• That sort of doesn't make sense. If there is enough in the battery to start it, the clocks should not reset.

    There maybe an underlying issue.

  • Modern cars with 'Intelligent Battery Sensors' will shut down non essential consumers to preserve enough battery life to start the car, BMW's will even put things like heater fans and heated rear windows at half efficiency to allow more charge to go to the battery when it is running.

  • Modern cars with 'Intelligent Battery Sensors' will shut down non essential consumers to preserve enough battery life to start the car, BMW's will even put things like heater fans and heated rear windows at half efficiency to allow more charge to go to the battery when it is running.

    And I just put a sock filled with cat litter in the MX-5 to stave off unwanted moisture... Maybe modern cars are better.

  • If a 2004 Panda counts as modern, that might explain why only the middle strip of my rear window demists. But that is unlikely, I reckon finding a Fiat breaker will be in my near future.

    Battery will be fitted on Sat, if it doesn't rain.

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