Sunday, July 30, 2006
Speaking of cars, . . .
. . . mine wouldn't start last night or this morning. A jump start got her going last night, and she was running fine, so I'm pretty sure I just need a new battery. The trick is, I don't really know how to install a car battery, so I'm going to have to get it to sears or somewhere to have one installed, but it WON'T START. This is frustrating. I'm going to have to find someone who will give me a jump just so I can get to Sears. The other problem is that I don't know much about car batteries. I mean do I just go with the $40 battery that looks like it's a sears brand battery? At this moment that looks like all I can afford. This really sucks. I mean, I understand that the car is 10 years old so it's going to need a little extra maintenance now and again, but two months ago it was 500 dollars to pass inspection, and now I need a new battery. You think Meineke would have told me something about the battery. I could get a $56 diehard battery. I just don't know. The $16 dollar difference could be worth the longer warranty in itself. Not to mention this is a battery that's supposed to work well in the cold weather. But what if we move south in the next few years? Do I have to buy a new battery? I don't even think I really have the money to buy this battery. I just pray that someone is around to give me a jump tomorrow, and that this is not really an alternator problem. I don't think it is, because otherwise the car probably would have stopped running, and the headlights would not have been so strong last night. So, I have little doubt that my car generates electricity, my battery just won't hold it. That's all I got for now.
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When my alternator went the car still started fine, the battery meter just started draining and the lights went out (um, yeah, then the engine stopped about halfway to work), but yours sounds more like battery problem. I got my last battery at Walmart, but it was brand name....don't remember which brand, though. So, uh, that's all I got. Good luck!
-C
Good luck! And I don't think that "works better in cold weather" means that it will work worse in hotter weather. Go for the extra $16. It may be worth it.
My dad signed the title over to me, and after I get insurance and register it, I have to get it inspected (and an oil change) but Garin's brakes are just about gone. I don't know how I'm going to get back and forth... :-/
It ended up that I had to get a 70 dollar battery because the cheaper ones wouldn't work in my car. It turns out that it was only the battery. At least I didn't have to replace anything else.
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