i used to have to change car batteries several times per week as part of my job while i was at university. i guess those skills came in handy today changing the battery on my car.

i'm honestly surprised the battery lasted this long- i bought the car in 2016 and the first time it showed hesitation starting was saturday morning. then the car wouldn't start sunday. we don't use our car that often (only about 20k miles/32k km in over 10 years including a drive from FL to WA)- driving twice in one week is very rare for us.

but i couldn't get a ride to the auto parts store to get a new one until today (there's not a good direct enough bus route to a place that sells them where i would've been willing to carry the battery).