{"id":497898,"date":"2018-11-02T12:52:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T19:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=67216"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:21:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:21:27","slug":"classic-fear-loathing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/classic-fear-loathing\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Fear &#038; Loathing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>I can think of few feelings worse than that moment of instant shock, when you turn the ignition key and are greeted with a\u2026click. While at some level, I\u2019m slightly less shocked when it happens in a classic car, when it happens in my daily driver, there\u2019s not only shock, but a quick succession of emotions including panic, \u201c<em>What?!<\/em>\u201d; rage, \u201c<em>Damn it!<\/em>\u201d; and blame, i.e. this has to be someone\u2019s fault!<\/p>\n<p>And so it was one recent morning, as I climbed behind the wheel of my daily driver Ford truck, only to hear the clicking of the solenoid. After much sweating and cursing, I broke out my lithium ion jumper battery (these things are an automotive Godsend) and discovered that my truck\u2019s batteries (yes, it has two!) were deader than the proverbial doornail. 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