On the way home from work tonight my gauges suddenly went dead including the amber message center (car ran fine). The turn signals worked. When I parked it and tried to restart it......nothing, not even a click. The locks work, and the message center works with the key in the ignition and door open (msg about key in ignition). When I switch the ignition on I end up with check engine and parking brake light (even though the brake isn't on).Any ideas? Dead battery?
PS: Car (95 525I Touring) sat through a heavy thunderstorm today.