"...and the battery's down."

[vakkotaur]

Every once in a while, when I'd been doing something with the car and had accessories on but did not have the engine running I'd have trouble getting it started. This was a minor concern but as I have a good battery charger and a good drive would get things going right again it wasn't too big a deal.

There was certainly no problem with starting on my RCFM related travels, and the car did sit unused from Thursday night to Tuesday morning. But evidently the lower speed (in town) and shorter trips when I'm home aren't enough to keep things where they should be anymore. I parked the car early Friday afternoon and it sat until this morning.

I got in. I turned the key. The dash lights came on and the fan started. But the lights were dim and the fan was slow. Trying to start, nothing happened. Silence. The battery charger got put to use yet again. Despite being a bit late, I took the longer (and higher speed for longer time) route to work. At worst, I have jumper cables in the trunk. I think tonight will be a longer trip on I-90 to get things nicely charged up. And then I get to go battery shopping. I can probably get by on the current battery for a while, but I'll be better off taking care of it more on my terms than risk waiting for complete failure which is apt to occur at a far more inconvenient time and place.