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Originally Posted by bc-chris
my wife gmg today
a while ago, one of the topics discussed on cp was a car battery booster (used to jump start a vehicle with a dead battery). a few pm's with DoubleF and i was all hooked up on amazon and waited until black friday and ordered a couple for my wife's and my vehicles.
i know it's a kind of lame present, but i saved it for christmas since i had no clue what to get my wife (we've been married 20+ years). once i explained what it was she was actually really happy with it (yea for me! ha! ha!)
fast forward to today.... i get a call from her "my car won't start"
my immediate response was "awesome! you can try the battery jumper i got you for christmas!"
wife "ummmmmm"
me "it's super easy to use! i put the instructions in the storage container with the jumper... you connect the jumper cables to the one end of the jumper, hit a button and you should be good to go to jump the car!"
wife... nothing but crickets
me "hello?"
wife "the jumper isn't in the car"
me "yes it is, i put it in the back of your car on boxing day"
wife "i took it out of my car this past friday and put it in the house"
me "what? why?"
i don't even know what her excuse/reason for removing it from her car was, all i knew was that i had to leave work early to get her car going so she could take our daughter to dance.
oh.... and when i got home i found her battery jumper and left it right in the center of the front entrance so she'd feel shame as she opened the front door! ha! ha!
needless to say - it's back in her car!
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a little update....
we got my wife a new battery and installed it yesterday. this morning she drops the kids off at school and since it's a day off for her she heads into town to do a few errands. after her first stop she texts me - my car won't start. ugh. she sends me a little video of her gauges being wonky. a quick google search says that's a result of a low powered battery - weird... maybe the new battery is a dud??
no problem - she has the booster.... but then i learn "i took it out becuz i had a brand new battery and it should be fine". ok... now i'm choked... and she knew it!
she opted to call a tow truck instead of having me leave work AGAIN. the tow truck driver gets to her, sees the wonky gauges, pulls out a battery booster and whammo - her car starts. that was $100. the battery booster sitting in our house... $105. yea - i'm sooo not impressed.
she went and got her new battery checked and sure enough - it's a dud... so now we're onto another battery... but the booster is finally back in her car!