Ooops battery is drained

[Perfectlap]

Okay so like a knuckle head I left my Valentine one plugged in after parking the car in the garage and going away for two weeks. Dead as a door nail. Now I'm in a bit of a rush..

Should I:

A- take the battery out and have it charged at Autzone or some other place? (I'm sure this will take at least half a day and I hear a drained battery is so so even afte re-charging)
B- Buy a Costco cheapo unit for $50
C- buy one those jump start packs for $100
D- push the car out of the garage and beg for a jump start from one of my neighbohrs (who seem never to be around).
E- kick myself for letting my triple A membership lapse.

[extanker]

i say B[1] 75 $ BATT

[extanker]

are you near trenton ? i can give ya a jump

[Perfectlap]

No I'm on the Northern Jersey hemisphere.

Yeah, I'm leaning towards a Costco run. I love that place Wheaties Fuel big box for $2.99! But those battery packs look tempting. I hear mixed reviews on their ability to restart a fully drained battery though.

[extanker]

i went through 3 batt jumper pacts the only thing they ever started were motor cycles

[Perfectlap]

Yeah I can open the trunk. Which now makes me think the door wasn't fully closed and that killed the battery. The window wasn't lowered that little bit as it normally is, so the door won't fully close.

I keep one of those small glove compartment Black & Decker battery packs with the cigarette lighter plug in the rear cubby in the event the battery drains and the front truck won't release. It gives the car just enough juice to light up the dash to activate the trunk release but it won't turn over the engine. I just replaced the battery last year with a Duralast from Autozone.


Hmm....I don't think a jump start from another car is going to do the trick since the battery is fully drained. ARGHH...

[fatmike]

Are you able to pop the latch to get to the battery?