1995 Subaru Impreza battery or alternator problems?

Question:
I've had this car for a little over two years, and never replaced the battery or alternator or any other part. For a while now, it will sometimes struggle to turn over, for a couple minutes, but will always turn over. I was told that this was my battery, but I unfortunately just transferred university and don't know any honest mechanics in the area. I live in New York State, where it obviously gets very cold. On top of the car sometimes taking a while to turn over, just a couple days ago, after letting it sit and warm up for about 5 minutes, when I went to reverse out, the car just STOPPED running, although the panel lights and radio remained on. I started it again, and after going a few feet, it stopped again. The third time, it didn't shut off and made it all the way to work and has not done it since. Anyone have an idea to the problem, and if I can drive it for another couple days until I get paid to have it tested and/or fixed?

Answers:

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Start by making sure the battery connections are both clean and tight. Then go find a cheap volt meter. Open the hood, put the voltmeter on the battery. It should read at or just over 12 volts. Now while watching the meter, start the car. It should not drop below 9 volts. If it does, suspect the battery. Now with the car running, read the volts. If they are close to 14 the alternator is good, if not, it's bad.

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If it is the battery, you can buy a new one at the parts store and they will probably help you or show you how to replace it.

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It may be as simple as removing and cleaning the battery terminals and battery posts.

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Over time, scale builds up between the battery posts, and cable terminals reducing the amount of electricity supplied to the starter.
Starters require a lot of power to turn the engine. Over 200 amps.

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Remove the battery terminals and scrape all the "crud" from inside the terminals, and the battery posts.

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Oh, by the way, you look angry in your picture. Hope everything gets better.
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