2007-08-31 18:03:29 · 11 answers · asked by debra 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Debra, YES IT IS POSSIBLE!!!! How do I know? I use to work at Delco Battery in Muncie Ind and learned a lot about a car battery. See, what matters with a car battery is "ReserveCapacity". That means how long a car will run just on the battery without any options on( radio,air conditioner,heater,wipers,cigarette lighter, rear defogger,turn signals, etc,etc) . See a lot of people the the cold cranking amps are where it's at but a well tuned car with fuel injection starts quickly so 650 CCA's are quite enough to start a car . High CCa's will spin the starter motor faster but will run out of "juice" quicker. That is because it has less "reserve"which is stored electricity and will crank and crank all day long . A friend of mine use to start his T-Bucket hotrod up in Muncie and take a spare battery with him (DT-72-78 I think it was the battery part #) drive up to Ft Wayne and cruise around till it didn't run right and park it. Then he would swap out battery's for the other one he had fully charged and drive back to Muncie and for about 25-20 min use the headlites and make it home. And he didn't have AN ALTERNATOR TO CHARGE THE BATTERY OR ALTERNATE CURRENT to run the CAR.
2007-08-31 18:49:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not inless you are planning to rebuild the engine which will end up costing you alot more then just finding something else. Also i had a Chrysler Concorde without AC and it was horrible and a fortune to fix. Usually when the car is so cheap it wont last that long. You know you get what you pay for. Might want to put out a little more money and have a reliable car. I have a 2001 Honda Civic EX it is a great car and affordable mine was $8,500.00 with 50,000 miles from North Carolina (All highway Im in New York) you might want to look for something like that. Good Luck!!
2016-05-18 04:12:45 · answer #2 · answered by glendora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will all depend on the battery and the capacity that it has. It may very well do it. However, to stand a better chance of getting there, I would turn off every electrical option that I could. This would include the radio, the AC and the fan, and drive straight thru without stopping. Once the engine has started, then start on the trip right away, and make sure you have a full tank of gas to get you there.
It will be close, but I think you can do it, if you conserve energy.
Why not just get the alternator fixed before the trip?????
You are going to have to get it repaired anyway.
good luck.
2007-08-31 18:12:28 · answer #3 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any car will, provided the battery has a charge. However, if you have daytime running lights, it may shorten it. The ignition takes very little power, it is lights, stereo, etc, that run the battery down. I had a bad alternator a few years ago, in winter yet. I charged the battery at night, drove to work etc in the day, drove home (had to use lights, then), and charged again for the next day, until I found a decent price on an alternator to put in.
2007-08-31 18:14:42 · answer #4 · answered by Fred C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! 50 may be 100. All that will be powering the system is the battery and when that's gone the car STOPS! If it's 50 miles from nowhere you could have a problem.
2007-09-01 14:53:42 · answer #5 · answered by sidecar0 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's possible but iffy. To be sure leave early in the morning and stop after 125 miles and have the battery charged, then drive the rest of the way.
Another possibility is to borrow a battery from someone and carry it in the trunk in case it is needed.
In any case you can't use the radio or any other accessories.
2007-08-31 18:20:08 · answer #6 · answered by beth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not real sure on it ,because all you will have will be what power is in the battery,and that would have to be one really good battery.I'm not going to say it wont,but i have never heard of one doing it before,i did travel about 40 miles on one,but it completely drained the battery in it,and i barely made it in to a station with it,it wouldn't have went another mile,i will say it could be possible,good luck.
2007-08-31 18:11:37 · answer #7 · answered by dodge man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What's an a "automatic car"? If the alternator does not function no car will go far. Once the battery reaches about 5 volts, the EMC will cease to function and you will be a pedestrian.
2007-08-31 18:10:08 · answer #8 · answered by ToolManJobber 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That would depend on how good your battery is and what power robbing (a.c.) things you have in use. Probably not a good idea to drive that distance on batt. power alone.
2007-08-31 18:14:24 · answer #9 · answered by AZRAEL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it will, but dont turn it off.
2007-08-31 18:08:44 · answer #10 · answered by e13333 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