9 months to a year ago I started having trouble with my battery running down. Took it to a local garage for a new one; the mechanic checked it and very honestly told me that the battery seemed to be okay. Next day the battery was dead again, so I took it back and got a new battery anyway. The problem has persisted, though, if not quite to the same degree. I've still had to jump it several times since I got the new battery. The fact is that the car doesn't get driven very often; it can sit for two weeks at a time without being touched. (I just happened to buy a house very close to my work.) Is that the problem? DO i just need to fire it up more often? Or could there be something more sinister going on here? I either have to replace the car or get some other work done (drive shaft bearing and some other things). If it sounds like the alternator is going out too, that might move me in the direction of replacing it.