Tribeca

Had a big scare last night. 

We had driven to our fave bubble tea place in Montclair and was on our way to McDonald's (a treat for our kid) when the Tribeca started sputtering, seemed to have lost power, lost the driving lights  and later, stopped working. Thankfully, we had enough momentum to pull over to the side when it eventually lost all power altogether, I am also thankful that despite it being a busy street, there were no cars behind us when we lost power.

If you can think of movies where an EMP goes off and the entire power grid - everything that runs on computers or has power - basically just shutting down and dying ? That's how it went with the Tribeca last night.

I immediately called AAA to ask for assistance, told them we were on the side of a dark but busy road, no streetlights, the street had no shoulder and we had no lights at all - the emergency lights weren't working. AAA gave us priority because of the situation. AAA does come to the rescue in around 5 minutes, guy loads up the Tribeca on his flatbed and we ask to have it towed home. Meanwhile, the 3 of us took an Uber home. Swe-cha was so well-behaved, he made us so proud!

Super thankful: 

- that God kept us safe and prevented accidents

- that Swe-cha coped really well with the situation 

- that while hubby goes to the office 2 days a week, I do work from home full time till June 2021. Swe-cha is doing remote schooling so technically, can really share 1 car for now (no pressure to get a replacement). 

So far, theories for what happened last night revolve around a bad battery, dirty / bad battery terminals or a bad alternator. If it's the batttery or terminals, we'll get this replaced. If it's the alternator, we'll have to look for a replacement.