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      01-20-2014, 02:49 PM   #88
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Originally Posted by maupineda
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Originally Posted by Smooth 330i
*** Battery update: as you know we had some very cold weather around here recently. My car is always garaged but I wanted to test the battery operation and left it outside to cold soak. The battery works OK (slow/slower crank but starts w/o issues) until around 20 deg or so. Below 15-20 deg it is a high risk the car would not start. I tried to start it at 7 deg F and it was a NO GO. However, there were members that were posting their cars would not start even with the standard battery. So far I am impressed with it and for cars that are in climates where temps don't drop below 20 deg F frequently it would work well.

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Very interested as i need a new battery. What brand and model did you use?
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