164 No Go - Battery?

[Andrew Weiss <weissa@domain.elided>]

With a crying baby and running late, I didn't have the chance to check this 
out further, but does this sound like the behavior of a 164 with a dying 
battery?

Remote unlocked the car without a problem, but when I started it up, it 
sounded like it was cranking feebly, and the alarm gave off a brief series 
of low volume chirps. I tried several times, with the same result, before 
giving up and stuffing the baby in a different car. Before I left, I tried 
to lock the Alfa with the remote, but it no longer had any effect. So I 
figured either the battery was all but dead or the local rodents got into 
the wiring. If it hadn't been for the chirps from the alarm, I would have 
assumed battery, but....

Thanks in advance,

Andrew Weiss
Clifton Park, NY
1991 164L
1997 9000 CS
1999 9-3 SE
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