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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 944892" data-attributes="member: 561023">That depends on how far home is from the g/f's house. If the battery is bad and you jump it off then basically you're running the vehicle off of the current created by the alternator which is fine until you shut the car off and then, with a bunk battery, obviously the amperage necessary to crank the engine won't be present.On the flipside of the coin, if the battery is good and the alternator isn't charging, if you charge the battery to totally charged how far you can get depends on the aH rating of the battery in question and what accessories you're running while en route. Just getting it running from a jumpstart probably won't get you far at all - the first time you hit the brakes and light the brake lights or engage a turn signal it's highly likely it'll die right then and there.</blockquote>

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