Re: Cheaper to keep and maintain 2 very old cars (vs 1 newer one?)

> Hi,
> Not a problem... I've been carrying an 18-amp-hour portable car
> battery jumper in the trunk for the past couple years.  It gets
> charged regularly as it's supposed to.  I've never needed it myself
> before, but in the past year I've jumped 2 cars I saw disabled on the
> street:  a semi-dead Nissan Maxima (took 2 seconds) as well as a
> stone-dead Crown Victoria (keys left in ignition for a week), so the
> it definitely does work.  It did cost $60 back then though, and takes
> up a lot of trunk space, so it's not without its drawbacks.

i just bought one with the built in air compressor. comes in very handy!