Car battery shenanigans

[NotAllThere]

Weird happening today. This morning, my Volvo wouldn't even think about starting. Turned out the battery (five years old) was dead and needed replacing. There was no warning of this - yesterday it was running fine.

This evening, the Citroen C1 we have for the kids... same problem.

[WTFH]

Tomorrow your laptop will only work off the mains.

[RSoles]

Five years old? I replace mine every 3 years or so.
I presume the Citroen's battery was equally old?
Bit early in the year for this to start happening. Usually the first frost brings a crop of dead elderly batteries. They don't like low temps overnight.

[greenlake]

Weird happening today. This morning, my Volvo wouldn't even think about starting. Turned out the battery (five years old) was dead and needed replacing. There was no warning of this - yesterday it was running fine.

This evening, the Citroen C1 we have for the kids... same problem.

Make sure the connections are tight....

[xoggoth]

Heh, heh. Just a practice run. I've got something even better planned.

[shaunbhoy]

Weird happening today. This morning, my Volvo wouldn't even think about starting. Turned out the battery (five years old) was dead and needed replacing. There was no warning of this - yesterday it was running fine.

This evening, the Citroen C1 we have for the kids... same problem.

I blame Brexit. A lot of these foreign batteries are getting concerned about whether or not they are going to be allowed to stay.

[ChimpMaster]

Our car battery went flat last night too.
Then my Dyson vacuum cleaner motor gave up the ghost.
My amp is throwing a fit and not passing the signal my the Sky box to the TV.
My wife left me, for 4 days.

I blame Brexit, or aliens, which are proven to exist through ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.