David: There was a thread about this within the last year I believe, I recall that someone made it 30 miles or so but tried no further. Search for it and you will find it. I'm guessing your trying to get from Vegas to Garden Grove? I'd make darned sure I had AAA plus, you may be able to get within 100 miles and then have it towed free the last of the way. I'd be surprised and impressed if you could get all that way on a battery alone - but that's just a guess. Better advice would be to have a friend or any vaguely competent local mechanic remove the alternator from your car and test it. It may be fine and you may have a burned out bulb in your instrument cluster, if the battery light burns out the alternator will never kick on. If the alternatroe is certainly dead I'd send the alternator to have it repaired rather than trying to drive it there, or if its dead just buy a new one - oem or upgraded. Either way any mechanic worth $.05 can install the alternator in the car, all you need is a metric socket set and an extra (17mm?) wrench. Depending on who you buy a replacement from the replacement may require splicing a small wire. Even with that the alternator swaps out in about 45 or less. As for your headlight question, Silverstars also come as sealed beam headlights, just like the oem ones on the D. If you found them as bulbs, that's just a different part of their same product line, keep looking. I know Hervey sells them. Tom 10902 ________________________________ From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of daviddlasvegas Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:37 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] how long will battery last w/ no alternator I'm going to try to make it the 3.5 hour drive to the shop to get my alternator repaired. The alternator is putting out no power, so the car is running off the battery 100%. If I am driving the car with no accessories on, no a/c, and no lights, should the battery fully charged last 3.5 hrs / 250 miles or am I going to get stuck? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/