The P5: What Would You Change?

[Karnaj]

Good question. I'm not sure we even know the location of the battery.

The p5 has it tucked in a very inconvenient spot, buried under the cowl. This location is likely to change in the E series evolution.

 

[Coss]

In my Magnum, the battery was in the "trunk" area (far rear passenger side, under the floor, next to the spare); but they had a terminal under the hood in front that you could use as a battery terminal just for that very reason (jumper cable hookup)

 

[Ian442]

Cobalt and G6 ... trunk battery. Buick Park Avenue ... under rear seat.

When you start shoehorning V6 engines transverse mount in cars it seems to eat that battery space up.

 

[Coss]

Cobalt and G6 ... trunk battery. Buick Park Avenue ... under rear seat.

When you start shoehorning V6 engines transverse mount in cars it seems to eat that battery space up.

That's the same place that VW Beetles used to put them.
And if you forgot, and left the battery cover off, and someone sat in the backseat; bingo instant electrical short, occasionally resulting in small car fire.

 

[Sethodine]

Cobalt and G6 ... trunk battery. Buick Park Avenue ... under rear seat.

When you start shoehorning V6 engines transverse mount in cars it seems to eat that battery space up.

Same deal in my old Jag, only that wasn't transverse mounted. And it didn't have a jumper terminal, so the couple times I jumped somebody else it was with my trunk facing their hood.

 

[karl]

Delivery dates....

 

[Injunjoe]

I would dump the proprietary engine computer software and use open source. Proteanos.com

 

[Hotscoots]

In my Magnum, the battery was in the "trunk" area (far rear passenger side, under the floor, next to the spare); but they had a terminal under the hood in front that you could use as a battery terminal just for that very reason (jumper cable hookup)

My Charger was that way as well . On a completely different note , I wish they still made the Magnum .

 

[Coss]

My Charger was that way as well . On a completely different note , I wish they still made the Magnum .

No kidding, loved that car as a long distance car; way too large for around town in tight parking lots.

 

[McBrew]

Same deal in my old Jag, only that wasn't transverse mounted. And it didn't have a jumper terminal, so the couple times I jumped somebody else it was with my trunk facing their hood.

Same here, but Mercedes did put a terminal under the hood. Not a lot of room in the engine compartment... In fact, one of the front axles goes -through- the oil pan!