This is my car this morning. Here's the story. After returning from Copenhagen (remember from other stories: a long, very wet drive) we parked the car in the garage but left the boot lid open. Yes: I did not think...
Because I had an achilles tendon problem, and am hobbling around on crutches, I did not go into the garage until this morning (some 5x24 hours) as I needed to get the car to the shop for it's bi-annual APK (road-worthiness certification) and a small service. This morning, the car did not start. Battery completely depleted… because of the courtesy light in the boot. Tried to put it on RECOND with my trickle charger but the battery is so dead, it does not want to recondition the battery. Because I can't walk, I can't go and buy a battery and replace it myself (because I can't stand on two legs, and even then removing the old battery and inserting the new one is hard enough).
So I rang my workshop guy Alex, who sent over a friend with a trailer, and a booster pack. And he loaded the car. Alex will inspect the car today still, and hopefully (fingers crossed) I'll have it again on Wednesday afternoon, ready for the trip to the UK.
Dress code: casual except on Friday when I'll be wearing a suit too! And maybe crutches… I hope that will be resolved by Wednesday too...
Peter
