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So got up the other morning and needed to move the wife's CS. We're remodeling the bathroom and the contractor is cutting tiles with his wet-saw on the carport. I don't want to see him use the front boot-lid as a saw-stand, so I'm moving the cars out onto the drive every day.
The previous night, I had moved the car so that I could clean the gutters, and when I moved it back, I didn't take out the key, so the car sat with the key in it overnight... Got ready to move it and it was deader than a doornail. As most of us know, not necessarily from experience, but rather from reading this forum, wiht a dead battery you can't use the remote, or the lever, to open the boot so that you can jump the battery. There is; however, a release hidden in the crease of hte passenger door. I tired to use it and it snapped right off.
I was in a predicament; I couldn't leave the ccar on the carport. Tile dust is not a good amendment to a car's finish... I got the battery minder and plugged it in hoping that it might charge the battery before the contractor arrived. However, when I plugged it in the car went crazy! The interior lights began flashing, the passenger widow began cranking down, and the dash lights flashed! That's when inspiration struck! Try the boot release lever! It worked. With the front boot open, I could pull up another car and jump the battery.
Lesson learned; don't leave the key in the car. Before using the hidden release, try the battery minder. After getting the car running. come up with a good story to tell the wife...
The previous night, I had moved the car so that I could clean the gutters, and when I moved it back, I didn't take out the key, so the car sat with the key in it overnight... Got ready to move it and it was deader than a doornail. As most of us know, not necessarily from experience, but rather from reading this forum, wiht a dead battery you can't use the remote, or the lever, to open the boot so that you can jump the battery. There is; however, a release hidden in the crease of hte passenger door. I tired to use it and it snapped right off.
I was in a predicament; I couldn't leave the ccar on the carport. Tile dust is not a good amendment to a car's finish... I got the battery minder and plugged it in hoping that it might charge the battery before the contractor arrived. However, when I plugged it in the car went crazy! The interior lights began flashing, the passenger widow began cranking down, and the dash lights flashed! That's when inspiration struck! Try the boot release lever! It worked. With the front boot open, I could pull up another car and jump the battery.
Lesson learned; don't leave the key in the car. Before using the hidden release, try the battery minder. After getting the car running. come up with a good story to tell the wife...