Just recently our older vehicle was giving us trouble. We tried to start it one morning and the battery was completely dead. After fiddling around for a while, my husband discovered that even when the car was turned off, something was draining the battery. He eventually was able to pinpoint the problem. The daytime running lights were using battery power due to a malfunctioning part.
My husband called a car repair shop and was told that the price of the new part would cost between $200 and $300. He decided to contact a local junkyard to see if they had this part available. Sure enough, they had the same type of vehicle sitting in the junkyard. My husband was able to remove the part from the car and he only had to pay $10 for it! Now that was definitely worth his time.