But is resurrected! Lars called me from work yesterday to say that he couldn't get the VW started, normallly he takes the train in and home but there was surfing to do that morning so he drove in. AAA came and jumpstarted it, phew, just the battery. Turns out we still had the orignial battery, from 1998, which is only good for 5-years. Lasted us 10! We're so darn effecient. We got it all settled, there's a new battery and nothing else major that's wrong with it. Given the general economical circumstances, we're not quite ready to get minivan #2 yet to replace the VW. Our new plan is to see if we can make the VW work until after we go both go back to work. I was a bit nervous yesterday that we would be car shopping today.
The mechanic Lars spoke to yesterday remarked that our current heat-wave conditions are contributing to a lot of batteries fizzling out. Today, in this coastal area, we were well into the 90's. There is great relief in the shade, but the sun is merciless. I feel completely dehydrated. We're coming up on the anniversary of the wild fires, when the air was sucked dry, the sky was a black-orange, and the humidity was less than 5%.
This is a picture from Day 1 of last year's wildfires, it was taken around 9 a.m. Dark, huh?
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Hooray for vintage car batteries that just need a little goose in the morning!
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