First Cold Weather Means Car Battery Woes

(West Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A sign of things to come?
AAA Connecticut reports there were nearly 200 calls for car battery service in and around Hartford between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. today.
Spokeswoman Amy Parmenter says that figure is double the number of calls they get when the weather isn’t a factor.
That’s also is a wakeup call that winter is coming and now is a good time to take vehicles in for their seasonal checkups, Parmenter said.
The average life span for a