Before my battery dies...help

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    My parking lights are permanently on, and I wish they weren't. Today, I changed oil, plugs, and coolant. How does that affect my parking lights? For the moment, I'll have to keep my dang batter unplugged...Any suggestions?
     
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    lol its the switch on top of your steering column, you probably bumped it when you reset your trip or somthing
     
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    word^
     
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    awesome, you guys are so quick. yeah, i also vacumed and detailed the inside today.
     
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    what's the point of that switch anyways? to make n00bs like me waste gooroos like yours time?
     
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    probably to make it so you actually can have the lights on without the keys
     
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    Parking lights. Required where your car was manufactured.

    Mad tyte JDM, y0.
     
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    I think I need a new battery, not because the parking lights, but I have needed a jump twice, and it's died at the drive in, what do you guys think? New battery time?
     
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    Probably, your car is old enough that it may need it. Minnesota weather is hell on batteries. I'll price one out for you in the morning.
     
    ShortytheFirefighter, Jul 30, 2007
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    I am on my third batter although it doesn't help that my alarm is a constant drain on it and then I got all my other extra electronic goodies as well
     
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    I needed a new battery in my 2005 last year with only 14,000 on the car...stock batterys are junk imo
     
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    I'm on my third battery too in my 02. Stock one got taken out before the second winter, it wasn't dead, but it was so weak even when new that I didn't want to go through another winter with it.

    I do have 420W of additinal lighting over stock though :eek3:
     
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    i have a stock subaru battery i got from a 2004 forester in 2003, it was dead and i brought it back to life, its been great
     
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    I may have replaced one battery on my old 2.5RS but other than that none of my other 2 subarus has never had one go bad.
     
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