Funnily enough, our alternator died on the weekend. Drove it in morning, doing funny things like dropping in power at 80kph momentarily, then error messages on dash - HDC fault, Transmission fault, Park Brake fault. Needless to say we were poopin' ourselves, dollar signs flashing in our faces.

Pulled over, rebooted car (yes I'm in IT), park brake fault remained.

Got to our destination, turned car off, noticed burning smell. Went about our business, an hour later went to move car - dead battery, no lights on dash, nothing.

Managed to get it jumpstarted and took it down to mechanic on a sat arvo, luckily he was still there. Had it repaired with a new Alternator Sunday. Legend!