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Title: car battery rip off
Post by: raywilb on 11 July 2020, 18:46:40

my son had until very recently had a diesel ford escort derived van. he needed a battery & a local garage that he rang told him to take it to them. they quoted him £70 so he left it with them . half a hour later he got a call & expected to be told it was ready instead they said when the quoted they hadn,t realised that it had a stop/start system & the quote had gone up a bit to £340.

Title: Re: car battery rip off
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 11 July 2020, 19:08:18

Stop start on an Escort Van?

Summat doesn't add up ???

Title: Re: car battery rip off
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 11 July 2020, 19:23:15

So if you have a car with stop/start, Lord Opti's Jag XF-R for example.  What happens if you put an ordinary battery in and disable the stop/start every time.  ???

Title: Re: car battery rip off
Post by: ronnyd on 11 July 2020, 19:47:54

My granddaughters Qashqai  has had trouble with the batteries due to stop/start. Replacements very expensive too.

Title: Re: car battery rip off
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 12 July 2020, 13:03:58

Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 11 July 2020, 19:23:15

So if you have a car with stop/start, Lord Opti's Jag XF-R for example.  What happens if you put an ordinary battery in and disable the stop/start every time.  ???

I disable it every time I start the beast.

My guess is you could use it for 1000 years and not save a single polar bear.

Makes SFA difference to MPG.

Title: Re: car battery rip off
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 12 July 2020, 13:29:36

Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 11 July 2020, 19:23:15

So if you have a car with stop/start, Lord Opti's Jag XF-R for example.  What happens if you put an ordinary battery in and disable the stop/start every time.  ???

You'll kill it in short order. Especially in stop start traffic when you forget  ;D

Proper stop start batteries are AGM and much more resistant to abuse.

Title: Re: car battery rip off
Post by: Andy B on 12 July 2020, 13:54:03

Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 11 July 2020, 19:08:18

Stop start on an Escort Van?

Summat doesn't add up ???

I suspect that Ray meant Focus van ....  ;)

Title: Re: car battery rip off
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 12 July 2020, 13:58:52

Quote from: Andy B on 12 July 2020, 13:54:03

Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 11 July 2020, 19:08:18

Stop start on an Escort Van?

Summat doesn't add up ???

I suspect that Ray meant Focus van ....  ;)

Clearly an Irish thing...

https://www.carsireland.ie/2454268

Hardly common though :-\

Title: Re: car battery rip off
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 12 July 2020, 14:35:38

Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 12 July 2020, 13:29:36

Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 11 July 2020, 19:23:15

So if you have a car with stop/start, Lord Opti's Jag XF-R for example.  What happens if you put an ordinary battery in and disable the stop/start every time.  ???

You'll kill it in short order. Especially in stop start traffic when you forget  ;D

Proper stop start batteries are AGM and much more resistant to abuse.

I meant if you religiously turn off the start/stop every time, as Lord Opti says he does.  ::)

The only car with start/stop I've driven was my mates Range Rover Sport in Houston, and I quickly learnt that you get very hot and sweaty in traffic with the stop/start on and the AC stops/starts as well.  So you turn it off, stay cool and kill a polar bear every time you go out!  ;D