Quote: from medjai at 6:12 pm on Sep. 29, 2008
Alright so the alternator is bad (its eaten two batteries already). Why does the car die when I come to a stop light? Can I prevent it from dying by throwing it into neutral and maintaining a higher than idle rev? The car restarts after it dies no problem by the way.

How long has it done that? I had alternator problems and i believe my car started back up fine a few times( i think i got a jump once), but then i noticed my radio messing up and i tested my wipers and they were going VERY slow so i pulled over and finally it just died, so i had to get a new alternator.