Better not be the oil

[missdiane]

It's 3F out aaaaaaaand my car won't start. I emailed in to attend the morning staff meeting via zoom instead. How annoying. The lights blink and tell me things aren't working but it won't turn over. Chances are it's a wimpy battery but google also tells me it could be thickened engine oil. I got an oil change at Valvoline when I could drive again after the surgery and we put in "the good stuff" so it better damned well NOT be that.

It's supposed to get near freezing early this afternoon so I'll try it again then and if it starts, I'll drive it around for a while but I won't do anything like go to the grocery in case it wants to get bitchy and not restart.

I got a new car last year for what, again? Oh that's right, tariff fears. Though it should be covered by warranty, I suppose. Hmph.

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[halfmoon_mollie1]

no one starts very well at 3F. Glad you have the option to attend by Zoom!

[missdiane]

Update from a reply to Spikes on LJ
Good news: car started RIGHT up with a jump start

Bad news: It took the guy so long to get here that we had to leave the car at the dealership when we dropped it off (can't complain too much, it's covered by car insurance)

Good news: Emily works from home tomorrow so we'll pick it up then. We're also going to get groceries and extra snow melt in case we end up in the path of the huge storm. We'd rather get it over with tomorrow than deal with the people freaking out on Saturday.

Oh and I asked about paying for a "better" battery and unfortunately it only takes one size. So one thing I will be investing in is one of those gadgets where you can jump start your own car.

[missdiane]

I guess, though when you have a car barely over a year old, it should start. According to reddit, Hondas have crappy little batteries so if it starts later today, I may see in the next couple of days if I can take it to a mechanic to have an upgraded one installed (note, I didn't say the dealership...)

[spiffikins]

I mean, the last car I bought in Canada had a block heater with long wire and a plug - so you would plug in your car overnight when it was really cold, to keep it from freezing and make sure it would start :D

Thankfully I never had to use it, since I don't live in places like that :D

[missdiane]

The service guy said that the battery was defective so I'm guessing that it was going to fail at some point. I still may get a portable jump starter to have on hand.

According to the service dude, unfortunately there's only one size battery for the car so there was no "upgrade" but I didn't have to pay for the jump start (through insurance) or anything else since I took it to the dealership after all and it was covered under warranty.

[spiffikins]

Well - that's good that it was defective and not 'just how it will be' ? And good that it's fixed under warranty!