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20 January 2011, 08:10 PM

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Car battery..

I need a 097 car battery for my old ford..

Any suggestions of cheap websites or suppliers ??

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20 January 2011, 09:09 PM

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Just go to your local halfrauds. At least you can take it back if it curls it's toes up.

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20 January 2011, 09:56 PM

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Got bored of looking online..

I'll order one from the local motorfactors in the morning.. I'm not a fan of halfords

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20 January 2011, 09:57 PM

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Halfords may have a lot of bad points, but their car batteries are spot on

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20 January 2011, 09:58 PM

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I don't think you are allowed to ship lead acid batteries wet anyway, so they arrive dry. You then have the ballache, as a man on the street trying to buy sulphuric acid

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20 January 2011, 10:16 PM

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I bought a new battery for my 2004 STI from http://www.advancedbatterysupplies.co.uk/. No problems with delivery (I think it came by courier) and I didn't have to do anything except fit it.

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21 January 2011, 12:28 AM

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I don't think you are allowed to ship lead acid batteries wet anyway, so they arrive dry. You then have the ballache, as a man on the street trying to buy sulphuric acid

erm - you sure? Last one I got off the web needed distilled water to make it work. If you are buying it flat, maybe Google could help

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21 January 2011, 05:59 AM

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got one for the old diesel fiesta from euro car parts. £54 with a three year guarantee

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21 January 2011, 07:12 AM

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www.manbat.co.uk cheapest I found anywhere

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21 January 2011, 11:52 AM

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www.manbat.co.uk cheapest I found anywhere

Tony

We have a Manbat locally and I use them quite a lot for some commercial stuff but the last car battery I bought from Road and Rally a lot cheaper, even though I get quite a good discount at Manbat.

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21 January 2011, 12:20 PM

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Just spoke to manbat.. they only do wholesale now, so have to go through a local motorfactors anyhow.

I'm gonna order one from alpha batteries, seems by far the best spec for the money, and free delivery!

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21 January 2011, 03:14 PM

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Try BOM Batteries near Doncaster. Last time I was there, they had the correct square terminal 097 batteries in stock (White as well

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21 January 2011, 04:24 PM

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Try BOM Batteries near Doncaster. Last time I was there, they had the correct square terminal 097 batteries in stock (White as well

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Do them in White you say?

I don't suppose you know where I could get hold of a motorcraft sticker do you?

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21 January 2011, 04:31 PM

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Just spoke to manbat.. they only do wholesale now, so have to go through a local motorfactors anyhow.

I went down a few weeks back and bought across the counter, may be worth doing?

Tony

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21 January 2011, 06:10 PM

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Try BOM Batteries near Doncaster. Last time I was there, they had the correct square terminal 097 batteries in stock (White as well

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01427728527

They have them in stock in black.. Cheap too, but the carriage puts it a tad over what I have found elsewhere and they are a bit too far away to collect. Good info though!

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22 January 2011, 12:14 PM

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I have always found Halfords to be very helpful.

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23 January 2011, 10:27 PM

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Do them in White you say?

I don't suppose you know where I could get hold of a motorcraft sticker do you?

Yes, me.

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23 January 2011, 10:37 PM

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Yes, me.

Pm me details dude..

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24 January 2011, 06:25 PM

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Just got an 075 Bosch from Costco for £59.99 same model at Halfrauds is £113.99

took the previous my old battery back to Halfrauds as it was still within its warranty
but they refused to replace citing that it was not a manufacturing fault and i was either
over or undercharging it.

At least with costco they never argue about the warranty.