Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Dead battery!

This morning's start was not the best.....the new car had a dead battery when we went out to start it and get ready to tow it away.  We had faithfully followed all the directions for towing requested by Ford.  Since we were in the Walmart parking lot we went into the Auto Center and checked out the options there.  They offer no service but do sell "Instant Starters".  We thought about purchasing one of those, but they have to be plugged in for 24 hours before they can be used.  So, we called AAA and they were there within minutes.  We drove the car to a local Ford dealer and discussed the situation with their service guy and the opinion of Ford and the AAA guy is that we need another wiring job to connect the car and the RV while on the road.  We'll look into that at some point soon.  Meanwhile we finally got on the road around 11:15 and arrived in Eureka, MO west of St. Louis around 5:00 Central time.  We made several stops along the way and while at Flying J, besides dropping $430 for fuel, we ran the car for about half an hour.  It started again when we got to Eureka, so we'll see what happens in the morning.  We sailed right through downtown St. Louis on the early side of rush hour and will continue our trek in the morning...batteries permitting.

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