Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Another stupid error.....

[Michel Savard (mysavard]

It does say 23 years in my text. That happened yesterday, so it is still 
charging. Tomorrow after the F1 race,I’ll go check it.
Michael Savard (1981 308 GTSi)

> On Apr 19, 2025, at 10:12 AM, Doug Anderson <dnt911 [at] outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> First, Michael, good luck with the sale of your car.  How long have you had 
> your 308?
> Secondly - how did you make out with your second try?
> Cheers
> Doug
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf 
> Of Michel Savard
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2025 8:25 AM
> To: DOUG <dnt [at] dock.net>
> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Subject: [Ferrari] Another stupid error.....
> 
> I was very enthusiastic about getting into my 1981 308 for the first time 
> after a long winter under the blanket. Charger had green light, like it did 
> all winter long when I checked once in a while, unplugged it, hooked the neg. 
> and pos. wire onto the battery, put the spare wheel over the battery, opened 
> the garage door,  pushed the car as close to the pavement as possible without 
> actually getting out of the garage, turned the key….. little battery noise, 
> then nothing. Dead battery. Never happened before in 23 years of ownership.
> 
> I did the whole process over again in reverse. When I took the charger out of 
> the box, I noticed the button was at '6 volts' instead of '12 volts'. Somehow 
> last fall I pushed that little button to '6 volts’ as I was manipulating it.
> 
> Now the charger is at ’12 volts’, light is orange. Let’s wait and see. I 
> think 48 hours should be enough if my memory serves me well.
> I put my Ferrari on Ebay and somebody asked for a video. That’s why I took it 
> out early. I usually wait until mid-may in Montreal.
> 
> Oh well!
> Michael Savard (1981 308 GTSi)
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