Post #442,150
10/7/22 11:37:46 AM
10/7/22 11:37:46 AM
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I once had to jump the battery on my A8
Used A8, I had no experience with them before.
The trunk was electric. The battery was in the trunk. Cue shenanigans.
This was in an airport parking garage so tow vehicles couldn't fit.
Eventually the jump assist vehicle driver clipped one alligator to the lead of one of the interior door lights, and the other to a long screwdriver that he could barely reach the alternator with. Unbelievably poor design. Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #442,151
10/7/22 11:54:07 AM
10/7/22 11:54:07 AM
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my miata battery is in the trunk, luckily the 2002 has a lot of mechanical featues latch in armrest
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #442,155
10/10/22 4:47:58 AM
10/10/22 4:47:58 AM
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Guess where the battery for a Porsche Cayenne is.
Under the driver's seat! You need to remove the seat to get to it; I can't imagine how Porsche says how to jump-start it.
(I'm a bit of a fan of Youtuber Tyler "Hoovie" Hoover - he had a Cayenne with lots of problems* some years ago. * Yes, I know, Hoovie always has cars with problems...)
Wade.
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Post #442,156
10/10/22 9:16:02 AM
10/10/22 9:16:02 AM
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I'm the original VW Beetle it's under the *back* seat
It's easy to pull out the seat, but still ...
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Post #442,157
10/10/22 12:45:48 PM
10/10/22 12:45:48 PM
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Terminals under the hood.
It looks like jump starting it isn't a big deal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgipEB8IQCIReplacing the battery probably is, but they probably want you to take it to the dealer for everything anyway. :-/ Wasn't there a Chevy Monza or something that required that you had to take off the motor mount and transmission support to drop/raise the motor enough to change a rear spark plug? Ah yes, yes there was...Cheers, Scott.
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Post #442,158
10/10/22 1:04:41 PM
10/10/22 1:04:41 PM
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Other fun ones
My wife's Buick Century had rear brakes that had a custom tool to recess the pistons to do a brake job. You literally couldn't do that job without the custom, single-purpose tool.
And you had to remove one of the front wheels and driveshaft to access the oil filter.
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Post #442,159
10/10/22 4:17:16 PM
10/10/22 4:17:16 PM
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what year model buick ( just inherited one)
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #442,161
10/10/22 4:48:01 PM
10/10/22 4:48:01 PM
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Century, she had it when we got married, it was used when she got it, probably 90-92
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Post #442,162
10/11/22 9:10:17 AM
10/11/22 9:10:17 AM
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thx mine is a 2003 lesabre fingers xed
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #442,163
10/11/22 6:50:11 PM
10/11/22 6:50:11 PM
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That's a grampa car, which ... checks out
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Post #442,164
10/11/22 8:37:21 PM
10/11/22 8:37:21 PM
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drother have a linckum but the price was right
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #442,167
10/14/22 12:26:38 PM
10/14/22 12:26:38 PM
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and learning about the car, the battery is under the back seat with the fuse box
there is a positive lead to the engine compartment so that helps. Oil change, radiator flush, and new tires then take it on a short road trip "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #442,160
10/10/22 4:32:42 PM
10/10/22 4:32:42 PM
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Nice.
So someone actually thought of that. :-)
Wade.
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