[s-cars] Stranded!

[Evan Desjardins]

No kidding!  I told the girl at the counter it was like having a heart 
attack in a hospital!  Pretty convenient indeed.

-Evan

On Jul 22, 2004, at 9:59 PM, dooksniffer at comcast.net wrote:

>  Very fortunate place to be stranded.
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
>
> > S-Folk,
>  >
> > I stopped at a local discount auto shop on my way home after work to
> > pick up some bolts for my front license plate. After not finding what
>  > I was looking for, I got in my car and it wouldn't start or even 
> turn
>  > over! No power, nada. At first, I thought it was the infamous
>  > "ignition switch" which I'm planning on replacing at the Mihnea 
> Tuning
>  > Session (which I was now panicking that was not going to be able to
> > attend!) with Paul K. and co. A quick test of the radio and power
>  > locks told me that this was not the case. After running in to get a
> > screwdriver, I popped up the back seat and saw that my negative 
> battery
>  > terminal was actually BROKEN and coming off the post of my battery!
>  > $1.56, 10 minutes later, and several trips back in and out of the 
> store
>  > and I was back in business. The happy news for the day - sometimes 
> it
> > actually *IS* the cheap fix!
>  >
> > -Evan
>  > 95 //S6
>  >
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