Today is one of those days I will laugh about in the future. It was one of those days that verifies Murphy's law - "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". Yesterday I had to run a few errands after a day with pastor staff at Paya Lebar Chinese Methodist Church, stopping by several community centres to pick up course lists for my wife, and then to an IT shop in Bukit Batok to pick up my son's laptop which I had put in for repair.
It was after the latter that I noticed my tails lights - rather my break lights - did not turn off, even with the ignition off. This did not seem to be a major problem to me. If the problem didn't go away by itself, maybe a sensor needs replacing. I arrived home at almost 5:30, knowing I needed to help fix dinner so I could leave for a wake at 7 pm. No time to go to the Shell auto shop.
While home, several people called my wife commenting on the break lights. It will be taken care of. Not to worry. Off I went to the wake. The break light remained on. Strong battery. No problem. When I arrived back home I pondered disconnecting the battery. No. Strong battery.
The next day after a walk with my wife and breakfast eaten, went down to the car with my son. He needed a ride to his chemistry tutor.
The car was completely dead. In hind-sight, that was pretty obvious. No problem. Strong battery. Yeah! Goof-ball! So I gave the young man some money and told him to catch a taxi.
He likes the idea adventure, as long as it s virtual. His eyes grew. "You're coming with me." No. I believe in strong batteries. Later he was so excited that he had taken the taxi on his own. Don't get a big head about it, I said.
After chasing a few car owners and maintenance people on campus, and trying twice to "jump" the battery - to no avail - I called the Shell station. They sent a young man on a motorcycle. He pulled out a car battery and a thick - 200 mil - jumper cable. Plugged it in and my car started without a problem.
Immediately I drove to the Shell station and had the problem fixed. The sensor was just a few dollars. Replacement for the strong battery was $200.
It was after the latter that I noticed my tails lights - rather my break lights - did not turn off, even with the ignition off. This did not seem to be a major problem to me. If the problem didn't go away by itself, maybe a sensor needs replacing. I arrived home at almost 5:30, knowing I needed to help fix dinner so I could leave for a wake at 7 pm. No time to go to the Shell auto shop.
While home, several people called my wife commenting on the break lights. It will be taken care of. Not to worry. Off I went to the wake. The break light remained on. Strong battery. No problem. When I arrived back home I pondered disconnecting the battery. No. Strong battery.
The next day after a walk with my wife and breakfast eaten, went down to the car with my son. He needed a ride to his chemistry tutor.
The car was completely dead. In hind-sight, that was pretty obvious. No problem. Strong battery. Yeah! Goof-ball! So I gave the young man some money and told him to catch a taxi.
He likes the idea adventure, as long as it s virtual. His eyes grew. "You're coming with me." No. I believe in strong batteries. Later he was so excited that he had taken the taxi on his own. Don't get a big head about it, I said.
After chasing a few car owners and maintenance people on campus, and trying twice to "jump" the battery - to no avail - I called the Shell station. They sent a young man on a motorcycle. He pulled out a car battery and a thick - 200 mil - jumper cable. Plugged it in and my car started without a problem.
Immediately I drove to the Shell station and had the problem fixed. The sensor was just a few dollars. Replacement for the strong battery was $200.
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