Finish work last night, get to car and it lights up as usual, key in the ignition and all I get is clicking

 

After a phone call to two mates, one who works up the road who turns around to pick me up and the other to help jump start it as the other car is electric. 

 

Leg it back to work and borrow the jump leads, hook it all up and nothing, no difference :(

 

Fast forward to 03:35 this morning, woke from a dream about the blooming car and couldn't get back to sleep. I decided to make up an 'on tow' sign and sent it to the printer at work. 

 

My wife drives me to work, we try and bump start it but no luck so hook the octy estate to her 1.4 Jazz! Nearly an hour later we arrive at her work, an independent garage and her boss hooks up a battery charger and the sodding thing starts! New bigger battery ordered and fitted and I drive home. The steering was unbelievably light following the long journey with no power steering, just glad it was a cheap fix!

 

Oh, in the mean time I borrowed my Dads car and my mates tow bar so now have no space on the drive for my car, lol

Sounds eventfull... a bit like my week.

 

Monday night - Snapped the front Suspension leg on my VRS - where the Drop link attaches to the Leg itself - Bungy corded it back out of the way to get me home. Dropped the car off at the garage, to be greeted with..... "Ill give it a service too"... as it was 300 miles over its 10K interval.

 

Got the car back Wednesday night, for the misses to want to borrow it Thursday, but she wanted it turning round on the drive so she didn't have to back out. I jump in, and it wont start, flat battery, so a jump start off the other car, which wasn't easy as I had to push it up hill, to get it close to the other car, and turn the wheels at the same time - giving me forearms like popeye for half an hour. (I probably could have reversed the other car, but it would have meant blocking the road and I wasn't up for any fights with neighbours... and it was pishing down at the time)

 

Used the car my self today, with the misses saying it didn't miss a beat yesterday, and true to it, starting was ok.... but on arrival at work, this morning, as I take the key out of the ignition this morning, the drivers door warning comes on and the spanner showing on the dash,

 

It never rains but it pours you know.... hey ho, we know this is the time of year when poor health or older batteries show there true colours, but come on, you've just had a dpf removal, a new radiator, pair of new front tyres, a service and your getting new suspension and drop links next week.... Give me a break man, its almost blooming Christmas. Some cars are spoilt yet they still want more :-)

yours doesn't sound like fun at all mate and with all that expense already on it!

 

I'm pleased mine was only a £40 fix for its first replacement battery in 7.5 years and 100,000 (nearly) miles

And when its all done, we can look back and laugh :-) :-)

I was glad to get to the garage, being towed by a little Jazz when my wife has a heavy right foot is scary and no good for my heart! 

It continues - just been out to go up to Asda for some lunch, and the alarm is sounding really wekk, and the locks are not responding to the key fob.... Got into it 10 mins later, and the Battery is completely down.

 

Jump leads are in the boot, so its a jump start at 3:30 to get back to the Parts place before 6 (on a Friday across the M62)...... oh sweaty bum time :-)

 

New Battery time..... it didn't even last 48 hours from first failure - unless its the alternator..... (oh woe is me.... no more  no more...) We will know before 6 pm..... ohhhh happy days!! 

Hope it gets sorted bud and not too expensive