just up and died

[Tomas Leveckis <leveckis@ici.net>]

In the middle of a 5hr drive, I stopped to get some
food (1hr by the time we fed the kids), and then to
gas (rest area on the mass pike, so a coupla hundred
yeards from the 1st stop....5-10min) got back in the
car, and it was dead (a little over 8V on the guage).
Got a jump and it started .... the ABS lite and the
seatbelt lite were blinking in unison, so I turned
off the ABS and the seatbelt lite stopped, too though
it would blink on whenever I tried to open a window
or the sunroof. I am assuming the alternator is fine
since I was able to drive it another 2.5hrs home with
AC on and headlites and whatever else....the car seemed
fine while running.....I get home, turn the car off, and
when I try to start, it is still totally dead.....

what gives????? does a battery go just like that???? I
mean one minute it starts with nothing noticeable (to
go from eating to gas), and then next, nothing.....

any insight to this problem would be greatly appreciated....

Tom Leveckis
'91 90Q20V