It is the sand or sand/salt mixture that CDOT uses that is the real problem. Almost guarantee you will get chips on bumper/hood or in the windshield unless you are the only one on the road.

Of course the roads can dry out quickly here and driving is fine...just have to watch out for the leftover sand!

 

I've killed so many batteries between 2007 and now due to such low use my car now "lives" on a CTEK charger. I paid the extra few $ to get the quick-attachment so it's a totally painless connection. On the rare occasion I do drive, I immediately re-attach as soon as I'm back in the garage.

On a separate note, I'm hoping for nice weather this weekend in DFW so I can drive my 993!!!

 

sounds like you have a draw from somewhere...may want to look into this.

 

I drive my targa once every two to three weeks.
Couldn't put the car on battery charger due to circumstances, I installed a battery switch (see pic).
I basically turn the battery off every time I finish driving the car.
The battery is OK so far but I don't know if it is Ok to the car.

 

As a practice, longer than 5 days I put it on the tender. If longer than five days I pre-start the car with the DME pulled to get the oil flowing then start the car - worse case its a bit more wear on the starter.

These cars pull power when sitting there which is why, especially with a weaker battery, you might end up with a dead battery.

Cheers,

Mike

 

So, I ask the experts;

Which is worse, letting the 993 sit for a long periods of time say weeks at a time, or taking short (<5 miles) trips?

I tend not to take the 993 if I have to run errands around town.

 

same, sometimes up to a month(s), but it's always on a trickle charger, and my battery is about 6 yrs old..

 

short trips me thinks...

 

Mine sits idle for, um, approx 12hrs! Daily driver here - life it too short.....

I'm gonna hit 140k miles here pretty soon. I don't know why, but this is kindof cool for me.

 

Yeah, i avoid short trips in the car as well, it does not get warmed up and its all city traffic anyways - and tight parking lots. I need to get her out a bit to stretch her legs, and the will not happen on city roads.

 

Battery tender and take out front hood light bulb.

 

Why take out the front light bulb?

Two approaches - one close the hood on the cord, if its flat enough it will be fine, or push the latch down on the front and the car will think the hood is fully closed.

Cheers,

Mike

 

Mine sits for 3 weeks, then it moves to another spot in the garage .
To avoid that the battery gets lazy, it's connected 3 weeks on the battery maintainer, then 3 weeks off.

 

Mine had to sit for two months this winter, battery not on charger, as there unfortunately is no power outlet in the garage. Started after three seconds once I fired her up in April, I was very impressed.

 

If it sits for more than 2 weeks it will go on a battery tender. Car is usually parked as soon as snow hits the ground and gets taken out in spring.