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The goddamn battery is dead in my car, so it's sitting at Beardshear Hall on campus tonight. I'm fairly certain that the parking stall I pushed it to is safe from towing until Monday morning, so I'm ok there, but still...GODDAMN IT! This is the second time this has happened to me in a year! I wrecked my other car not even two months after I put a new battery in it. You know, I have actually had batteries go dead in every single car I've owned. My car hates me. That's all there is to it.

I need to find a parts store (or WalMart) tomorrow and get some WD-40. I tried to change the battery tonight to save me the trouble, but those cables are on there SOLID. The bolts are semi-stripped, too, so this is going to be great fun. *rolls eyes*

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Um, yeah, so the new battery did absolutely NOTHING for the problem. I spent all fucking day on that car and here's what I did:

Tried jumping the car last night using two separate cars.
Tried starting it, with no luck.
Tried taking out the old battery last night, with pliers, and failed.
Pushed the car to a parking spot that wouldn't get me towed, then went home for the night.
Went to Wal-mart and bought a socket wrench set, a crescent wrench set, vise grips, and a wire brush.
Took out the old battery, and put the new one in.
Took a wire brush to the connectors to get the gunk off.
Fastened them to the new battery and tightened them TIGHT.
Tried starting it, with no luck.
Wiggled the cables and retightened them.
Tried starting it, with no luck.
Loosened the positive connector.
Tried starting it, with no luck.
Tried charging the battery with jumper cables.
Tried starting it repeatedly, with no luck.
Went to the parts store and bought a new connector.
Cut the wires and reattached them to the new connector.
Attached the new connector to the battery.
Tried starting it, with no luck.
Charged the battery with jumper cables.
Tried starting it, with no luck.
Tapped on the sunoid thing attached to the starter.
Tried starting it, with no luck.
Kindly asked a neighbor that I BARELY KNEW to tow my POS car back to my apartment.
He agreed.
Went BACK to Walmart and bought a tow rope.
Went BACK to the apartment to get him.
Went BACK to my car to tow it home.

Now it sits in my parking lot, safe from being towed, but still completely broke down. We are seriously at a loss here about what to do. I can't afford to take it in, so if Dad tells me to, I'm going to kindly ask for financial assistance.

Here's the problem if there's a mechanic guru out there: You turn the key in the ignition, and dash and radio and everything come on fine, but when you turn it to start it, you hear a click and then nothing. It's not the alternator...I know what a car does when that's the problem...and this isn't it. There's a hell of a lot of corrosion inside the positive cable cord, and I'm wondering if I just need to replace that cord. There was just TONS of the white-ish corrosion powder packed into that cord. It didn't look good at all. The negative end looks great.

Gya, why me?