u/HarrysCheckeredVans

I've been having troubling get my car ^^ to start this past week. Sunday it began. I went to go start it and the dash and AC would turn ok but the engine wouldn't. I tried several times, waiting in between each and still nothing. I jump started it with a battery pack and that worked. Car worked normally for the next 30/40mins.

Monday, next day, it turned on and worked perfectly. I drove about 200 miles this day too, having the car parked for long hours in between too. No issues.

Tuesday, yesterday, it turned on fine and I drove abt 15 miles, parked it for about 4 hrs, and turned it on to return home just fine. I stopped at a McDonalds otw back, left it parked, and when I returned, it wouldn't start the engine again. Just like Sunday, the dash would come on, the AC too, but not the engine. Tried a few times again to start it. I had my portable starter pack with me so I tried jumping it again to at least make it to an Autozone to get the battery checked. It turned on after I had jumped it the second time, and drove to Autozone. Battery tested good and employee suggested a little kit to clean the battery turmoils because it seemed battery acid had started to leak a bit. Bought the kit and they cleaned then there.

This morning, I went to go start it and the first time it didn't start the engine, only AC & dash. Second time, it worked, started engine and everything else normally. Took it to a nearby O'Reilleys to get battery tested and alternator. Both came out in good condition.

Employee suggested it could be engine fans failing to turn off once the cars off since it has been very hot where I live and the sensors could be mistaking that heat and that could be draining my battery. But I am confident they are turning off properly as the car turns off.

I'm not sure what it could be now.

My next step i'm thinking is to take it to a mechanic shop to have it inspected even closer: for example... (I don't like using AI but turned to it as a last resort here.. ChatGPT suggested I take it in and say): "I have an intermittent no-crank/no-click condition on a 2014 automatic Mustang. The dash and accessories work normally, but sometimes turning the key to START produces absolutely nothing. The battery and alternator have tested good twice, and the battery terminals were cleaned. It has occasionally started after a jump. Please check the starter/solenoid, starter relay, park-neutral safety circuit/transmission range sensor, ignition switch, and battery/ground cables, including voltage-drop testing."

Is that an appropriate next step? I'm also very good about disconnecting and turning off anything that I plug into the car like chargers, etc., so it wouldn't be a drained battery from that.

What could the issue be?

i'm an incoming transfer student assigned to palo verde.

does anyone have a list they had made of everything necessary to buy/bring for campus apt living??

any items you didn't think of initially that u definitely needed later?

lmk!!!

i'm 20, 5' 4, and i've noticed that my weight for the past 6-8 months fluctuates a lot within 3-5 pounds. i weighed myself 3 weeks ago and was about 135 lbs. weighed myself earlier today and was 130 lbs. a few days ago i might've remembered being 133 lbs.

i don't regularly exercise, go to the gym, go on diets, nor eat entirely unhealthy.

is this normal? i feel like i've unfortunately grown into major body dysmorphia in those past 6-8 months too. i'm not fitting into the same pants and shorts i fit into prior to that time slot too.

could it also be that my household is incredibly anxiety-prone?! i live my dad and brother in under 400 sq ft, 1 shared bathroom for all 3 ppl, and share a small room w my brother. i also feel i've been greatly high funcitonally depressed since moving here in june 2025.
there is honestly not a day where i dont have to clean up their disgusting messes when they "wash their hands" and splash the mirror and sink in it's entirety, where i have to wash their shaved hair off the entire bathtub and walls before i can even step in to take a shower, where i can sleep at the time i want to bc they have to be talking loud af and with all the lights on!!

i'm just so exhausted and i think my body is physically showing that now. i've also been breaking out immensely for the past 6 months too.

lmk ur thoughts!

any help, tips LMK!

saturday i accidentally left my car parked, backed into (touching) a bush. 8 hrs after i parked i returned to find hundreds of ants following each other in a trail/lines along the car coming up to the front/engine area. i immediately took it thru a car wash.

(sunday) next day, woke up to still find abt 100 or 200 ants crawling in the same lines on my car. also found abt 5-10 ants inside my car now, seemed like coming from center console/cup holder area. took it to get hand washed inside and out this day. after, less ants but was finding them.

was vacuuming the ones i find inside and brushing off the ones on outside. since sunday, every morning i go and repeat this routine + spray windex where their trails are to remove their scent trail.

i would say it's somewhat working but i am only finding 10-20ish less ants everytime, meaning its only working momentarily (for abt 6 hrs) and then they come back.

i would say there haven't been more than 50 ants on it since monday (meaning there's less and less each day but very slowly).

any help, tips PLS LMK!!

i ordered Terro brand ant bait gel to place next to each four of my tires overnight and see if that speeds this process up.

im having panic attacks everyday bc i have to drive my car everyday to work and back and i have a great phobia of any insect/bug

i think they are pavement ants (typical ones you see in socal on streets, sidewalk, crawling up things)

my car is a 2010s ford mustang convertible. i feel like it has more holes :(

i went to the theater yesterday and accidentally left my car parked touching a bush from 4pm-12:30am and when i came back there were tons of lines of ants on the outside of my car. i backed in so they were there from the back side all the way to my front headlights. i immediately took my car thru a car wash that just cleaned the outside.

today i went to go check and there were still ants on the outside of it. they keep hiding in the cracks where a generic car wash can't wash them off. i drove the car today to a car wash where they hand wash the outside and inside. that's where i am right now but as i got in i noticed there were some ants on the inside now.

what do i do to get rid of them ?!? i am terrified of anything that crawls it is a phobia. should they be gone now after this inside/outside hand wash?!

i also had a 2014 soft top convertible so i feel like there are more holes for access to get in.

pls lmk any tips asap!!!

hi! interested in getting an oura ring.... where do i get the best deal for it (im a student as well if any discounts can be applied that way). target, costco? lmk