Drive in movie

[95civic]

Just wondering if anyone has had any problems when they go to a drive in movie and 'tune in' to the certain frequency to listen to the movie and that drain their battery? Just wondering if the sub an amp effect my car enough to stop it from starting when the movie is over?

Is the solution to start the car every now and then?

Cheers,

[aimre]

naa bro, its only like 2 hours, that shouldnt hurt ur battery. I know i shouldnt, but i listen to CD's when im workin on my car, that takes about 2 hours

[nvmee]

are u srs? ... i was vacumming my car for abt 1 hr, and the thing died on me ffs. i use a heavy duty century as well. weird, mebe i was pumping it up :S

[95civic]

yeah thats what i was thinking :S

[STTICH]

bring a jump start cable, im sure there will b plenty of cars there to help u out if ur batt's flat :)

[dc2dc2dc2]

hello buddy,

i work at the drive in movies in dandenong..
honestly 95% of cars are fine watching a 2 hour movie. But like i tell many customers if u are really concerned about it, just start your engine after 30min or so.

[95civic]

hello buddy,

i work at the drive in movies in dandenong..
honestly 95% of cars are fine watching a 2 hour movie. But like i tell many customers if u are really concerned about it, just start your engine after 30min or so.

Sweet, was planning on going to the dandy one

Thanks for the help!

[dc2dc2dc2]

oh...and if u do happen to get a flat battery...

we have jump starter kit. Just give us a yell we'll run over and get ya started.

[Fr3aKi3]

It all dependson how much power you're amps have as well as how loud you'll be turning it up.

I leave my system on (have 2 amp atm) for about 30mintes when i'm cleaning the car, I start the engine up after that just in case but with that being said I don't have any troubles starting it after 30minutes.

Another thing is also you're battery, some batteries have larger storage capacity than other and take longer to drain out. I'm still on a standard battery as well.

[mrwillz]

oh...and if u do happen to get a flat battery...

we have jump starter kit. Just give us a yell we'll run over and get ya started.

hahahahh
tai doing the runs

[dsp26]

my problem with drive in movies is that:

- it was a hot humid summer night
- Parked at the front and battery died
- Walking all the way from the front to the back to borrow the charger...
- THE AIR SMELLED LIKE PUSSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE ENTIRE WAY!!!!

[dc2dc2dc2]

ahahahaa....

my experience at working at drive in.

seirously...all i smell is weed.

[TheSaint]

i used to work for a cinema/drive in and they keep a battery pack charge thing to help start cars if this happens lol it happens all the time

[EuroAccord13]

First time I went to Coburg drive in... ticket includes 2 movies, had no problems starting the car after..

Only stupid thing I did was when I drove to the other movie in the other lot, I forgot to change the FM frequency, for 10 mins I was listening to the wrong channel and I thought there was something wrong with the audio!

[aimre]

Is your car a manual? U can push start it.

[dc2dc2dc2]

push start = pain in ass...u gotta get it rolling pretty fast :p

we tried doing it to a van...4 guys...so so tiering..uphill as well.

just got home from work. Highlight of the night...some romeo proposed to his gf...with a slide on the projector screen.

Also some chick...comes in

'soooo liek....if im gonna have my car on for like....like...4 hours...won't like...the battery die ? likee...what should i do if it does.'

i just look and shook my head in shame. Just told her to start car every hour if she is really worried.

[EK4R]

haha^^ nice idea.

dc2dc2 how much are the tickets, i think i wanna go. never been before.
and what movies you showing atm ?　

[aimre]

i just look and shook my head in shame. Just told her to start car every hour if she is really worried.

Doesnt your car only charge the battery once the engine goes past a certain RPM, say 2k. The rest of the time using the power its generating to run the sparks and anything else in your car.

[dsp26]

^^no if anything its the other way around... voltage regulator limits charging from revs past ~2,500rpm.

but t does take a while to fully charge a battery from idle... i remember my old 370cca taking 1.5hrs to fully charge

[lilwilliam]

[QUOTE=dc2dc2dc2;1133477]push start = pain in ass...u gotta get it rolling pretty fast :p

we tried doing it to a van...4 guys...so so tiering..uphill as well.

why didnt u just push it down hill and put it in reverse? lol.

[chunky]

lmao
jus keep ur car on and keep reving it to 1k for the whole movie

[dc2dc2dc2]

reverse @ 20kmz ? ahahahaa....thats pretty dangerous dude don't wanna hit someone.

EK4R if u wanna check it out. www.lunardrivein.com.au ;)

and if i know what u look like and im working...i'll hook ya up, hooked up couple ozhonda bums :)

[EK4R]

haha sweet. will pop around to one of these in the coming few weeks for sure.
actally ill pm u dc2 later

[steve88]

what happends if vtec kicks in randomly while your watching the movie!! think of the horror