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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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Just came back one week ago from a summer "up north." I get on the freeway, get in the left lane, set my adaptive cruise control way above the speed limit, and simply go with the flow of whatever speed the left lane traffic is doing. That's actually much safer than having to constantly change lanes to maintain the speed limit. Using that method, about 50% of the time I was going 80. My battery should be just fine.