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[malfcn]

Not the brand.

Sitting in a hot lot. Car won't start. Here goes $300-500.

Not the starter. Was the battery.
It's A Sebring, so the battery is inside the wheel well. Must take the wheel off and rip into the car.

I'm paying $250 to have it done.

 

[pants]

open the door.
get on the floor.
start walking like a dinosaur.

 

[shadyspace]

3 dollars doesn't sound too bad.

 

[DECK'ARD]

Ok

 

[jts]

RIP in peace starter.

 

[Horse]

Hop on.

 

[Yaboosh]

Thought you were talking about the clothing company and I was surprised they were still alive.

 

[Halo 2]

Hop on.

We can always count on horse.

 

[HiResDes]

 

[Lambtron]

Do you drive an older Civic by any chance? My car would do this. Then it would inevitably start after sundown.

 

[badgenome]

Sad to hear. They made good jackets.

 

[pants]

I honestly thought this thread was about kickstarter

 

[malfcn]

Sebring. It did this the other day but started. Now it won't. Almost had it. Next to a shop that I just need to get started.

 

[Slayven]

Thought so to.

 

[rudieboy77]

What starter costs $300 to $500?

 

[Escape Goat]

Keep us updated.

 

[Horseticuffs]

Came in here thinking the clothing company also. Really sorry for your luck, OP.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

Same happened to me two months ago. Really just sucks.

 

[Grinchy]

What you want to do is sit in the car without your pants or underwear on. When the tow truck gets there, you casually get out of the car and reveal that the bottom half of your body is naked.

 

[turnbuckle]

That's what I thought this was going to be about

 

[Ahasverus]

I read Strafer. Almost got out of breath.

 

[terrisus]

 

[SJS]

Go to the Pokemon Center.

 

[malfcn]

What you want to do is sit in the car without your pants or underwear on. When the tow truck gets there, you casually get out of the car and reveal that the bottom half of your body is naked.

Don't want to pay for no tow.

 

[smurfx]

do you have a screw driver? try banging on the starter and see if your car starts.

edit: actually get a wrench and use it to tap the screw driver into the starter. just a few times is good enough and see if your car starts. try this a few times if it doesn't work.

 

[Trouble]

Is it a manual? If so, jumpstart that shit.

 

[Escape Goat]

What you want to do is sit in the car without your pants or underwear on. When the tow truck gets there, you casually get out of the car and reveal that the bottom half of your body is naked.

Step 3. ?????
Step 4. Profit

 

[Risible]

Sitting in a hot lot. Car won't start. Here goes $300-500.

Get a long pole like a broomstick or something. Locate starter and bang on it with the stick. Try starting car.

Sometimes the bushings come loose and banging it resets them. Had a car I used to have to do it to occasionally.

Good luck!

 

[Grinchy]

Don't want to pay for no tow.

Exactly.

 

[pants]

What you want to do is sit in the car without your pants or underwear on. When the tow truck gets there, you casually get out of the car and reveal that the bottom half of your body is naked.

Don't want to pay for no tow.

Exactly.

 

[sixteen-bit]

read my mind

 

[Protag]

Hop on.

Amazing

Edit: i too thought this was about the Starter brand

 

[CaptainPlanet]

What was said before hit it with something a few times, many times it will make it work again, so you can at least get home or save yourself a tow

 

[ZackieChan]

You can get a rebuilt one much cheaper and find a mechanic on Craigslist who will do it. Probably cost you much less.

 

[Blargonaut]

Sitting in a hot lot. Car won't start. Here goes $300-500.

My vehicle, dead.
Summer heat burned my wallet.
I'm overheating~

 

[malfcn]

Walked to the shop. They had some guy come over and hook something to the battery and it started. Maybe it won't be so bad.

 

[grumpy]

I wasn't wearing my glasses and for a split second I thought the title was "Shatner is dead". Almost shat a brick.

 

[Ovid]

That's what I thought this was going to be about

Me too lol.

 

[Santiako]

Long live Starter!

 

[GloveSlap]

Walked to the shop. They had some guy come over and hook something to the battery and it started. Maybe it won't be so bad.

So you probably just have a dead battery. That is usually the culprit in my experience. Should cost around $75 to replace it.

 

[terrisus]

I wasn't wearing my glasses and for a split second I thought the title was "Shatner is dead". Almost shat a brick.

 

[Sectorseven]

How do you know it's the starter?

 

[Messypandas]

His name was Starter. His name was Starter.

 

[CaptainPlanet]

Walked to the shop. They had some guy come over and hook something to the battery and it started. Maybe it won't be so bad.

Not the starter then dead battery would be the cheapest replacement and what you want to be the prob if you have to fix something

Did the car die while driving or was it parked and dead when you came back to it?

 

[Wag]

 

[jts]

Walked to the shop. They had some guy come over and hook something to the battery and it started. Maybe it won't be so bad.

Then it's battery or alternator.

 

[CaptainPlanet]

Then it's battery or alternator.

Or possibly a short which could potentially be the most expensive

 

[jts]

Or possibly a short which could potentially be the most expensive

But could it be jumpstarted in that case? Tbh, I really don't know.

 

[PrimaNocta]

So he started your car with a booster? Than u have a bad battery or Alternator. If u replace the battery & it dies again than it's the Alternator.

 

[CaptainPlanet]

But could it be jumpstarted in that case? Tbh, I really don't know.

Yep would jump start fine in almost all cases dince if it is a short its likely a low amperage draw wire, something like a brake light wire grounding off woulf cause a slow drain of the battery.

Op need moar info, would help narrow down

Main thing is was the car running when it died and if not how long wa the car off before you went to start it again.