Topic: My brand new phone

[Clive]

Eat your heart out Simon.  Look what I've just bought myself!   

LINK

[Simon]

[Delgado]

Looks good-How long do the batteries last?

[Clive]

Depends which app I'm using!   

[Simon]

Using it to jump start the Jag must drain it a bit. 

[Clive]

Amazingly,I haven't had to use it for that yet.  It's still  on the original battery which is now coming up to 7 years old.  I admit I only use it for long (ish) runs but I don't recall any other batteries lasting this long.   

[Simon]

Is it garaged?  The cold often kills them. 

[Clive]

No, I've always parked it on the drive and it starts in an instant whatever the weather.   

[Simon]

Good battery, then.  Having said that, I can't remember the last time I had to change mine, and I've had the vehicle since 1996!  I remember it having a battery, but it was several years ago.

[Clive]

I thought you changed to  Peugot a few years ago?   

[Simon]

I have the school minibus, which is the 1996 vehicle (a Peugeot Boxer), and a Peugeot 806, which is the taxi.   

[Clive]

Ah right.  I remember you had a problem with the 806, was it a door lock or something?  I had a Scenic before the crappy little Dagenham Dustbin I bought last year
and I had to replace the battery on that after 4 years. 

[Simon]

Yes, I had a spare key cut for the 806, but it was a bad cut and got jammed in the lock. Wonderful vehicle, though, and drives like new.

[Clive]

I was very happy with my Peugot 306 which I kept for 4 years and had no trouble at all with it. 

[Simon]

My old 406 did 340,000 miles before it conked out!