While driving the Fiat to run errands the other day, I went into Safeway to pick up stuff as a favor for a friend. I came out 10 minutes later and the car would not start. This was my 4 stop in a 1/2 hour. A woman came over to see if she could help and I explained to her that I had a short in the ignition switch and had to get the key just right but that it would start sooner or later. She then went on to tell me a story about a vacation she and the family took recently. It seems that their van would not start, was completely dead, called AAA. Turns out that the battery was just a little loose and if you wiggled the "wire" it would start right up.
Now the kicker "We haven't got it into the garage to have it fixed yet"
AND SHE WANTED TO HELP ME!