Stranded

When we were trying to fix our golf cart, Tom Moffat came over with an electric pump to pump our tires.  He wanted to hook the pump up to the battery of our car.  Barb started the car and Tom connected the cables from the pump and immediately the car stopped because it had drained the battery.  Barb couldn’t start the car.  So Tom attached the battery charger to the car battery and recharged the battery but he warned us that we might need a new battery.

Today Barb was shopping at the Sebring Mall and when she same out, the car wouldn’t start.  She asked the people around her if they had jumper cables.  She found a man in a truck with jumper cables and was able to start the car but she wanted to get a new battery and was afraid to turn off the car.  So she went around to the back of the Mall to the Sears Service Center to ask about getting a new battery.  The man came out and checked the car and said our car had a special battery that they didn’t keep in stock.  Barb asked him what she could do.  He said she should check the Auto Parts Store across the street from the Mall.

So Barb went over to the Auto Parts store and asked them if they had our kind of battery.  They did and so Barb was going to ask how long it would take to get a new battery installed.  The man said he would be able to do it right now.  Barb didn’t even have to bring her car into the shop.  The man just brought out a cart and a battery and installed a new battery right in the parking lot while Barb watched.  Barb asked him how many batteries he replaced in a week and he said about 100.  He said the humidity down here was terrible on car batteries and they only last about 2 or 3 years.  So Barb could only get a 3-year guarantee on the battery she bought but she was happy she didn’t have to worry for a while and that it was so easy to fix.