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I think it will be Chinese takeout tonight :D Had to have the RAV4 towed to dealer today. Battery went DOA overnight. Literally so DOA it did not have enough in it to activate my battery charger! So, towed to dealer. $98 for tow and $275 later at dealer. So now I have to take "da boss" up from work, then run her up to Love's Park IL to get the car and then home. No cookin' tonight
 
LMichaels said:
Had to have the RAV4 towed to dealer today. Battery went DOA overnight. Literally so DOA it did not have enough in it to activate my battery charger! So, towed to dealer. $98 for tow and $275 later at dealer.
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Wait, WHAT????? That sounds like a complete failed open battery.

One of the gizmos I have here is a wheeled old school charger, with a 200 amp start feature. I'll get some watt-hours into it.... Had to use it a month ago on the truck, 3 year old batteries failed to even engage the starter on a cold morning. Dealer did a 100% replacement on a 48 month full replacement. They'd started to make noises about how long it had sat, I shut those down bloomin' quickly. Didn't take long after that to get my replacements.

Oh, and dinner tonight was a buffalo chicken sandwich at a craft brew house, with a couple of gents I used to work with.
 
JKalchik said:
Wait, WHAT????? That sounds like a complete failed open battery.

One of the gizmos I have here is a wheeled old school charger, with a 200 amp start feature. I'll get some watt-hours into it.... Had to use it a month ago on the truck, 3 year old batteries failed to even engage the starter on a cold morning. Dealer did a 100% replacement on a 48 month full replacement. They'd started to make noises about how long it had sat, I shut those down bloomin' quickly. Didn't take long after that to get my replacements.

Oh, and dinner tonight was a buffalo chicken sandwich at a craft brew house, with a couple of gents I used to work with.
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Yeah, it was weird. The flat bed operator used one of those LiOn jumper packs on it. Oddly when he hooked it up the combustion engine fired up by itself! Thankfully because nothing would operate, it was so DOA. And my wife had the driver seat so crammed up against the steering wheel (yeah it's how she drives), neither of us could squeak into the driver seat to release the shifter and get it out of park and out of the garage. So we got lucky it activated enough to move it and get it up on the flat bed. I think it's so funny. Here it's got a 400 volt battery under the back seat but a little 12V lead acid battery brought it down
 
LMichaels said:
Yeah, it was weird. The flat bed operator used one of those LiOn jumper packs on it. Oddly when he hooked it up the combustion engine fired up by itself! Thankfully because nothing would operate, it was so DOA. And my wife had the driver seat so crammed up against the steering wheel (yeah it's how she drives), neither of us could squeak into the driver seat to release the shifter and get it out of park and out of the garage. So we got lucky it activated enough to move it and get it up on the flat bed. I think it's so funny. Here it's got a 400 volt battery under the back seat but a little 12V lead acid battery brought it down
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That's your new buggy, right? Was the ignition key in, and in what position? Guess I'm old enough and cranky enough that a lot of these modern "features" I consider to be active safety hazards. I'll get off my soapbox and stop beatin' my drum.
 
No, it's going on 5 year now come August. I had it in for it's normal 5000 miles services back in September. At that point it we've had it 25 months since it came off the truck from Japan. Lately given our climate and the way batteries are made now, I don't trust batteries beyond 3 years old and 4 is really stretching it. So I make sure the dealer runs a full diagnostic every time on them once they hit 3. I failed to ask on the RAV. Totally forgot, because it's stuffed in the back. Out of sight out of mind. Lesson learned.
 
LMichaels said:
I think it will be Chinese takeout tonight :D Had to have the RAV4 towed to dealer today. Battery went DOA overnight. Literally so DOA it did not have enough in it to activate my battery charger! So, towed to dealer. $98 for tow and $275 later at dealer. So now I have to take "da boss" up from work, then run her up to Love's Park IL to get the car and then home. No cookin' tonight
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You should've hit the Korean place up on Riverside Blvd...I really want to give their fried chicken a try one of these days!

I have a 2-bone rib roast on the kettle rotisserie right now. It's nice being an empty nester.;)
 
Marinated some chicken thighs tonight. EVOO, balsamic, garlic, salt, pepper, salvia, oregano, thyme. On the little Ninja. No smoke just trying out straight grilling tonight
 
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