And more importantly, do you have jumper cables? If not, at least buy them even if you don't know how to use them.
I was in Iowa this weekend and had a rental car, so I didn't have cables. My battery died, which put me in quite the fix. The hotel didn't have cables I could use, so I had to ask other people as they were leaving the lobby. Took me 18 people (seriously, I started counting after the fifth and counted couples/groups as '1') to find someone with cables (or someone who would claim they have cables).
Then a tad bit of embarrassment because I couldn't remember the order to put the cables on to jump the car. Luckily the other guy did. Don't have to jump a car too often and 'don't use it, lose it' applies to this as well evidently.
And to those who know better than I about cars: I've always been told to put the ground cable onto a metal part of the car. However, the guy who helped me out insisted it goes on to the negative pole of the car battery. I went "ya know, I don't think that's right" but since I was the guy who forgot the order any how, I didn't press the issue too much.
I went online to print out the order so I don't forget it again and wind up with someone else who forgot/doesn't know, and they're all backing me up with putting it on metal. So which way is it? Or does it even matter? My dad told me it can blow the battery but my car seemed to start up fine. Might've just been lucky though.
I was in Iowa this weekend and had a rental car, so I didn't have cables. My battery died, which put me in quite the fix. The hotel didn't have cables I could use, so I had to ask other people as they were leaving the lobby. Took me 18 people (seriously, I started counting after the fifth and counted couples/groups as '1') to find someone with cables (or someone who would claim they have cables).
Then a tad bit of embarrassment because I couldn't remember the order to put the cables on to jump the car. Luckily the other guy did. Don't have to jump a car too often and 'don't use it, lose it' applies to this as well evidently.
And to those who know better than I about cars: I've always been told to put the ground cable onto a metal part of the car. However, the guy who helped me out insisted it goes on to the negative pole of the car battery. I went "ya know, I don't think that's right" but since I was the guy who forgot the order any how, I didn't press the issue too much.
I went online to print out the order so I don't forget it again and wind up with someone else who forgot/doesn't know, and they're all backing me up with putting it on metal. So which way is it? Or does it even matter? My dad told me it can blow the battery but my car seemed to start up fine. Might've just been lucky though.
WOW! 
