Car Battery Hassle - Advice Sought

[NickFitz]

Option 1)
Wait for Admin to pay you and buy a new contractors car - Audi S3 or Mazda 6 MPS

I like my Orion

Option 2)
Drive the car for 30 mins - should charge enough to restart a warm engine

Duly noted

Option 3)
Always use the jump starter pack - my sister got an extra year out of a battery in her nappy wagon doing this and never blew up a petrol station.

Despite the extended battery life offered by not actually using the battery, I think the convenience of being able to start the car without lifting the bonnet has its attractions

Option 4) Ask someone from Mumsnet to give you a push.

FFS, they complain about having to push when they're giving birth

HTH

Certainly some points to take under advisement

[threaded]

where I park (mine's the blue one)

My god man, move out of the ghetto!

[stek]

Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?

[DaveB]

Despite the extended battery life offered by not actually using the battery, I think the convenience of being able to start the car without lifting the bonnet has its attractions

Keep the portable unit in the passenger footwell and run the cables though into the engine bay and keep it hooked up to the battery.

Just drill a couple of holes in the bulkhead and whack a dollop of expanding foam in there afterwards to fill any gaps.

Simples!

[ctdctd]

Keep the portable unit in the passenger footwell and run the cables though into the engine bay and keep it hooked up to the battery.

Just drill a couple of holes in the bulkhead and whack a dollop of expanding foam in there afterwards to fill any gaps.

Simples!

It's a 14 year old Orion - I suspect drilling any holes will cause the wheels to fall off and the engine to fall out.

[DaveB]

It's a 14 year old Orion - I suspect drilling any holes will cause the wheels to fall off and the engine to fall out.

In which case there are probably suitable holes already available and the foam will add to it's structural integrity

[lilelvis2000]

I'd replace a dead battery immediately. I just did that on my Nissan - where the battery just died all of a sudden. It was six years old mind you. In Canada, I always changed the battery after four years. You wouldn't want to be caught outside in -20C with a dead battery.

Can't see any reason you couldn't get replacement bolts from a breaker yard.