Sick Auto!

On the hottest day so far since I've returned to Hannibal from Arizona, my little red car failed me for the first time since I bought it.  Since I had no choice in the matter as to where this would take place, I think half the town is angry with me and my car.  It stalled in the lunch rush traffic in the out drive of McDonald's.  The manager helped; he and my grandson physically pushed the car out onto the highway - solved his problem, as I was no longer stalled in the restaurant drive.  Now I'm stalled in what probably is the busiest spot in Hannibal at lunch time, on highway 61 in front of McDonald's.  Thanks to a good Samaritan(thank you Louise,) who stopped to help, I was able to purchase a new battery to replace the two month old battery that was now dead.   The auto parts store checked out my car and told me the alternator was not working therefore it could not charge the battery.  So, I purchased a new alternator, paid to have it installed and the battery light was still on so it was replaced by another alternator and a new belt which should be replaced while everything was unattached. You know it was one of those belts that, one size fits all.  That is it is the one belt attached to a lot of different working parts and probably the old belt was fine; but logically it makes sense to replace it while all those parts are loose and a belt has to be put back in place.   I end up with a spare battery and my battery light is still on; however, the alternator is working, everything is charging as it should so until I find a rational explanation for that little red light, I will ignore it.  That was an expensive trip to McDonald's.