Re: Not used for a couple of weeks = Flat Battery
Originally Posted by
OldGreyFox
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Yep good choice Zulu, my daughters battery failed to start her car as it had been stood a couple of weeks. It was ten years old so I decided to fit her a new one. I purchased one from the local garage who does all our testing and servicing. He asked me if he would like him to fit it; I said no thanks as I have fitted more batteries than he had hot dinners......
He said just ring if you need help...
I couldn't get the old battery off! It was surrounded by electronic stuff.....
So I cut a large slice of humble pie and the garage bloke came out and fitted it for us....
So yes! A good choice to get the AA out to fit a new one Zulu.....
How things have changed under the bonnet since my days of wielding a spanner...
Yes, I know we're rambling a bit here, but....
I didn't learn to drive till I was 34, and my first car was a Mk 2 Escort.
That was simple, all manual, rear wheel drive, no electronics, you get the idea; I learned a lot on that, and became quite keen on car mechanics
Then I got a Mk 3 Escort, and that was still simple too
After that cars became progressively more complicated and electronic, with packed engine bays, and less easy to work on
Now that I've retired and downsized to a flat I no longer have a garage or even a drive
Plus I'm getting too fat & old to lie on my back changing gearboxes, so all that means I just take my car to a garage for any work
But sometimes I miss a bit of knuckle grazing, and i wouldn't mind finding someone doing up an old tractor or something