Originally Posted by jwb

So i had bought a car a couple months ago. 2005 kia spectra. $800. Stick shift. ~180k miles.

I had been thinking to myself recently i need to take it to a shop just in case to get it checked out just cause it makes weird noises sometimes and I'm not used to driving a stick shift. I was gonna take it in next friday/Saturday after i get paid.

So when i went to take my friend home it was dead. We jump started it and i dropped him off thinking i had just left the lights on. No such luck. On the way back from his place it stalled out in like 2nd /3rd gear. It was completely dead and i have no cables on me. Middle of the night. This redneck couple saw me and helped me push it up an incline so i could start it by dumping the clutch. I didn't know you could do that. I was grateful cause it was only a matter of time before a cop came across me and then I'd be ****ed. I gave them like an 8th and some cigs as a reward. Got the car home but now it's dead again. Prolly won't have a car for at least a week. People are saying it sounds like the alternator.