I suppose it's just luck of the draw. Or, perhaps, the battery manufacturers found a small percentage of cars developed battery problems when left parked for over 4 weeks. So, they just put a blanket statement on their batteries saying not to keep them parked for that long. Perhaps, 95% of the batteries out there can remain parked 8 weeks or longer? Just, not that unfortunate Prius owner. That's terrible his batteries died.
Speaking of Prius, I saw my first broken down hybrid earlier this week. It was a Pruis. Well, I shouldn't speculate. On a rural road, I saw a Pruis that was angled in such a way that it looks like the driver either coasted it or pushed it off the road to a stop. Nothing else around, as it's all farmer's fields. So I doubt the driver parked the car to go sightseeing. By the looks of it, I'd say the car broke down. Wished I would have been there when it happened. I would have offered the driver a ride or to use my cellphone. We hybrid drivers have to help each other out when we can!
