Hi,

I didn’t know that there was any kind of a external access mechanism on any cars, especially on the ones I have ever owned.
I wonder what prompted that innovation? Maybe putting batteries into an automatically lockable trunk made it absolutely necessary?

As far as accessing the circuitry of a car, I just remembered the other day, that the cigarette lighter’s element can be removed.
This has been a favorite place for many accessories, let alone it can be used to put IN a charge.
What I have seen, but not used, is a battery booster gadget to help start a car that has only a weak battery. I have no idea how long it takes to make a start happen?
I see some of these “hand carry” jumper boxes with it’s own battery or a large capacitor (?) being sold in Costco. I assume they connect directly onto the batteries terminals.

Some people carry these setups around in their trunks, which to me, seems illogical.
Why carry another battery that you have to maintain instead of doing that to the main battery?
Plus the end expense of having to replace its battery, at some ridiculously price, for a small package of power.
I hate to mention our “chemical derived” 9 volts and AAA batteries.
Money spent for energy there, in wattage or BTU’s, is far worse that whatever they can charge for gasoline and diesel. Compacted Convenience is very pricey.

I also have noticed on some new cars that there is an optional, or standard item depending on models, to have a power outlet in the rear of SUVs. Probably for cooling units or air pumps?

My newest vehicle is a 1993 so I’m not living under a rock, but only near the edges of one great big one?
Our planet?
(:-)

Phil