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« on: 04 January 2018, 20:01:51 »

is tc gradually dying out. vx York  have never precipitated but but 4 other towns within a 30mile radius no longer do t.c.
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« Reply #1 on: 04 January 2018, 21:46:46 »

is tc gradually dying out. vx York  have never precipitated but but 4 other towns within a 30mile radius no longer do t.c.

Officially the Dealer I use that's close to the office doesn't do TC anymore, well not at that branch anyway, but they usually come up with a trade price for anything I buy.  :y
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« Reply #2 on: 04 January 2018, 22:59:43 »

is tc gradually dying out. vx York  have never precipitated but but 4 other towns within a 30mile radius no longer do t.c.

Officially the Dealer I use that's close to the office doesn't do TC anymore, well not at that branch anyway, but they usually come up with a trade price for anything I buy.  :y
  at Kirbymoorside Nth Yorks I always was given trade prices. rang this morning & was told they could no longer do it. under orders from management. in the past whenever I wanted an odd gasket & they came in packs of ten or so they have let me have them at cost. I was even told 10/40 oil when stocks run out it will no longer be available
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« Reply #3 on: 05 January 2018, 10:16:59 »

It has definitely precipitated in York when I've been there..

(Sorry, bad spelling joke ;D)
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« Reply #4 on: 05 January 2018, 14:17:11 »

is tc gradually dying out. vx York  have never precipitated but but 4 other towns within a 30mile radius no longer do t.c.
  sorry meant participate  :-[  I was making enquiries about a battery .two vx dealers have told me that 70a & 85a are no longer available for the omega, an age thing
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« Reply #5 on: 05 January 2018, 14:19:24 »

I just rang Vx Heathrow, quoted 3.2 reg and would supply a battery no problems, but at £146 retail or £124 trade.  :(
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« Reply #6 on: 05 January 2018, 14:46:59 »

I just rang Vx Heathrow, quoted 3.2 reg and would supply a battery no problems, but at £146 retail or £124 trade.  :(
Make sure its the right one (74Ahr) as the Trade Club lookup book/site is incorrect.

Sounds like that is for a GM battery, not a TC one, as I paid about £60 about a year ago for TC.
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« Reply #7 on: 05 January 2018, 14:59:14 »

I just rang Vx Heathrow, quoted 3.2 reg and would supply a battery no problems, but at £146 retail or £124 trade.  :(
Make sure its the right one (74Ahr) as the Trade Club lookup book/site is incorrect.

Sounds like that is for a GM battery, not a TC one, as I paid about £60 about a year ago for TC.

No good as I can't get TC there anymore with the account I previously used.  :(
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« Reply #8 on: 05 January 2018, 16:39:32 »

I just rang Vx Heathrow, quoted 3.2 reg and would supply a battery no problems, but at £146 retail or £124 trade.  :(
Make sure its the right one (74Ahr) as the Trade Club lookup book/site is incorrect.

Sounds like that is for a GM battery, not a TC one, as I paid about £60 about a year ago for TC.

No good as I can't get TC there anymore with the account I previously used.  :(
Was that the ABS account?  If so, presuming you are still a member, they should take it if they do TC.
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« Reply #9 on: 05 January 2018, 16:56:05 »

I just rang Vx Heathrow, quoted 3.2 reg and would supply a battery no problems, but at £146 retail or £124 trade.  :(
Make sure its the right one (74Ahr) as the Trade Club lookup book/site is incorrect.

Sounds like that is for a GM battery, not a TC one, as I paid about £60 about a year ago for TC.

Back in July of 2017 I paid Vx £129.50 with TC for a Battery, part no. 093197903 ;)

As for the incorrect one, I can confirm that my Vx dealer originally ordered one apparently for my 3.2, but when he showed it to me it was about 2 foot long.  Far too long for any Omega battery space. ;)
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Re: trade club
« Reply #10 on: 05 January 2018, 17:02:48 »

I've used these people for my last battery, eight years ago and still working fine

https://advancedbatterysupplies.co.uk/brand/vehicles/vauxhall/omega/petrol-2-2-2-5-2-6-1993-2009/

Delivery included and 4 year warranty.

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« Reply #11 on: 05 January 2018, 17:12:30 »

The place MigV6 (I think, apologies if wrong) suggested for batteries looked pretty reasonable, and has good reviews here and on other forums.

If only I could remember who there were to get the URL ;D
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« Reply #13 on: 06 January 2018, 13:10:16 »

The place MigV6 (I think, apologies if wrong) suggested for batteries looked pretty reasonable, and has good reviews here and on other forums.

