Earlier this week, one of the guys at work called in that he was having car problems and would be late to work. When he finally shows up he tells us about his almost $1000 car repair because his alternator died. A grand for an alternator and a battery
In his description of what happened, car wouldn't start, clicked when he turned the key. Tried jumping it but still wouldn't start so he called a tow truck. Tow truck had a portable charging station that was able to get his car started
He was already distraught over the bill so I felt bad explaining if the charging station was able to jump start it, the alternator was fine and the battery was dead. It's like $100 at Autozone and they'll even change out the battery for free.