RRRR RRRR RRRR RR. RR. rrrr. rr. . . . rr. . .
So we're driving home Friday from Connie and Colin's house. As we were planning on going to the funeral Saturday morning, we figured it would be a good idea to fill the tank then, rather than fuss around in the morning. We gas up at Safeway (getting 7 cents off -- only 107.9! Woo! Grumble).
And the car won't start. Won't even turn over for God's sake. Turning the ignition to Accessories works fine but the moment we try to turn her over, it's dead battery time.
A boost manages to get things started and we trundle on home, and call Dad to pop by Saturday to take a look.
So much for the funeral. Sigh.
Dad comes over. Car won't start, even when boosted. Dad tests the battery and finds that something, somewhere is draining the battery. Even when the car isn't running, the power is draining away somewhere.
We run out, buy a tow cable and haul the car across the road to the mechanic. Wow. Being towed in a car with no power steering or brakes in the pouring rain is FUN.
So this morning the mechanics take a look. Seems there is a short in one of the batteries cells. The battery itself is shorting out the battery. I didn't even know that was possible.
Ugh. That's waaaaay too much money we've spent on the car in the last month. And we'll still need to do the fuel pump sometime in the next six months.