Car battery replacement in Al Mamzar

Al Mamzar faces Al Taawun across the water but belongs to Dubai. Inland of Al Mamzar Beach Park it is a calm district of large family villas, with apartment towers and shops closer to Al Khaleej Road, Cairo Street and Century Mall. Households often run several cars, and one of them, the big SUV or the weekend car, may move only once or twice a week. Beach visitors add a second crowd of cars on Fridays, Saturdays and public holidays.

Two things finish batteries here. The first is sun: a car left in an open beach car park from late morning to sunset soaks up heat for hours, while the cool box, the speakers and the open tailgate light drain it as the family sits on the sand. The second is idleness. A villa car that stands under a shade for ten days slowly discharges through its alarm and computers, and a battery kept half empty in the heat sulphates and loses capacity.

Villas are the easy case: the car is in a driveway or under a shade and the technician works right there. At the beach park and the corniche, say which gate or car park you used, because the shoreline runs for well over a kilometre. Tower residents should tell security that a technician is expected. Street bays near the shops are Dubai paid parking zones, so he pulls up beside your car only for as long as the job takes.

The technician leaves Al Taawun by the lagoon-side border crossing into Al Mamzar, or by Al Ittihad Road and off towards Cairo Street, whichever is moving. Both back up with Dubai-bound commuters in the morning and Sharjah-bound traffic in the evening.