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PS, the car certainly should last more than a few days without the battery going dead, so I do believe there is something left on or some other problem here. It would not be all that unusual for the battery to be dead after a month or so of non-use, so do expect that. Many owners of "garage queen" cars like this will choose to either install a battery "tender" or also called a trickle charger, to keep the battery "full" when just sitting, or may choose to disconnect the negative terminal when parked or install a battery cut-off switch to make the battery disconnection process easier. This method does has it's complications in that some of the electrical components will need some attention after disconnecting the battery, such as the clock needs to be reset, there is a radio code that needs to be entered to have "tunes" again, the windows need to be "relearned" for the auto up/down to work again, and on your 12-holer there maybe even more things than this that would need attention, so for that reason I usually recommend the battery charger route. MB has a really "slick" one which leaves what looks like a cigarette lighter socket in the trim in the trunk, and the carger has what looks like a cigarette lighter accessory plug whick plugs into this socket, and the charger itself plugs into you garage electrical outlet. I believe you can find generic versions of this setup, doesn't have to be from MB, probably just a Schumacher charger anyways.
Hope this all helps you, let me know if you need more info and also when you're going to let me borrow the V12 :p .
Gilly
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