Dead

It was a very cold night and there was thick frost over the car. It took a long time to clear the ice off the windows before the Gorse Fox could do the car dance. Cars shifted, the Gorse Fox headed off in his own car to football (with some nice warm layers to wear on the pitch).

He changed and wandered along towards the pitch. The phone rang. It was the Silver Vixen. Her car wouldn't start. The Gorse Fox suggested a couple of things but nothing worked. The Silver Vixen was meant to be meeting a friend in Arundel, but that wasn't going to happen in the circumstances.

The Gorse Fox enjoyed the football. His team won the first hour of the competition with a win and two draws. In the second hour in the new mix of players he lost two and won one. All in all a good session (and surprisingly busy).

Back home the car was still sitting on the driveway. The RAC was called (as covered by the Nissan warranty)... but it would be four or five hours before they arrived.

The chap arrived and described to the Gorse Fox what the problem was - the Gorse Fox confirmed he had got it spot on. Apparently this is a common fault with a bad batch of batteries.

The RAC chap connected up all the diagnostic equipment and sure enough it said the battery need to be replaced. Te minutes later the new battery was in and he was running the new diagnostics. All was well and the car is now behaving as it should.

What a relief.