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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15525 on: 05 January 2018, 13:53:16 »

My 3.2 originally had a 65 Ah battery. I ended up with a 70Ah Yuasa one from CAF for sub-£100.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15526 on: 05 January 2018, 14:04:40 »

My 3.2 originally had a 65 Ah battery. I ended up with a 70Ah Yuasa one from CAF for sub-£100.
Aren't they part of euroshite now (via Andrew Page)?
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15527 on: 05 January 2018, 14:08:28 »

Seen Halfrauds do 70Ah for £96 on retail, suspect trade will have a good discount. Will probably pick one of these up....

Vauxhall dealer no longer accepted old trade club account I was using as well.  :(

Need new way to blag trade at Vauxhall
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15528 on: 05 January 2018, 14:09:31 »

via LiveChat (quicker than phone) - It's £76 on trade from Halfrauds.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15529 on: 05 January 2018, 14:10:17 »

Now if only Costco actually answered the phone...
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15530 on: 05 January 2018, 14:12:55 »

The one I purchased from Euro the other was a Lion brand 70aH, 620 CCA...... a tad under £50 delivered the same day by 6pm
for free.....I was content :)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15531 on: 05 January 2018, 14:14:19 »

sorry, should have read: ....the other day
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15532 on: 05 January 2018, 14:15:20 »

Just applied the code, £53 today for Lion branded one at 70Ah. Hummmm
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15533 on: 05 January 2018, 14:17:42 »

Just applied the code, £53 today for Lion branded one at 70Ah. Hummmm
Is Hummmm good or bad?
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15534 on: 05 January 2018, 14:18:30 »

Just applied the code, £53 today for Lion branded one at 70Ah. Hummmm
Is Hummmm good or bad?

Good price, just wondering if I should go Bosch and pay a bit more (~£80) or just go cheapy.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15535 on: 05 January 2018, 14:31:14 »

Just applied the code, £53 today for Lion branded one at 70Ah. Hummmm
Is Hummmm good or bad?

Good price, just wondering if I should go Bosch and pay a bit more (~£80) or just go cheapy.

If you don't use the car frequently, then it needs as good a battery as you can afford. If it's in daily use, then a cheapy is much less of a risk.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15536 on: 05 January 2018, 14:37:38 »

Just applied the code, £53 today for Lion branded one at 70Ah. Hummmm
Is Hummmm good or bad?

Good price, just wondering if I should go Bosch and pay a bit more (~£80) or just go cheapy.

If you don't use the car frequently, then it needs as good a battery as you can afford. If it's in daily use, then a cheapy is much less of a risk.

3 days a week on average, getting a good 60 mile drive each day.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15537 on: 05 January 2018, 14:41:33 »

I am not good at paying other than cheap :-[
I will accept all the flag that is just about to arrive but what's the point in paying more? Aren't you just paying for the name?
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15538 on: 05 January 2018, 14:48:48 »

Put some lorry fuel in it, as it will be embarrassing if it ran out halfway through its test ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #15539 on: 05 January 2018, 15:04:52 »

Just applied the code, £53 today for Lion branded one at 70Ah. Hummmm
Is Hummmm good or bad?

Good price, just wondering if I should go Bosch and pay a bit more (~£80) or just go cheapy.

If you don't use the car frequently, then it needs as good a battery as you can afford. If it's in daily use, then a cheapy is much less of a risk.

3 days a week on average, getting a good 60 mile drive each day but parked up after 30 miles for at least 8 hours ::)
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