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Originally Posted by BostonRich
I was shocked this week when I took my relatively new 2019 car in for it's 15,000 mile maintenance checkup. The tests showed my battery was just about dead. It registered a "1" on the "1 to 10" scale. The technician told me that the constant short low-speed trips we all take in the Villages combined with the heat kills our car batteries.
I also found a bunch of information that said cars need to go over 40 mph to heat up enough to burn up contaminants and clean out our engine and keep all systems running optimally.
We are killing our cars and let's face it, 35 mph is artificially slow for the major through roads like Buena Vista. 40 mph makes much more sense and will save us money and aggravation. A car needs exercise too and now that the Villages are so big you can travel long distances under 40 mph every day of the week.
So $280 later I say tell the nice officer that you are "speeding" for the health of your car. He will understand.
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You must live north of the turnpike....us southerners have some 45mph stretches on warm springs and morse. You could always simply move
