I’m really pleased with these often different yet very informative replies and it seems that there should be no problem when the temperatures increase and we have a few longer trips. As I indicated before, what was really of immediate concern was the fact that the car had been unused for 12 months plus and without regular checking and charging could have gone completely flat. This is not the way to treat a lead acid battery as we all know and as the car was from a rather uncooperative Honda Dealer, we wanted to tackle them (or Honda) early if it needed a replacement. If it lasts another year, then I won’t mind replacing it myself but was certainly not prepared to do that in the first few months on a so called ‘Honda Approved’ vehicle which ‘apparently’ had a comprehensive multi point check prior to resale.
We are both really pleased with the car after only 1000 miles or so and just returning from a holiday, having left the car outside here in Orkney for nearly a fortnight, it started as though we had just popped down the shops, so I think we can forget about the battery state for a while.
Ian