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SirHerald t1_j1so5lp wrote
Reply to comment by superseriousaccount5 in LPT: After every mechanic visit, drive your vehicle around for 10 to 15 minutes extra before going back home. by TheMasterBaker01
I've heard it's about 30 minutes for a good alternator running solid on the highway. 2 hours or more just driving on small roads.
phwe9774 t1_j1snudt wrote
Reply to comment by superseriousaccount5 in LPT: After every mechanic visit, drive your vehicle around for 10 to 15 minutes extra before going back home. by TheMasterBaker01
Normally, not very long because you don't use the battery much except to start the engine. If you do anything to draw the battery down (listen to the radio or leave your lights on without the engine running), it only takes a few minutes if you have a good battery. If your battery is getting weak, it takes a little longer but still not very long
superseriousaccount5 t1_j1smxtb wrote
Reply to comment by SirHerald in LPT: After every mechanic visit, drive your vehicle around for 10 to 15 minutes extra before going back home. by TheMasterBaker01
How long does the alternator need to recharge a battery normally?
[deleted] t1_j1slyqq wrote
Reply to LPT: How to permanently delete your twitter account you keep coming back to by schichtleiter
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Xincin t1_j1slr9z wrote
Reply to LPT: If you watch a video on the internet and it only has audio in one ear, go to "ease of access" on your pc and turn on "mono audio" to fix it. by algrm
Lets see if I remember this when I actually need it
SirHerald t1_j1sl41f wrote
Reply to LPT: After every mechanic visit, drive your vehicle around for 10 to 15 minutes extra before going back home. by TheMasterBaker01
That extra driving won't do much for the battery. Especially compared to the effects of cold on an old battery.
keepthetips t1_j1skbwy wrote
Reply to LPT: After every mechanic visit, drive your vehicle around for 10 to 15 minutes extra before going back home. by TheMasterBaker01
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Objective-Rain t1_j1sj39b wrote
Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34
Bold of you to assume my GPS even registers back roads.
Meshitero-eric t1_j1sil2b wrote
Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34
Definitely stay on the highway. If you're in the US, your state DOT covers state highways and interstate, and maybe the connection points to highways.
Wolfrages t1_j1sgkmo wrote
Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34
Anyone who needs this advice hasn't seen the movie "Waxhouse"
wololosandwitch t1_j1sgfyc wrote
Works with porn addiction too
(Either that or you'll discover a new fetish)
Dull_Lavishness7701 t1_j1sg3rb wrote
Reply to LPT: Don’t wait until January 1st, get a head start on your New Years resolution(s) now. by Tiny-Bandicoot-7300
Here we go. Can't wait to see this 1000 more times before the 1st!!
ChiefBroady t1_j1sepiu wrote
Reply to comment by nullrecord in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34
Same. Got stuck between some corn fields full of snow and had to put on the snow chains in -12c.
Anthro_DragonFerrite t1_j1sagxy wrote
Reply to comment by scottyboy218 in LPT: If you got your pets gifts this Christmas they didn't end up liking, consider donating them to your local animal shelter. by UnforgivingPoptart
They are not cats. They are birds.
Logical-Wasabi7402 t1_j1sa2jp wrote
Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34
To add to this:
If the main roads are closed, the back roads will be worse. Find somewhere to hunker down and wait out the storm.
scottyboy218 t1_j1s9eaw wrote
Reply to comment by Anthro_DragonFerrite in LPT: If you got your pets gifts this Christmas they didn't end up liking, consider donating them to your local animal shelter. by UnforgivingPoptart
Nether of my current cats actually has any interest in boxes! I was shocked
SirRender00 t1_j1s96ja wrote
Reply to comment by DawgMan87 in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34
Not disagreeing with your conclusion. But in general "If they were the same then they would have merged the products." can be false for (1) the purpose of brand recognition, (2) the facade of competition, and (3) as an experimental incubator for features that they could incorporate in their "main" product. You see 3 in Google maps with their reports feature.
DarkDuo t1_j1s8r1r wrote
What also helped me was deleting all SNS apps off my phone so I’ll be forced to look at them on the computer and usually I’m too tired to play computer when I get home from work
Pathfinder6 t1_j1s8qmr wrote
Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34
The real LPT here is that people are idiots.
AnEngineer2018 t1_j1s8f8d wrote
Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34
As I learned during the last Buffalo blizzard it will also direct you back onto a closed highway, and it’s not like the DOT really does that good of a job letting you know when a highway is open or closed now that toll booths aren’t a thing anymore.
Edit: Just checked despite the roads still being closed, Google Maps has me drive right into the thick of things.
JamesEtc t1_j1s7gtz wrote
Reply to comment by NoCokJstDanglnUretra in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34
It’s owned by Google. Not using Google Maps.
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PlsRfNZ t1_j1spvrs wrote
Reply to LPT: After every mechanic visit, drive your vehicle around for 10 to 15 minutes extra before going back home. by TheMasterBaker01
If the car is idling in the workshop that is still charging the battery. Alternator works as long as the engine is running.