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[Auto Addict]

Had to buy a new battery for the Insignia today £141 Trade Club

Looks like you need a degree to change it

[TheBoy]

Well, serves you right for buying one of those pointless, pathetic start/stop jam causers.

[Shackeng]

I think if you are looking for sympathy, pick another subject.

[Auto Addict]

Well, serves you right for buying one of those pointless, pathetic start/stop jam causers.

It's not a stop/start

[Shackeng]

Well, serves you right for buying one of those pointless, pathetic start/stop jam causers.

It's not a stop/start

Until the battery fails.

[TD]

My mondeo has stop/start...but I turned it off today....as it was so cold outside...inside lovely and warm 

So its been running/idling for about 10 hours today....the tree huggers would shoot me 

Any ideas why it failed Mr AA....altho most batteries fail after about 4/5 years ...

[Auto Addict]

My mondeo has stop/start...but I turned it off today....as it was so cold outside...inside lovely and warm 

So its been running/idling for about 10 hours today....the tree huggers would shoot me 

Any ideas why it failed Mr AA....altho most batteries fail after about 4/5 years ...

It not a Vx battery fitted, looks like a no-name cheapo, I've had the car 5 years now.
 
Can't understand why it's got a cheapo on it, as I bought the car when it was 18 months old.

Difficult to see the battery as it's got a cover over it, which is not easy to remove.

[Andy B]

Had to buy a new battery for the Insignia today £141 Trade Club

Looks like you need a degree to change it

And I thought the £125 for my Merc's battery wasn't particularly cheap .... at least yours isn't under your seat 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGJ-o4k8l4Q

[TheBoy]

Well, serves you right for buying one of those pointless, pathetic start/stop jam causers.

It's not a stop/start

And you paid how much 

The trade club 74Ahr for the mv6 was £46

[biggriffin]

Had to buy a new battery for the Insignia today £141 Trade Club

Looks like you need a degree to change it

 

60amp 560 on ebay only £44.00

[Sir Tigger KC]

It'll be one of these with a Vx sticker on it!     

Sorry AA that's just cruel!                                                     

[Auto Addict]

Well, serves you right for buying one of those pointless, pathetic start/stop jam causers.

It's not a stop/start

And you paid how much 

The trade club 74Ahr for the mv6 was £46

Yes I know, that battery wouldn't fit

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

£141 for a battery sounds excessive to me.

Stop/Start is a pain in the arse, as is having to switch it off every time I start the engine.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Had to buy a new battery for the Insignia today £141 Trade Club

Looks like you need a degree to change it

And I thought the £125 for my Merc's battery wasn't particularly cheap .... at least yours isn't under your seat 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGJ-o4k8l4Q

Modern technology has generally moved cars in a positive direction. But not always.

Accessibility to components on many modern cars can be a nightmare.

[Andy B]

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Modern technology has generally moved cars in a positive direction. But not always.

Accessibility to components on many modern cars can be a nightmare.

I disconnected the seat to move it back to give me room to access the battery. Unlike an Omega, where if you leave the ignition off while playing with SRS you don't get any faults appear, even with the ignition off it triggered the SRS fault by unplugging the seat. Forunately I have a gizmo to reset it, otherwise you'd be forking out again to get someone else to.