Enjablog

I got up bright and early yesterday with plans to get Henry’s battery replaced. I called Jiffy Lube Friday afternoon to make sure they had my battery available, but they said I didn’t need an appointment and to just come in. They would look my car up and get the battery I needed. Great. That sounds reasonable…

Until I show up and they tell me that they don’t have my battery. But there’s an auto parts store about a mile away where I can pick one up and then they’ll install it for me. Only $120. Ok, but what about the part where I can’t turn my car off? Oh, just leave your car running outside the store. No one will steal it.

Right.

So the Jiffy Lube dude calls over, confirms that they have my battery, and I go over to pick it up. Except when I get over there, the guy laughs and says, “I just checked. We don’t have it.” They can get it for me in about an hour and a half.

Thanks, man. I’ll just sit outside with my car running for 2 hours.

So, I head home to regroup. Call Ian and my parents to get suggestions and my parents tell me that Costco should have it. So, I head over to their place and get my dad to drive around town on a Henry scavanger hunt. We get to Costco just as they’re opening and look at the car batteries. Huh, they have about 30 different batteries, but not mine. Sigh.

Enter: Goog411.

I called Google and asked for auto part stores near where we were. It connected me to one place with my battery in stock for $105. And I tried an Advanced Auto a little farther away, but they had my battery for $80. They even offered to hold it for me!

My dad and I got over there, they gave us some tips on replacing the battery, I got Henry some new wiper blades while I was at it too. And back to my parents’ house.

My dad tried replacing the battery for me, but we couldn’t get the last nut unscrewed. There was too much rust and we couldn’t find a wrench that fit on properly. We decided to wait until after lunch and get Lenny to help.

Two hours later…

My dad, my brother, my uncle all taking turns trying to get this battery out of my car. My mom, my sis, my sis-in-law, and niece spectating. We finally decide it’d be better to just put everything back together and bring my car in to Advanced Auto and get them to change the battery out for me. And we get the battery put back into place, try to jump Henry and… he doesn’t start.

Then one of the neighbors got home and we asked to borrow a wrench. This time, it works! Lenny got the last nut loosened, we got the battery changed out, and Henry is back and good as new!