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      04-10-2021, 06:19 PM   #7
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Drives: Z3, E46, G80
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Originally Posted by Helmsman View Post
And these voltage level are after unlocking the car, or have you snake out the meter lines so you don't need to? Even when my battery was new it went down to 12.5v or so soon as I opened the car.

My battery isnt new anylonger, in fact have some issues, hence interested in some fresh data.
Yea my point being these cars put a drain on the batteries and don't aggressively charge when driving either due to efficient dynamics... I think a CTEK or similar is really important to extend decent battery life...
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