My mother took off with Alex on Saturday and left me her legal-to-drive car so I could drive it instead of my not-leagal-to-drive car. I drove it home from the airport, parked it in the driveway, and went in to take a nap, and make evening plans.
Before she left, my mother warned me of two things: watch the fuel gauge and turn off the lights. Her car lacks those wonderful dummy whistles and lights to let you know that you've left something on or that you are about to run out of gas. And, as things go for me, I left the lights on.
So, I come out about 10pm to leave and the car is dead. No big deal, I think. I run next door, ask our neighbor if he has cables, and we got to jump the car. And, while I'm not sure if it matters or not, I feel the need to note that I forgot to turn the ignition off after we pushed it to an accessible location.
We hooked up the cables, the car gave a slight whirr of activitie (like the radio made noise and what not) but that was it. I got in to start it and nothing. We repositioned the cables, nothing. We tried again and again, nothing.
So now, the legal-to-drive car is sitting on the street by my house and I'm again in my not-legal-to-drive car. Damn. Hopefully I can find something to do about this car tonight. The fuse solution didn't seem to work, so I don't know what else to do.