If only I could remember who there were to get the URL ;D

Was it this one? https://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/

I've used them before with good success and I'm fairly sure I got the link from here..
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« Reply #14 on: 06 January 2018, 14:32:09 »

The place MigV6 (I think, apologies if wrong) suggested for batteries looked pretty reasonable, and has good reviews here and on other forums.

If only I could remember who there were to get the URL ;D

Was it this one? https://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/

I've used them before with good success and I'm fairly sure I got the link from here..
No, I don't think it was that...
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« Reply #15 on: 06 January 2018, 15:03:49 »

Picked up ECP one this morning, see how it goes.
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« Reply #16 on: 06 January 2018, 16:11:04 »

The place MigV6 (I think, apologies if wrong) suggested for batteries looked pretty reasonable, and has good reviews here and on other forums.

If only I could remember who there were to get the URL ;D

Was it this one? https://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/

I've used them before with good success and I'm fairly sure I got the link from here..
No, I don't think it was that...

Tayna.  :y

https://www.tayna.co.uk/Car-Batteries-C48.html

I recently bought a big, very pokey Bosch battery from them for my 190D, which cost just under £100. If the car runs out of fuel I can just put it in gear and drive to work on the starter motor.  :)
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« Reply #17 on: 06 January 2018, 16:42:57 »

It has definitely precipitated in York when I've been there..

(Sorry, bad spelling joke ;D)

I thought there was a minimum post count required before posting -even bad - jokes? ::) ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #18 on: 06 January 2018, 16:43:27 »

I bought a Bosch battery once for my Omega and the bloody thing died about 3 months after the warranty had expired.  ::)

I now refuse to spend much more than £50 for a battery and so far all has been good!  :y
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« Reply #19 on: 06 January 2018, 17:56:49 »

The place MigV6 (I think, apologies if wrong) suggested for batteries looked pretty reasonable, and has good reviews here and on other forums.

If only I could remember who there were to get the URL ;D

Was it this one? https://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/

I've used them before with good success and I'm fairly sure I got the link from here..
No, I don't think it was that...

Tayna.  :y

https://www.tayna.co.uk/Car-Batteries-C48.html

I recently bought a big, very pokey Bosch battery from them for my 190D, which cost just under £100. If the car runs out of fuel I can just put it in gear and drive to work on the starter motor. :)

I have myself used that method to get a car off the road, but going to work?  I have got to ask, probably making myself look stupid for the second time on the Forum today, but you are joking.................aren't you? :o :o

Or is your work in the next street up from your house?

If you are being serious Migv6, to hear that any battery can power a miggy any distance before giving out all it's charge, is quite something? :y

Nah, you obviously ARE joking! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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« Reply #20 on: 06 January 2018, 18:27:25 »

You are having your leg pulled, Lizzie: no starter motor would withstand that sort of abuse, let alone the battery!  :P

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« Reply #21 on: 06 January 2018, 18:45:05 »

You are having your leg pulled, Lizzie: no starter motor would withstand that sort of abuse, let alone the battery!  :P

Ron.

That's what I thought Ron ;D ;D :y
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« Reply #22 on: 06 January 2018, 19:17:36 »

You are having your leg pulled, Lizzie: no starter motor would withstand that sort of abuse, let alone the battery!  :P

Ron.

That's what I thought Ron ;D ;D :y

Saw it done on Scrapheap Challenge (or similar) once - two teams of massive* Navy blokes disassembling and reassembling a Beetle (IIRC) on each side of a semi detached house. One team lobbed the engine and ran it on the starter to save time and weight.

*like, leg muscles in their shoulders massive
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« Reply #23 on: 06 January 2018, 19:35:16 »

Vx dealer local to me still does TC :y
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« Reply #24 on: 06 January 2018, 22:04:08 »

You are having your leg pulled, Lizzie: no starter motor would withstand that sort of abuse, let alone the battery!  :P

Ron.

That's what I thought Ron ;D ;D :y

Yes I was indeed joking.  ;D............I is a pokey battery though. It has to be to start a 2.5, 5 cylinder engine running on old cooking oil, on a cold morning.  ;)
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« Reply #25 on: 07 January 2018, 09:37:52 »

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« Reply #26 on: 07 January 2018, 11:30:47 »

Tayna.  :y

https://www.tayna.co.uk/Car-Batteries-C48.html
That's the place :y
I've had no problems, (performance or service-wise) on several car and leisure batteries bought from this firm.
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