Dead Car Battery

I have owned my Nissan Xterra for almost three years now. It is a 2010 model and only has about 35,000 miles on it. This being said, you wouldn’t think much would be going wrong with the automobile since it’s not old and is in fairly good condition. However, I learned differently this past week.

My Marketing Management class is the only class I have face-to-face on campus this semester. We ended up finishing the class a little early so this past Thursday was our last class day.

This was a class that I knew under no circumstances I could afford to miss. I decided to leave early for class that morning just to make sure I got a parking spot and made class on time versus potentially being late. As I get in my car and try to start it, my car makes an awful screechy/scratchy noise- MY CAR WAS DEAD!

I being to panic remembering that my roommate is already in class and my neighbors already left for work. Then, I realize that Thursdays are the days my brother doesn’t have class until the afternoon. So I reluctantly call my brother, wake him up, and beg him to come over and jump my car off. He is half asleep but decides to be the best brother in the world and drive over to my house and, instead of jumping me off and taking the risk of it not starting again once I leave school, agrees to let me temporarily borrow his car and return it after class.

Luckily, I made it to class on time. After class was over I went to my brother’s house to pick up my car and see that my brother is still asleep. I felt bad for waking him up earlier so I did something I almost never do- I TRIED SOMETHING NEW! I had paid pretty close attention when he jumped my car off earlier that day and decided I would try my best to do it by myself instead of waking him up. Needless to say, IT WAS A SUCCESS!

I drove my car straight to the Nissan dealership to get a $100 new battery installed so I could make it back to Madison without any problems. I just wonder why the car battery died in the first place since no lights were left on or anything to drain the battery, so I’m still not exactly sure what caused it. I’m just happy it’s fixed and I ultimately made my last class on time!