battery

The weather isn't unbearable so I think 10 days and you should be fine, obviously the only way to find out is to try it, unfortunately. 

While things like your clock and ECM, Keyless entry, computers keeping memory alive and any security features do have small drains which could axe a weak battery - it sounds as your car is new enough and battery solid enough to last the 10 days.

If you are concerned it would be worth the time and cost to get it replaced now, just another piece of mind you won't be dwelling on during the flight home and the excruciating walk to the car to see if it'll start.

I paid I think 33 for my last battery at a local shop here in Riffa and that came with a 12 month warranty - which is convenient because the battery is dead to rights now.

thanks for that relwell. Your thinking mirrored mine. Definitely don't want to be stranded at the airport at 11pm on a Saturday night after travelling all day.

I actually went out and got one late yesterday. I got an AC Delco from Mazda for 36BD and drove over to Janabiya Highway to have it installed. Took them about a minute and a half and they didn't charge me anything at all which surprised me.

They told me to start the engine and run it through the process so I wouldn't lose any computer info.