Well, leave it up to a woman to figure out something; yeah, I know there are some of you guys out there who are certain women can not think at all, but then there are some of you who just accept that we can and DO. Aside from that, my other half, whom I dearly love, now has 2300 miles on his virtually "new" D. He has always had a little difficulty getting it to start, however. Knowing that it is fuel injected, he would NOT TOUCH THE THROTTLE, but would just turn the key. That's the way you start fuel injected cars--don't load them up. The starter would turn over a number of times and then the car would finally "light". Well, last weekend after a fairly long drive (1 1/2 hours) and then the car sat for six hours in the extreme heat, we went to leave. He did his usual procedure when starting - turn the key, turning over the starter, but this time it would not "light". YUNN, YUNN, YUNN, YUNN, YUNN!! You know that sound! He ran the battery down. Fortunately, someone was there with jumper cables who offered to help my husband get it started. While the guys were outside chatting, I opened the glove box, got out the Owner's Manual and read "Engine Operation". Gee, there it was, "depress the throttle 1/4 of the way and turn the key" how simple!! Now, I wasn't to interrupt their conversation, so I sat quietly. Finally,there was discussion about the fuel pump and some other things and then my husband asked me to get into the driver's seat. While they were at the backend, I was to start the car. I told him about the 1/4 throttle, so I gave it 1/4 throttle AND IT STARTED UP! Wow, what a relief! After we got home and pulled into the garage, he shut it down. He paused a moment then looked at me and turned the key and STARTED IT RIGHT UP! He shut it down. He turned the key again and STARTED IT RIGHT UP! He shut it down again! He turned the key and STARTED IT RIGHT UP! "Mmmmm" is all he managed to say. I just smiled and said "Thank you." NOW YOU DON'T SUPPOSE IT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS GIVING IT 1/4 THROTTLE EACH TIME, do you?????