UPDATED:...G/F's car died in the middle of the California Desert...

[MrDingleDangle]

Im searching now for a towing company in Baker...

then I guess i get to drive frown West LA to baker tonight


UPDATE:
Update: Long night done

I started driving while she was calling tow companies...then they couldnt find anyplace to bring the car (it was 1:30 am when the tow truck got there)...they started headed for Barstow which was about 40 miles away....so I started driving there, but around 2am when I am 50 miles from barstow, they called because they couldnt get any confirmation on a place to bring the car there, so the next closest place was San Bernandino which I was near, so I got to the shop at about 2:30 and gave them a call, they were still an hour away.

so now I am at a Chevy dealership in a pretty run down area with an hour to spare...after about 30 minutes of sitting in the car I remembered I had my golf bag in the trunk so i took out some clubs and started hitting a plastic ball i had against the dealerships wall till 3:30am and then they showed up and I got to drive her home and got back to my place about 5am

I didnt make it to work on time today

now she has got to find a ride out to san bernadino tom. or this weekend probably as I will be in Montreal, but yeah it def. sounds like the alternator is the problem they way she said what happened.

and there really was no other way as she was minimum 30 miles from the closest sign of life and she had absolutely no power in the car....she was lucky and the tow truck got there within 30 minutes though...she wasnt to happy about being stuck in the middle of the desert with no power

 

[jdiddy]

Damn Bakers in the cuts!!! Hope you get it all worked out drive safe.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

im gonna start driving in like 5 minutes...no one has any suggestions? I guess its her battery, all the electronics started going slowely first....

 

[CrackRabbit]

Battery or Altenator...
GL to you!

 

[imported_Mike]

Does she have AAA?....driving out to baker = not fun.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Battery or Altenator...
GL to you!

she was driving then the cruise control wasnt working, followed by the AC...then the lights started to dim and she had trouble with the brakes until she turned off the engine

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: CheapArse
Does she have AAA?....driving out to baker = not fun.

no she doesnt...

im not worried as much about that, as much as i am, what do i do when I get there

 

[Wahsapa]

thats bat country!

 

[Adul]

sounds liek alternator. you can get by for a a distance if you charge up the battery full and run till it dies again. should be able to do 20 miles or so
i been there before

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: Adul
sounds liek alternator. you can get by for a a distance if you charge up the battery full and run till it dies again. should be able to do 20 miles or so
i been there before

thanks, im on my way out there now...doesnt sound good as she is in the middle of the desert, dont know what I will be able to do, but we will see.

Ill update tom. morning when I get back...gonna be a loooonngg night

 

[The Stigenator]

must be the alt.. take jumper cables and see if you can jump it.. find a way to limp it back home. You can try towing it if need be. Not sure if CHP will approve of towing with all 4 wheels of tow vehicle on the ground.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: The_good_guy
must be the alt.. take jumper cables and see if you can jump it.. find a way to limp it back home. You can try towing it if need be. Not sure if CHP will approve of towing with all 4 wheels of tow vehicle on the ground.

lol....he left an hour ago.

 

[The Stigenator]

Originally posted by: CheapArse

Originally posted by: The_good_guy
must be the alt.. take jumper cables and see if you can jump it.. find a way to limp it back home. You can try towing it if need be. Not sure if CHP will approve of towing with all 4 wheels of tow vehicle on the ground.

lol....he left an hour ago.

then why the fsck was it on top of my "refreshed" list of posts.. bah.. either that or atot is playing games.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Update: Long night done

I started driving while she was calling tow companies...then they couldnt find anyplace to bring the car (it was 1:30 am when the tow truck got there)...they started headed for Barstow which was about 40 miles away....so I started driving there, but around 2am when I am 50 miles from barstow, they called because they couldnt get any confirmation on a place to bring the car there, so the next closest place was San Bernandino which I was near, so I got to the shop at about 2:30 and gave them a call, they were still an hour away.

so now I am at a Chevy dealership in a pretty run down area with an hour to spare...after about 30 minutes of sitting in the car I remembered I had my golf bag in the trunk so i took out some clubs and started hitting a plastic ball i had against the dealerships wall till 3:30am and then they showed up and I got to drive her home and got back to my place about 5am

I didnt make it to work on time today

now she has got to find a ride out to san bernadino tom. or this weekend probably as I will be in Montreal, but yeah it def. sounds like the alternator is the problem they way she said what happened.

and there really was no other way as she was minimum 30 miles from the closest sign of life and she had absolutely no power in the car....she was lucky and the tow truck got there within 30 minutes though...she wasnt to happy about being stuck in the middle of the desert with no power