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Old 03-18-2009, 12:45 AM
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Okay, okay, it was a bit of a candy *** task ... but it felt good to do it myself. Replaced a dead battery! Battery minder died over the winter with the car locked and hood locked. Of course I squeezed the car into the corner of the garage for the winter, so there wasn't much room to get the emergency power post for the trunk release. Anyway, got the circuit energized, disabled the alarm, popped the hood and replaced the battery. (the new one is an Interstate in case in anyone is curious)

Might try an oil change myself next!
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candy *** or not.... it counts !! ! ! !



PS the battery is one DIY that worries me because of the computer... good job!
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Congratulations, your one up on me. During the winter, if not driving for extended periods, I go out to the garage weekly and use the remote to unlock/lock the car and see if the battery maintainer light goes on. If the light goes on I feel relatively secure that the car is still on trickle charge.

Good luck with the oil change!

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Old 03-19-2009, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by rat9545
Okay, okay, it was a bit of a candy *** task ... but it felt good to do it myself. Replaced a dead battery! Battery minder died over the winter with the car locked and hood locked. Of course I squeezed the car into the corner of the garage for the winter, so there wasn't much room to get the emergency power post for the trunk release. Anyway, got the circuit energized, disabled the alarm, popped the hood and replaced the battery. (the new one is an Interstate in case in anyone is curious)

Might try an oil change myself next!

Nice job! You get 10 manly Porsche owner points!
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Old 03-19-2009, 10:54 AM
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candy ***... lol
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Nice job! You get 10 manly Porsche owner points!
What do I get? 50 girly-man points?
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Old 03-19-2009, 06:38 PM
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What do I get? 50 girly-man points?
PERFECT!!!!
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Old 03-19-2009, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil G.
What do I get? 50 girly-man points?
battery change is +10 ea... so you are WAY ahead there... but green circles are a HUGE deduct

Tim keeps the official score card.....
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Old 03-19-2009, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by ivangene
battery change is +10 ea... so you are WAY ahead there... but green circles are a HUGE deduct

Tim keeps the official score card.....
Just to clarify, DIY battery change is +10 points each. PDDI (pay dealer to do it) is an automatic -10 points and paying over $200 for that service gets a BONUS -40 points for stupidity. The -50 points multiplied by the "gender adjustment factor" for not doing it as a DIY equals -50 girly-man points. So I can validate Phil's reported score.
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well then.... we have the points figured right...

<thinking> wow -50 points was bad but that "girly factor" gender multiplier sucks....
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now add the interstate battery maintainer...hooks right to the terminals with a remote plug-in...gets you 1 more point...I guess...
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Originally Posted by ivangene
well then.... we have the points figured right...

<thinking> wow -50 points was bad but that "girly factor" gender multiplier sucks....
Yeah, the gender adjustment factor is a real bitch!
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Changing the battery is great reason to stand in the trunk!
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Me too !...changed out the Cabs battery last week, I think I have a draw at the lighter.

Major man-ness going on.

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changed battery on the key remote...how many points?
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