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Old 04-25-2011, 05:55 PM
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Great story. Always good to read your posts.

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We migrated back to our Mtn Joint the other day, and our '01 X5 had been asleep in our garage for the past 5 months.
This morning, I unplug the Battery Tender, let some air out of the tires, check under hood and all around for any mice camping out,
and check the oil & coolant.

I get in, turn the key, listen to the computer hum up, and it starts first turn, as usual, as if I had parked it a day ago.

I roll down the Mtn to hit the dentist, run some errands, load 8 bags of mulch and 2 1/2 gal of chain saw mix into the trunk, roll home up the Mtn, from town...

It is just like an old comfortable sneaker, yet it runs so well for nearly 10 years old and 80k miles, that it is remarkable, imo.
And, it put a smile on my face!
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Old 04-25-2011, 05:57 PM
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Wow, 7.5+ years on one battery. Impressive. 6.2 and mine is done.

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Nice to hear, mD! Welcome back to H-B-H, I bet the locals are glad to see you again.

28k on my 04 (Oct'03) and hasn't been driven in a week and a half, still on the original battery.
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Old 04-25-2011, 06:07 PM
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I guess the mountains missed all that bad weather about a week ago?
Our spread out 'neighbors' said we had a big blow, as in 75+mph on a neighbor's anemometer, but the 'nadoes were way east of us, as in
Raleigh-Durham area, (5+ hrs east).

We must have had our share of wind/snow this past winter season, as our 3+ acre steep 'yard' here in the Mtn woods, looks like the depository for every stick, limb, branch and a half dozen blown down trees.

Up here, every day varies from fabulous to WTF?!, compared to 'down below'. We had hail this afternoon, that covered the ground; it was sunny down in our little town.
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Old 04-25-2011, 06:09 PM
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Thanks, Meister!
Long time no read; you gotta work slightly less.
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Old 04-25-2011, 08:56 PM
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Wow, 7.5+ years on one battery. Impressive. 6.2 and mine is done.
Yeah, fingers crossed that it'll make it to 8. I know mD would say it's unwise but I'm being like Kramer in that episode where he drives and drives to see how long he can go without running out of gas...
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