after washing the cars yesterday and checking my oil (barely had any, it's time for an oil change anyway) and twiddle thumbs joking that my car's gonna break down or something, this morning my car didn't start, wouldn't start, couldn't start. uh... try again. uh... great! later in the evening someone came by to look at and potentially purchase my mom's minivan. we tore apart the house looking for flashlights, batteries, etc. while this was going on, my mom's boyfriend came home from work. i told him about my car and he tried and it took awhile but the car started. he told me a little trick. this had happened to my brother when he was using the car while i was in new zealand. i thought they changed the battery but i guess it just required a little shifting trick to get it going. this hadn't happened to me before. it looks like my car is so old now that it's developing a cranky personality.