From an email I got from her...

"I have a car problem and Grandpa has been blaming me for a couple of years for it. He says I don't drive it enough and most of my trips are very short to the stores or library or something like that. But the battery has been dying for a long, long time. Finally we had an alternator put in but it evidently didn't help b/c Grandpa says we bought a new battery after that (I kinda think it was the other way around but it doesn't matter) b/c it's still not holding a charge. I have driven it at least every other day and the last time I started it (day before yesterday) it sounded funny. Today I tried to start it and it wouldn't start. Do you have any idea of what could be wrong just off the top of your head? Today I told Grandpa that there has to be something else wrong with it and I think he agrees with me.

Let me know if you have any ideas."

I'm sure they looked at the terminals. Is there a problem with the electrical system in these cars that drain the battery that you guys know of?