My main battery died a couple week ago and I've been driving locally in limp mode. Is it harmful to drive in limp mode indefinitely? I am finding that taking back roads and treating car like a mo-ped, is a pleasant alternative to forking over $2000-2500 to replace main battery. 25-40 mph, is it's top speed at present. I do mostly city driving. Thanks for your thoughts, Brad
i'm going to have to say yes, but i'm no expert. it just doesn't seem like a good idea and putting a new battery in a 19 year old car doesn't seem wise either. any chance of trading up to a small eco car like corolla/civic?
I have no idea either. But the world contains / has contained plenty of little 1.5L powered cars and they do just fine. But if you're not going to fix it, then why not just drive it until its dead? Then sell it for scrap. Your catalytic converter is worth a bunch right now. Being worried about hurting a car that you're not going to fix is just ... weird.
Some day, hard to say how soon, there may be a "blam" sound and a bad smell from the back seat, and after that you'll be hoofing it.
