Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 11:23 on 29 Feb 2004:

 BF> You can extend the batterys life but not that much. The best thing
 BF> to do is to keep it as fully charged you can but particles will 
 BF> still fall down to the bottom and in time this will shortcircuit 
 BF> it.

I managed to get 9 years out of my Toyota battery before it finally died
and since I bought the Toyota used, the battery might already have been two
years old before I got the car.

 BF> Most of the manufactures are testing here in Sweden. Last night it
 BF> was -38 up north.

We haven't had anything close to that since the end of January.

 BF> Today nothing sell very well.

The automobile market has been hot here for several years.

 BF> They have but still, they are bigger then for gasoline.

And that makes sense.
  
Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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