Oh, it's a long time since I blogged and my car has not travelled much either. No wonder my battery conked out since the car has been in the porch for some time and I had not the foresight to remove the battery or at least disconnect the negative terminal. Well, today I changed the made-in-Korea GP battery to another made-in-Korea Novo battery. At least the newer one has 13 plates instead of the 11 plates in the GP battery. The battery is one those new-fangled "maintenance-free" battery without the need to top with distilled water when the electrolyte falls to a certain level.
The voltmeter needle indicates that the battery power is just a shade over the 12 volt indicator line. When removing battery, one thing I must not forget is to disconnect the negative terminal first followed by the positive terminal. When installing a battery, always connect the positive terminal first followed by connecting the negative terminal.
Next time I shall make sure that I disconnect the negative terminal if I am parking the car for an appreciably long time say for 3 weeks or more.
Hari Raya falls on Friday 10th September 2010. As before, I shall be driving north to Ipoh with Zulamran Hilmi and will be monitoring my petrol consumption from where I live and back again. The others in the family are already in Chepor in the E320 Mercedez Benz. The full year comprehensive insurance recently cost me about RM 2,700/= while a 6-month road tax came to about RM 2,200. Is this what you have to pay for a "luxury" car ?
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