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Do you park your Ferrari with the doors locked and the alarm on?

Discussion in 'California(Portofino)/Roma(Amalfi)' started by bb2thdr, Oct 2, 2024.

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  1. bb2thdr

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    #1 bb2thdr, Oct 2, 2024
    Do you park your Ferrari with the doors locked and the alarm on? I always left the car unlocked in my garage thinking that the parasitic drain on the battery would be less that way. I've been doing some measurements and recently discovered that Locking the car with the Alarm shuts down more systems and actually has less of a parasitic drain on the battery than leaving it unlocked. At least for my 2017 Cali T. Go figure.
     
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  2. KS_California

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    #2 KS_California, Oct 3, 2024
    Interesting. I leave my car unlocked. Don't want to risk getting locked out should the battery drain.
     
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  3. Shorn355

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    #3 Shorn355, Oct 3, 2024
    Same here
     
  4. FerrariFan10

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    #4 FerrariFan10, Oct 3, 2024
    Paranoid about battery drain, so I religiously plug it into the CTEK and keep the alarm on.
     
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  5. R CALI

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    #5 R CALI, Oct 3, 2024
    All my cars are in the garage, unlocked, with the driver's window down AND the battery tender plugged in..... always!
     
  6. Accelerare

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    #6 Accelerare, Oct 3, 2024
    Never thought about that. I always keep mine locked. What would you do if it was locked and the battery died.
     
  7. TifosiConch

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    #7 TifosiConch, Oct 3, 2024
    2019 Portofino, locked in garage, alarm on. Keys in the safe away from my teenage son.
     
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  8. Redneck Slim

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    #8 Redneck Slim, Oct 3, 2024
    OP's amp test results are logical and what I would expect.
     
  9. bb2thdr

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    #9 bb2thdr, Oct 4, 2024
    The key still unlocks the door even if the battery is dead. You can leave the window slightly open. Or just plug in the battery tender to charge the battery enough to unlock the car. The battery tender connector is magnetic and in the rear on the Cali T.
     
  10. mrmicks

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    #10 mrmicks, Oct 5, 2024
    I always lock it in the garage with the alarm on. Its usually on the battery tender so I've no worries about the battery drain.
     
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  11. Redneck Slim

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    #11 Redneck Slim, Oct 5, 2024
    Same here.
     

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