Car won't start, ongoing issue.
I have a 1989 ford mustang, it's just a four cylinder tiny little thing, hardly a mustang. No horsepower, kind of ironic. I call it "my little pony".
I have encountered my car not starting a few times now. I've only had it since August 07, and I'm 18 years old and female so I know nothing about cars. It only happens when it's really cold, I mean, I'm in Minnesota, and it gets cold. Usually a jump from a pretty decent sized vehicle (My dad's truck) will start it, not always will the little battery jumper packs that security people use to help you. It seems to be getting worse and worse with each encounter, and my car gets harder and harder to start, like I have to hold it until it turns so it won't die trying to start. It hasn't run for three or four days now, it wouldn't even try to start before, and its freezing and I can't get it to start. I tried jumping and it started to go but wouldn't quite make it. I keep getting a buzzing noise when it doesn't try. But today I got a fast ticking noise, and it kind of worries me. I'm afraid to touch it cause I don't want it to get worse... I think it may be the battery, or the starter, but how do I tell? I have no car savvy people around me and I am broke, not to mention I can't even take it to a place to be fixed... It runs fine in the summer, but I guess it doesn't like winter...
Any feedback would be appreciated. Um, if it helps there is a red sticker on the battery that says 04/07, and autozone guy said that's probably the manufacturing date, so unless it's a bad battery from go, I don't know what it is.
Thanks!
Amelia (helpless teenager)