On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 5:10:20 PM UTC-4, wrote:

Yes, but the difference is that with a flat or sulphated
battery, the engine can still be cranked over, albeit
very slowly, but the battery may well be producing
a much lower than normal voltage that isnt enough
to produce a decent spark to get the engine firing
in the worst weather conditions in a car with an
old well ****ed distributor and plug leads and
spark plugs.



.. made me wonder how old the car would be
- if it has a distributor - early 1990's ?
or even older ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributor

John T.

Yes, indeed. Another example of the kangaroo's ass not knowing
what he's talking about. He thinks cars still use distributors.
Like you say, those were gone in cars decades ago.