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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Ouch 
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    😖
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @Liriodendron, oh dear, that sounds jolly painful, hope it heals quickly.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Not serious, @Lizzie27, thanks - just temporarily painful - and irritating, because today has been dry and sunny and I was looking forward to gardening...  
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Sorry for hear that, @Liriodendron
    Here's hoping the discomfort eases, and you are able to more more freely.
  • Darn! Wife's been out of action for 3 weeks, and not used the car. 
    I don't drive.
    Now she needs it, it has a beautifully flat battery, in the garage.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Do you know anyone you can borrow a battery charger from? Or call the AA/RAC/whichever breakdown service she has, if she has homestart as part of the cover. They'll probably be able to push/pull it out and jump-start it.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • She has cover through her insurance, and they've been called. 
    I'm not sure one can jump start an automatic by pushing it (backwards in this case, as she always goes into the garage forwards), so it'll need charging. Then she can take it down the motorway. 
    It's due to go for it's MOT on Tuesday, so it needs to be able to get there, then.
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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    We used to go away for 3 months every winter and our car / van always started first time when we got got home. 
    I suspect there's an underlying problem here .
    Devon.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    If it’s dead after just 3 weeks there’s probably a good reason,  seems a new one is needed,  trouble with batteries these days they’re either working or not,  no in between. Not like the old days when a charger would put it right.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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