From: Boris@invalid.invalid   
      
   Ed P  wrote in news:10bfdr7$3ckr8$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   > On 9/29/2025 6:36 PM, Boris wrote:   
   >> My daughter has a 2020 Mazda 3, with about 75k miles.  Back on July 2,   
   >> I wrote about acceleration issues the car was having:   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> A software update seems to have fixed the problem.  A new battery was   
   >> also installed.   
   >>   
   >> My daughter is now having more problems with her 2020 Mazda 3.   
   >>   
   >> The problem is that every few days the car won't start, and she has to   
   >> use a charger for about 15 minutes to get it started.  She carries the   
   >> charger with her.  Then, it will be fine for a few more days, only to   
   >> have to repeat the procedure in another few days.  Luckily, she's   
   >> always been at her house or my house where she can plug in the charger.   
   >>   
   >> She dropped the car off at the dealer's today.  I ususally go with her,   
   >> but I couldn't today.  She said the service rep seemed very   
   >> knowledgeable, but some of the things he told her seemed very odd to   
   >> me.   
   >>   
   >> 1) He said this is a common problem with newer cars when the owner   
   >> takes a lot of short trips, and these short trips don't allow the   
   >> battery time to charge.  She does take a lot of short trips, but this   
   >> seems nuts to me.  He sees this a lot with elderly owners who only   
   >> drive to their nearby store every day, and that it takes about 40   
   >> minutes of driving to keep a battery charged.  Also, on newer cars with   
   >> all the computerization and 'features', the battery is always being   
   >> drained by something, even when unoccupied.  He says this is especially   
   >> common with Mazdas and Subarus.  He suggested using a trickle charger   
   >> to keep the battery charged.   
   >>   
   >> The dealer gave her a loaner, the same model but a 2025.  If the above   
   >> is true, this loaner will also at some point die on her.  She's still   
   >> carrying the charger.   
   >>   
   >> 2) Something else he said about newer cars (which has nothing to do   
   >> with my daughter's car), is that the newer cars get used to how a   
   >> driver drives, and when another driver gets behind the wheel, the car   
   >> wants to drive like the first driver is in control.  He says a husband   
   >> and wife will come in saying that the car has a mind of it's own.  I   
   >> can understand a car automatically saving and applying things like seat   
   >> and mirror positions, and maybe climate control, but...   
   >>   
   >> Anyone ever heard of any of the above?   
   >>   
   >> Thanks.   
   > The short trip thing makes sense. New cars often have sensors running   
   > for a period of time waiting for a signal to unlock, remote start, etc.   
   >   I know that my car will not remote start if not used in four days.   
   >   
   > Never heard of the different driver things though.   
   >   
   > Solution is simple.  Get her a '68 Chevy that does nto have all the   
   > technology.   
      
   Good choice, but I'd have difficulty deciding between the body style of a   
   '67 or '68 Chevelle SS.  And then there's the '67 GTO.   
      
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