Come on, this stupid urban legend has been debunked over and over again 50 years ago. This (attached) is excerpt from the most current version of thee Quicksilver manual.
If there is a single person (besides QS technician that wrote this bologna), that believes in this, here is the snopes article:
http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/battery.asp
Excellent catch. Will be removed from any reprints and the downloadable manual!
-Dan