Now it’s official that my car does not like Barry. Fist the flat tire, and now a possible dead alternator/starter.
After the nice dinner at Bento, we have decided to go to Fred Meyer, and on the way there I have noticed a weird “loss” feeling of the car when I let go of the break. And after we shopped at Fred Meyer, the car would not start easily. While driving I have noticed the car keep wanting to die on me. So we took it to K-Mart for some battery replacement (as a possible fualt of the mess).
That’s where all things goes wrong, first we carried a 30 lbs battery out, then noticed it was the wrong size. After we exchanged the battery, we noticed it was slightly narrower than the one old, which made it impossible to tie down to the battery panel. We were constantly going in and out of the store looking for better tools. Eventually we gave up trying to secure the battery, thinking that the weight itself will hold it tight to the car.
It is still unknown why the car would have this problem – several possibilities have been listed. 1. Dead battery (which will no longer be the case). 2. Bad alternator (as Barry suggestded). 3. Bad starter (what Dad suggested and also from my past experience, the feeling of the car felt the same as a previous incident)
What to hope for? Hoping Dad would export his 2000 Ford Scorpio to the US for me 
Have fun wishing
I think importing a model that isn’t already in the US is a pain… you have to make sure it passes the US emission standards, which is very strict (why many car makers don’t have all their models in the us, and some don’t have any at all, like Peugeot).