Right, I've really had it now. Lost temper, tantrum time... I got back to the states to find my dad had forgotten the golden rule with my beloved Porsche 911... always start it and run it once a week... Unfortunately, he forgot, and then didnt use the key in the ignition, so not only did the car commit suicide but the battery is completely dead.
This now appears to be a common problem with 911's from around my year (1998), put simply, I just need to charge the battery. But the boot and bonnet release are both electronic. Meaning I cant actually get to the battery to change it.. Numerous suggestions and routes have been, and are being explored. First up was a jump start device that works between the cigar lighters of two cars.. idea being is to supply enough charge to the batter from a donor car to allow my car to start... that didnt work. Second route is currently in progress, which involved handing over a moderate sum of cash to Porsche in exchange for a trickle charger/charger which plugs into the cigar lighter, and other end into the mains socket. Slowly it's supposed to feed power to the battery.. it's showing that the charger unit is on, but not showing any current going to the battery. Porsche said to give it an hour, so fingers crossed!If this doesn't work, the third route is to dismantle the bonnet release lever mechanism.. which will require the purchasing of Allen keys and lord knows what else just to be able to undo the whole thing.
All this just to charge a battery!?!??! Sheeeeeesh...
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