…and so today I drove the Jeep to D&L’s place and yoinked out the battery so I could take it to town.
And now that problem has been dealt with, and winter cold won’t kill my aging Jeep battery. Embarrassing, but it only sped up the inevitable.
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Yeah, batteries are like that, they die. Then, a ton of money will get you another, gonna die, battery. Hang in there!
Yeah, the Jeep is particularly hard on batteries – or rather I am, because I could extend their lives with regular Battery Minder treatments. The Jeep gets used only a couple of times in an typical week, and only for short trips so it rarely gets a good recharge.
I got 3 Chyneez battery minders. They all died within 3 months. The cheepy Chynnez solar panel charger is also a battery minder and is still alive, YEAY!
In east central Florida, vehicle battery life is normally about 3 years. No matter how well you maintain same.
Ok, I am about to screw myself but…….
The battery in my 2014 Dodge Charger R/T is the no shit original one. The car has just shy of 49K on the ODO and is seldom driven more than down to the local Stop and Rob and home, two mile round trip. I intend to replace the battery on general principles this fall.
Eric.