Toyota dealer said: "They are all like that Sir".

I said: "So is this progress?"

Toyota dealer: Shrugs his shoulders and says "That will be £110.00 for a new battery"

I said: "This is the second time this has happened, makes every time I go on holiday £110.00 more expensive"

Toyota dealer smiles and passes me the chip & pin machine.

However, it was very satisfying to turn to the Chim for its superior reliability.

The car in front is a TVR.

[dog man]

Chimpafrolic said:

Toyota dealer smiles and passes me the chip & pin machine.

Swine! That is ridiculous! Most cars should be okay after two weeks? I mean perhaps not every single car out there but most ought to be okay. Whats with the Prius going dead so 'easily'

[Excitedoldgeezer]

dog man said:

Swine! That is ridiculous! Most cars should be okay after two weeks? I mean perhaps not every single car out there but most ought to be okay. Whats with the Prius going dead so 'easily'

Its the toyato new braking system to get around the accelerator peddles sticking

[Simon says]

Don't kid yourselves if TVR was as reliable as Toyota we would all be twiddling how thumbs

[peaktorque]

Now I own an Alfa (well, one for the misses really) I expect the TVR to be stepping in on a regular basis! Saying that, it's been bought into action a few times when the BMW has packed-up (again)

[Chimpafrolic]

dog man said:

Swine! That is ridiculous! Most cars should be okay after two weeks? I mean perhaps not every single car out there but most ought to be okay. Whats with the Prius going dead so 'easily'

Well I had a long chat with the AA man about all this.

He said the majority of his call outs on cars 3 years or younger are now down to flat batteries.

Apparently things have got much worse in this respect in the last couple of years.

According to the AA man cars built in the last few years have so much electrical junk on them that remains live after you have locked up and walked away that its becoming a serious problem.

A number of manufacturers have recently taken to fitting an auxiliary battery to help manage the problem.

My new shape Prius is delivered tomorrow (yes I know, I am a sucker for punishment), lets see if its any better.

If I am really lucky the brakes might even work on the new one

[SILICONE KID]

Thats nothing ,I was running my Pumbing and heating buisness out of the Chimaera boot for two weeks,I got some very fuuny looks from my customers..